1. Mayra Nohemi Flores was born on January 1,1986 and is an American politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 2022 to 2023.
16 Facts About Mayra Flores
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Mayra Flores lost her campaign for a full term in the November 2022 midterm elections to Democrat Vicente Gonzalez in the district that was redrawn that year.
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Mayra Flores then ran in 2024 for the same seat against Gonzalez and lost again.
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Mayra Nohemi Flores was born on January 1,1986, in Burgos, Tamaulipas, Mexico, to migrant farmworkers.
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Mayra Flores graduated from San Benito High School in 2004.
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Mayra Flores has said that she was previously a Democrat, but left the party shortly after voting for Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election.
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In tweets that she later deleted, Mayra Flores promoted the false claim that the 2021 United States Capitol attack was "set up" by antifa members among the crowd during the riot.
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Shortly after his announcement, Mayra Flores declared her candidacy in the special election on June 14,2022, to fill the vacancy.
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On July 11,2023, Mayra Flores announced a campaign to retake the 34th district in the 2024 election.
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In what the Texas Tribune called "a bizarre micro-scandal", in January 2024 Mayra Flores was accused by a social media user of stealing photos of food and presenting them as her own on her campaign's social media accounts.
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Mayra Flores was sworn in by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi on June 21,2022.
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Three days later, Flores spoke out about the Supreme Court opinion in Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization which overturned Roe v Wade, calling the decision a "big win" and a "dream come true".
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In June 2022, Mayra Flores voted against the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.
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In July 2022, The New York Times published an article about Mayra Flores's election, calling her a "far-right Latina".
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On July 19,2022, Mayra Flores voted against the Respect for Marriage Act.
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Mayra Flores backed former President Trump publicly and raised doubts about the results of the 2020 election.