The retirement of Rep. Filemon Vela creates an early opportunity for Republicans in South...
FILE - Rep. Filemon Vela, D-Texas, speaks on Feb. 20, 2017, in San Juan, Texas. Vela said Thursday, March 24, 2022, he will soon leave office for a job in the private sector rather than finish what was already his final term in Congress. Gov. Greg Abbott is setting a June 14 special election to fill a South Texas congressional seat vacated by U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela, a Brownsville Democrat.
from McAllen, said last month that her special election “will set the tone for the entire nation in the upcoming midterms.” U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, the No. 3 Republican in the House, said last week that the election provides the GOP with a “ripe opportunity to pick up this seat.”
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