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Scoop: Republican launches House bid in key swing district GOP aims to flip in 2026 midterms

Eric Flores enters race for Texas’ 34th Congressional District, a battleground that President Donald Trump won by five points, challenging Democratic incumbent Vicente Gonzalez.

FIRSTONFOX:EricFlores,anArmyveteranandformerfederalprosecutor,onMondaylaunchedaRepublicancampaignforCongressinakeybattlegroundHousedistrictatthesoutherntipofTexas. “Weneedfewerpoliticiansandmorefighterswhowillputourcommunitiesfirst,”FloressaidinavideothatwassharedfirstwithFoxNewsDigital. Hepledgedthat“inCongress,I’llstandwithPresidentTrump,fightanddeliverforSouthTexaseverysingleday.” FloresisrunninginTexas’34thCongressionalDistrict,whichstretchesalongtheGulfCoastfromjustsouthofCorpusChristitotheborderwithMexico.ItincludesBrownsvilleandstretcheswestwardtoincludepartsofMcAllen. SCOOP:HOUSEREPUBLICANCAMPAIGNARMAIMSTOANCHORMAMDANITOVULNERABLEDEMOCRATS  Thedistrictisoneof26theNationalRepublicanCongressionalCommittee(NRCC)istargetinginthe2026midtermelections,astheHouseGOP’scampaignarmd