Mayra Flores

Mayra Nohemi Flores was born on January 1, 1986, in Burgos, Tamaulipas, Mexico, to migrant farmworkers. Her family moved to the U.S. when she was six years old and she gained citizenship at 14. She graduated from San Benito High School in 2004.{{cite web|url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/F000473|title=FLORES, Mayra|work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=June 22, 2022|archive-date=June 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622172450/https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/F000473|url-status=live}}{{cite news |title=Texas Republican Mayra Flores gets a boost in quest to be first U.S. congresswoman born in Mexico |date=April 11, 2022 |orig-date=April 7, 2022 |access-date=May 30, 2022 |first1=Cayla |last1=Harris |work=San Antonio Express-News |url=https://www.expressnews.com/news/legislature/article/Texas-Republican-Mayra-Flores-gets-a-boost-in-17063044.php |archive-date=June 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617015826/https://www.expressnews.com/news/legislature/article/Texas-Republican-Mayra-Flores-gets-a-boost-in-17063044.php |url-status=live }} Her family often moved yearly throughout Texas during her childhood because of her and her parents' work picking cotton, which began in Memphis, Texas, when she was 13.{{cite news |last=Medina |first=Jennifer |date=March 1, 2022 |orig-date=February 28, 2022 |title=How Immigration Politics Drives Some Hispanic Voters to the G.O.P. in Texas |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/28/us/politics/border-grievance-politics.html |url-status=live |access-date=May 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531071139/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/28/us/politics/border-grievance-politics.html |archive-date=May 31, 2022}}Harris, Cayla. [https://www.expressnews.com/politics/texas/article/Five-things-to-know-about-Texas-Republican-Mayra-17243470.php What to know about Texas Republican Mayra Flores, the first congresswoman-elect born in Mexico] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617015828/https://www.expressnews.com/politics/texas/article/Five-things-to-know-about-Texas-Republican-Mayra-17243470.php |date=June 17, 2022 }}, San Antonio Express-News, June 15, 2022. She graduated from South Texas College in 2019.

Flores's parents supported the Democratic Party, but she was drawn to the Republican Party due to her anti-abortion views. She has said that she was previously a Democrat, but left the party shortly after voting for Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election.{{cite news|last=Hennessy-Fiske|first=Molly|title='We've only started': How Latino support for Trump grew in Texas borderlands|url=https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-11-12/latino-support-grew-for-trump-on-the-texas-border|work=Los Angeles Times|date=12 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301103630/https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-11-12/latino-support-grew-for-trump-on-the-texas-border|archive-date=1 March 2022}}{{cite news|last1=Reston|first1=Maeve|last2=Chavez|first2=Nicole|title=Democrats look to win back Latino voters after Trump's inroads in South Texas|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/27/politics/latino-voters-texas-democrats-trump/index.html|work=CNN|date=28 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409133502/https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/27/politics/latino-voters-texas-democrats-trump/index.html|archive-date=9 April 2022}}

Before her congressional campaigns and shortly after graduating from college, Flores worked in the Hidalgo County Republican Party as chair of Hispanic outreach.{{cite news |title=Too many lawyers: GOP lawmaker spearheads PAC to elect blue-collar Americans to Congress |work=The Washington Times |date=May 25, 2022 |access-date=May 30, 2022 |first=Mica |last=Soellner |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/may/25/gop-lawmaker-pac-elect-blue-collar-congress-kat-ca/ |archive-date=June 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617015829/https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/may/25/gop-lawmaker-pac-elect-blue-collar-congress-kat-ca/ |url-status=live }} In 2022, she organized pro-Trump caravans through the Rio Grande Valley.{{cite web |last1=Medina |first1=Jennifer |title=The Rise of the Far-Right Latina |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/06/us/politics/mayra-flores-latina-republicans.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=6 July 2022 |date=6 July 2022}} Before her election to Congress, Flores used hashtags associated with the QAnon conspiracy theory on an Instagram post, though she has denied ever being a supporter of QAnon. In tweets that she later deleted, Flores also promoted the false claim that the 2021 United States Capitol attack was "set up" by antifa members among the crowd during the riot.{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/23/politics/mayra-flores-capitol-riot-qanon-kfile/|title=Newly elected GOP congresswoman spread Capitol riot conspiracies and QAnon hashtags in now-deleted tweets|first=Andrew|last=Kaczynski|publisher=CNN|date=June 23, 2022|access-date=June 23, 2022|archive-date=June 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623220743/https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/23/politics/mayra-flores-capitol-riot-qanon-kfile/|url-status=live}}

{{see also|2022 Texas's 34th congressional district special election}}

Flores declared her candidacy for the United States House of Representatives in {{ushr|TX|34}} after incumbent Democratic representative Filemon Vela Jr. announced in March 2021 that he would not seek reelection in 2022.{{cite web|last=Nichols|first=Hans|title=Rep. Filemon Vela to retire from House ahead of Texas redistricting|url=https://www.axios.com/filemon-vela-retire-house-congress-texas-3cb0917c-6e21-4a35-95ac-0d189e799fde.html|access-date=March 22, 2021|website=Axios|date=March 22, 2021|archive-date=April 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411194739/https://www.axios.com/filemon-vela-retire-house-congress-texas-3cb0917c-6e21-4a35-95ac-0d189e799fde.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|date=March 26, 2021|title=South Texas emerges as political hotbed after Democrats underperformed there in 2020|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/26/south-texas-elections-republicans-democrats/|access-date=April 6, 2021|website=The Texas Tribune|archive-date=April 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411100215/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/26/south-texas-elections-republicans-democrats/|url-status=live}} She ran her campaign appealing to Hispanic and Latino Americans and their disillusionment with the Democratic Party, which they have historically supported in South Texas.{{cite news |title=Latinas Are Pushing a Political Revolution in South Texas—to the Right |work=Texas Monthly |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/republican-latinas-rio-grande-valley/ |access-date=May 31, 2022 |archive-date=May 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520214625/https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/republican-latinas-rio-grande-valley/ |url-status=live }} Following the establishment of new congressional districts as a part of the 2020 redistricting cycle, incumbent Democrat Vicente Gonzalez of the {{ushr|TX|15|C}} announced his candidacy for the new 34th district.{{Cite news|last=Svitek|first=Patrick|date=October 26, 2021|title=U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez will run for a different House seat in 2022 after redistricting made his more competitive|work=The Texas Tribune|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2021/10/23/vicente-gonzalez-congress-redistricting-2022/|url-status=live|access-date=October 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026225453/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/10/23/vicente-gonzalez-congress-redistricting-2022/|archive-date=October 26, 2021}} On March 1, 2022, Flores and Gonzalez won their respective partisan primaries and faced each other in the general election on November 8, 2022.{{cite news |title=Unofficial election results: Vicente Gonzalez, Mayra Flores win nominations in District 34 race |work=KRGV-TV |date=March 1, 2022 |access-date=May 30, 2022 |url=https://www.krgv.com/videos/unofficial-election-results-vicente-gonzalez-mayra-flores-win-nominations-in-district-34-race/ |archive-date=June 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617015829/https://www.krgv.com/videos/unofficial-election-results-vicente-gonzalez-mayra-flores-win-nominations-in-district-34-race/ |url-status=live }}

In March 2022, Vela announced his early resignation from Congress.{{Cite news |last=Livingston |first=Abby |date=March 24, 2022 |title=U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela will resign early from Congress |work=The Texas Tribune |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/24/filemon-vela-resign/ |url-status=live |access-date=March 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220324141821/https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/24/filemon-vela-resign/ |archive-date=March 24, 2022}} Shortly after his announcement, Flores declared her candidacy in the special election on June 14, 2022, to fill the vacancy.{{cite news |title=U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela's resignation announcement sparks a sudden special-election scramble in hotly contested South Texas |work=The Texas Tribune |date=March 24, 2022 |access-date=May 30, 2022 |first=Patrick |last=Svitek |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/24/south-texas-congressional-special-election/ |archive-date=May 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525153309/https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/24/south-texas-congressional-special-election/ |url-status=live }} Gonzalez did not run in the special election.{{cite web |url=https://rollcall.com/2022/04/11/texas-election-is-gops-chance-to-prove-how-midterm-winds-are-blowing/ |title=Texas election is GOP's chance to prove how midterm winds are blowing |publisher=Rollcall.com |date=April 11, 2022 |access-date=June 15, 2022 |archive-date=June 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613195428/https://rollcall.com/2022/04/11/texas-election-is-gops-chance-to-prove-how-midterm-winds-are-blowing/ |url-status=live }} Flores's campaign focused on her family, the economy, border security, and her upbringing as the daughter of immigrants.{{cite web |last1=Svitek |first1=Patrick |title=How Mayra Flores flipped a Rio Grande Valley congressional seat and gave Republicans hope for a new era in South Texas |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2022/06/15/republicans-flip-house-seat-south-texas-mayra-flores/ |website=Texas Tribune |access-date=June 16, 2022 |language=en |date=June 16, 2022 |archive-date=June 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616030234/https://www.texastribune.org/2022/06/15/republicans-flip-house-seat-south-texas-mayra-flores/ |url-status=live }} During the special election, Flores reported $752,000 in contributions, while Democrat Dan Sanchez of Harlingen reported $46,000. Turnout was incredibly low at only 7.3% of registered voters participating in the election.{{Cite news |last=Harris |first=Cayla |date=2022-06-15 |title=Republican Mayra Flores flips South Texas district to become first Mexican-born congresswoman |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/Republican-Mayra-Flores-flips-South-Texas-17242385.php |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=Houston Chronicle |language=en-US}} Flores defeated Sanchez with 50.91% of the vote to Sanchez's 43.37%, avoiding a runoff.Svitek, Patrick. [https://www.texastribune.org/2022/06/14/texas-special-election-tx-34-mayra-flores-dan-sanchez/ Republicans flip U.S. House seat in South Texas, historically a Democratic stronghold] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615123920/https://www.texastribune.org/2022/06/14/texas-special-election-tx-34-mayra-flores-dan-sanchez/ |date=June 15, 2022 }}, Texas Tribune, June 14, 2022. She is the first Mexican-born woman elected to serve in Congress.{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/21/politics/mayra-flores-first-mexican-born-woman-congress/index.html|title=Mayra Flores becomes the first Mexican-born woman sworn in to Congress|date=June 22, 2022 |work=CNN|access-date=July 1, 2022|archive-date=June 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630001106/https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/21/politics/mayra-flores-first-mexican-born-woman-congress/index.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kktv.com/2022/06/22/texas-lawmaker-first-mexican-born-woman-join-congress/|title=Texas lawmaker first Mexican-born woman to join Congress|date=June 22, 2022 |publisher=KKTV|access-date=July 1, 2022|archive-date=June 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624010857/https://www.kktv.com/2022/06/22/texas-lawmaker-first-mexican-born-woman-join-congress/|url-status=live}}

{{see also|2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas#District 34}}

In her general election campaign against Democrat Vincente Gonzalez, Flores was targeted with racist and sexist comments; a blogger who had previously received funds from the Gonzalez campaign called her "Miss Frijoles", "Miss Enchiladas", and a "cotton-pickin' liar".{{cite web |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/19/mayra-flores-gonzalez-mchale-racist-1658251711/ | title=Blogger with ties to Vicente Gonzalez lobs racist attack at his congressional opponent Mayra Flores |website=The Texas Tribune| date=July 19, 2022 }} Gonzalez and district Democrats condemned these comments. Gonzalez also called Flores "unqualified" and claimed she could not "think or speak for herself", criticisms that were called sexist.{{cite web |last1=Caputo |first1=Marc |title='Miss Frijoles' attack roils Latino-heavy congressional race in Texas |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/miss-frijoles-attack-roils-latino-heavy-congressional-race-texas-rcna38787 |website=NBC News |access-date=July 19, 2022 |language=en |date=July 19, 2022}}{{Cite web |last=Morris |first=Kyle |date=2022-10-15 |title=Dem candidate running in contentious House race says his female opponent can't 'think' or 'speak' for herself |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-candidate-running-contentious-house-race-says-female-opponent-cant-think-speak-herself |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}

In the November 8 general election, Gonzalez defeated Flores 53% to 44%, to become the next Representative for the 34th District.

{{main|2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas#District 34}}

On July 11, 2023, Flores announced a campaign to retake the 34th district in the 2024 election.{{cite news|last1=Svitek|first1=Patrick|title=Republican Mayra Flores announces bid to retake South Texas congressional seat|date=2023-07-11|work=The Texas Tribune|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/11/mayra-flores-congress-2024-election/|access-date=2024-01-07}}

In what the Texas Tribune called "a bizarre micro-scandal", in January 2024 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. Flores initially blocked critics and changed the name of her social media account, but later said she had "no intention to mislead" and that the photos reminded her of her childhood upbringing in Mexico.{{cite news |last1=Downen |first1=Robert |title=Former U.S. Rep. Mayra Flores accused of cribbing others’ pictures of Mexican food as her own cooking |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2024/01/03/mayra-flores-mexican-food-photos/ |access-date=23 November 2024 |work=The Texas Tribune |date=3 January 2024 |language=en}}{{cite news|last1=Muzaffar|first1=Maroosha|title=Ex-GOP lawmaker sparks 'grubgate' controversy after she's accused of posting stolen food photos|date=2024-01-05|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/mayra-flores-food-pictures-b2473829.html|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=2024-10-28}}{{cite news|last1=Paúl|first1=María Luisa|date=2024-01-08|title=A former congresswoman posted food pics online. 'Grubgate' ensued.|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/08/mayra-flores-grubgate-scandal-food-photos/|access-date=2024-10-28}}

Flores prevailed in a contested primary election on March 5, 2024.{{cite news|last1=Abrams|first1=Cameron|title=Mayra Flores Takes Republican Primary, Setting Up Rematch Against Democratic Congressman Vicente Gonzalez|website=The Texan|date=2024-03-06|url=https://thetexan.news/elections/2024/mayra-flores-takes-republican-primary-setting-up-rematch-against-democratic-congressman-vicente-gonzalez/article_c9244114-dbf0-11ee-a3e4-6340a2ba87ca.html|access-date=2024-03-14}} She received millions of dollars of campaign funding from other House Republicans and increased Republican voter turnout, but lost the election against incumbent Democrat Vicente Gonzalez in the November general election by 5,137 votes, 51.3% to 48.7% .{{cite news|last1=Garcia|first1=Berenice|title=Vicente Gonzalez defeats Mayra Flores to hold onto South Texas congressional district|date=2024-11-05|work=The Texas Tribune|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/05/texas-election-2024-mayra-flores-vicente-gonzalez-district-34/|access-date=2024-11-13}} Flores campaigned in churches in a potential violation of federal regulations.{{Cite news |last=Gonzalez |first=Michael |date=2024-11-04 |title=Texas House candidate campaigning in churches, in potential legal violation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/04/texas-congressional-campaign-churches |access-date=2024-11-04 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

{{main|2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas#District 28}}

On April 15, 2025, Flores announced that she would challenge Democratic Representative Henry Cuellar in Texas's 28th congressional district.{{cite news |last1=Wilson |first1=Katharine |title=Mayra Flores to challenge Henry Cuellar in the 28th District |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/15/texas-congressional-seat-flores-cuellar/ |access-date=22 May 2025 |work=The Texas Tribune |date=15 April 2025 |language=en}}{{cite web |last=Manchester |first=Julia |date=April 15, 2025 |publisher=The Hill |title=Former Texas lawmaker hospitalized after launching congressional bid |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5250355-mayra-flores-hospitalized-texas-house-race/}}

File:Mayra Flores sworn in.png (left) swears in Flores, as her husband looks on]]

Flores was sworn in by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi on June 21, 2022.{{Cite web |last=Gillman|first=Todd J.|date=21 June 2022 |title=South Texas Republican Mayra Flores sworn in as newest member of Congress |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2022/06/21/south-texas-republican-mayra-flores-sworn-in-as-newest-member-of-congress/ |access-date=21 June 2022 |website=Dallas News |language=en |archive-date=21 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621223637/https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2022/06/21/south-texas-republican-mayra-flores-sworn-in-as-newest-member-of-congress/ |url-status=live }} 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".{{cite news|author=|url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/new-texas-mayra-flores-roe-v-wade-reversal-start-valuing-life|title=New Texas Rep. Mayra Flores on Roe v. Wade reversal: 'We have to start valuing life'|date=24 June 2022|publisher=Fox News|access-date=26 June 2022|archive-date=26 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626161245/https://www.foxnews.com/media/new-texas-mayra-flores-roe-v-wade-reversal-start-valuing-life|url-status=live}}

In June 2022, Flores voted against the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.{{cite news|last=Taylor|first=Steve|title=Flores is sole border Rep. to vote against Cornyn's gun safety legislation|url=https://riograndeguardian.com/flores-is-sole-border-rep-to-vote-against-cornyns-gun-safety-legislation/|work=Rio Grande Guardian|date=26 June 2022}}

In July 2022, The New York Times published an article about Flores's election, calling her a "far-right Latina". Flores responded to the article, saying The New York Times knew "nothing about me or our culture" and that "I have received only hate from the liberal media".{{Cite news|last=Parks |first=Kristine |date=6 July 2022|title=Mayra Flores fires back after New York Times calls her 'far-right Latina': Paper knows 'nothing about me' |url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/mayra-flores-fires-back-new-york-times-calls-her-far-right-latina-paper-knows-nothing-about-me |access-date=20 July 2022|work=Fox News |language=en-US}}{{Cite news|last=Glebova|first=Diana|date=6 July 2022|title=GOP Congresswoman Mayra Flores Responds to 'Far-Right Latina' Attack in New York Times |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/news/gop-congresswoman-mayra-flores-responds-to-far-right-latina-attack-in-new-york-times/ |access-date=20 July 2022 |work=National Review |language=en-US}} The article was also criticized by Ted Cruz and Laura Ingraham, among others.{{Cite web|last=Bedard|first=Paul|date=6 July 2022|title=The New York Times label of Mayra Flores as 'far-right Latina' draws GOP fire |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/new-york-times-mayra-flores-far-right-latina-gop-fire |access-date=20 July 2022|website=Washington Examiner |language=en}}{{cite video|title=What the Hispanic community is worried about: Rep Mayra Flores|date=7 June 2022|url=https://video.foxnews.com/v/6309224443112|work=Fox News}}

On July 19, 2022, Flores voted against the Respect for Marriage Act.{{cite news|last=Moreno|first=Gaby|url=https://www.valleycentral.com/news/local-news/rep-mayra-flores-votes-against-bill-protecting-gay-marriage/ | title=Rep. Mayra Flores votes against bill protecting gay marriage|work=Valley central|date=20 July 2022 }}

Flores supports religious freedom, school choice, and abortion bans. She opposes same-sex marriage.

She backed former President Trump publicly and raised doubts about the results of the 2020 election.{{cite web|title=The RED WAVE did not happen: Texas Republican Mayra Flores projected to lose House seat|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elections-2022-texas-house-republican-mayra-flores-projected-to-lose-seat-no-red-wave/|date=November 9, 2022|access-date=November 23, 2022|website=CBS News}}

Flores' committee assignments included:{{Cite web |title=Committees and Caucuses {{!}} Congresswoman Mayra Flores |url=https://flores.house.gov/about/committees-and-caucuses.htm |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=flores.house.gov |language=en}}

• Committee on Homeland Security
• Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, & Operations
• Subcommittee on Transportation & Maritime Security
• Committee on Agriculture

Flores has worked as a respiratory therapist. She was married to John Vallejo, a U.S. Border Patrol agent, with whom she has four children. Flores announced in June 2025 that she and Vallejo had divorced earlier in the year, due to "irreconcilable differences."https://x.com/MayraFlores4TX/status/1932068379294118052

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| title = 2024 Texas's 34th congressional district election{{cite web |title=Official Canvass Report 2024 NOVEMBER 5TH GENERAL ELECTION November 05, 2024 |url=https://results.texas-election.com/static/data/Reports/49664/OfficialCanvassReport.pdf?v=1738929456565 |publisher=Texas Secretary of State |access-date=February 8, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250207120710/https://results.texas-election.com/static/data/Reports/49664/OfficialCanvassReport.pdf?v=1738929456565 |archive-date=February 7, 2025 |page=7 |date=January 7, 2025 |url-status=live}}

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| candidate = Vicente Gonzalez (incumbent)

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 102,780

| percentage = 51.3%

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| candidate = Mayra Flores

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 97,603

| percentage = 48.7%

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| votes = 200,283

| percentage = 100.0%

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| winner = Democratic Party (United States)

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