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Eric Flores Launches Campaign to Unseat Gonzalez in Texas’s 34th District

His NRCC-backed entry coincides with a special session in Austin to redraw district boundaries ahead of the 2026 midterms.

Army veteran and attorney Eric Flores has announced he's challenging U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-McAllen, in South Texas' 34th Congressional District.
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Overview

  • On July 21, Eric Flores, an Army veteran and former federal prosecutor, formally launched his campaign to challenge Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez in Texas’s 34th District.
  • Flores is a Rio Grande Valley native and Spanish speaker who served as an infantry captain in the Texas Army National Guard, a municipal judge in Alton and an assistant U.S. attorney prosecuting cartel-related cases.
  • The National Republican Congressional Committee has designated TX-34 as one of 26 top pickup targets as Republicans defend their slim House majority in the 2026 midterms.
  • The district swung from a 15-point Biden margin in 2020 to a nearly five-point Trump win in 2024, and Gonzalez held the seat by just 2.5 points last November.
  • Texas legislators convened a special session to redraw the Rio Grande Valley’s political lines, a move that could shift the partisan balance in the 34th District.