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Republican Mayra Flores Is Keeping the Faith in Congress

Republican Mayra Flores Is Keeping the Faith in Congress
Rep. Mayra Flores (R-Texas) stands with her family and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Cali.) for a portrait after being sworn-in on June 21, 2022, in Washington. Brandon Bell/Getty Images
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
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Rep. Mayra Flores (R-Texas), whose political Cinderella story made her the first Mexican-born woman to serve in Congress, isn’t feeling any love from the left.

Flores ran on a conservative platform of God, family, and country in a special election to flip Texas’s 34th Congressional District red for the first time in more than a century.

Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
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Darlene McCormick Sanchez is an Epoch Times reporter who covers border security and immigration, election integrity, and Texas politics. Ms. McCormick Sanchez has 20 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including Waco Tribune Herald, Tampa Tribune, and Waterbury Republican-American. She was a finalist for a Pulitzer prize for investigative reporting.
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