Gonzalez, D-McAllen, also defeated Flores, R-Los Indios, two years ago. The district was one of the few competitive congressional races this election cycle and one in which House Republicans poured millions of dollars into to try to win back.

Texas, won a fifth term in Congress Tuesday night, fending off a repeat challenge by Republican Mayra Flores in Texas' 34th Congressional District, which is trending more toward the GOP.

While Texas Republicans dominated in competitive state House races Tuesday night, all 7 incumbent Democrats from Austin emerged with clear victories.

Vicente Gonzalez won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Texas on Wednesday. For the second election cycle in a row, he defeated Republican Mayra Flores, who had won a special election in 2022 to become Texas' first Republican Latina in Congress.