Democrat Candidate Vicente Gonzalez Claims Texas Special Election Was Stolen

Democrat congressman Vicente Gonzalez took aim at his Republican opponent on Sept. 8, saying outside money was flooding Texas congressional races in an effort to steal the election.

Rep. Mayra Flores (R-Texas) won the election for an open seat in the 34th Texas Congressional District on June 14. She is the first Republican elected in the heavily Hispanic Rio Grande District in more than 100 years.

Gonzalez, a moderate Democrat currently representing the 15th Congressional District, will face off against Flores in the next election in November because of redistricting.

On Thursday, Gonzalez attended the “go vote Blue” event in Brownsville, Texas, and claimed the special election was stolen.

“There’s millions and millions of dollars from outside our region and outside our state that are coming here to try to steal our elections and take away your value and take away the process that we rely on, which is elections,” Gonzalez said, according to Fox News.

“They stole that last election. They spent $3 million to our $250,000, they campaigned for two years, and they still only won by less than one percent,” Gonzalez said. “So, the way to turn this around is getting out and vote.”

The recording was later posted by the newly elected congresswoman on Twitter late Saturday, where Gonzalez can be seen sitting next to Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.).

“Just yesterday a Democrat Representative claimed an election was stolen. That’s right, Vicente Gonzalez along with Adam Schiff claimed that our win in #TX34 was stolen,” Flores wrote in a Sept. 10 post. “Vicente Gonzalez is an election denier and we will earn our win again in November!”

Just yesterday a Democrat Representative claimed an election was stolen. That’s right, Vicente Gonzalez along with Adam Schiff claimed that our win in #TX34 was stolen. Vicente Gonzalez is an

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