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Brent Lewis (Texas)
Brent Lewis (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 34th Congressional District. He was disqualified from the general election scheduled on November 5, 2024.
2024 battleground election
Ballotpedia identified the November 5 general election as a battleground race. The summary below is from our coverage of this election, found here.
Incumbent Vicente Gonzalez Jr. (D) defeated Mayra Flores (R) in the general election to represent Texas' 34th Congressional District on November 5, 2024. Click here for detailed results.
Because of redistricting after the 2020 census, Gonzalez and Flores — both incumbent members of the U.S. House at the time — ran against one another in the 2022 election in this district. Gonzalez defeated Flores 52.7% to 44.2%. Both the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee included the district on their 2024 target lists.[1][2]
Gonzalez was first elected to the House in 2016 and earlier worked as an attorney in private practice. Gonzalez said he was running "to be the fighter and the strong voice that South Texans need in Congress."[3] Gonzalez said his priorities were education, jobs, healthcare, and veterans.[4]
Flores was elected to the House in a special election in 2022. She earlier worked as a respiratory therapist. Flores said she was "a mom, Border Patrol wife, and Texan who is ready to take back the America we love."[5] Flores said her priorities were border security, bringing jobs to South Texas, and expanding parental control in education.[6]
Based on post-general election reports filed with the Federal Election Commission, Gonzalez raised $3.11 million and spent $3.02 million, and Flores raised $6.91 million and spent $6.93 million. To review all the campaign finance figures in full detail, click here.
Before the election, four major election forecasters differed in their ratings for the general election, with one rating it Likely Democratic and three rating it Lean Democratic.
Elections
2024
See also: Texas' 34th Congressional District election, 2024
Texas' 34th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)
Texas' 34th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 34
Incumbent Vicente Gonzalez Jr. defeated Mayra Flores in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 34 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Vicente Gonzalez Jr. (D) | 51.3 | 102,780 |
 | Mayra Flores (R) | 48.7 | 97,603 | |
| Total votes: 200,383 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Brent Lewis (L)
- Chris Royal (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 34
Incumbent Vicente Gonzalez Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 34 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Vicente Gonzalez Jr. | 100.0 | 27,745 |
| Total votes: 27,745 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 34
Mayra Flores defeated Laura Cisneros, Mauro Garza, and Gregory Kunkle Jr. in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 34 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mayra Flores | 81.2 | 18,307 |
 | Laura Cisneros | 8.8 | 1,991 | |
 | Mauro Garza | 6.2 | 1,388 | |
 | Gregory Kunkle Jr. | 3.8 | 863 | |
| Total votes: 22,549 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Ann Marie Torres (R)
Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 34
Brent Lewis advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 34 on March 23, 2024.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | Brent Lewis (L) | |
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Polls
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Polls are conducted with a variety of methodologies and have margins of error or credibility intervals.[7] The Pew Research Center wrote, "A margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points at the 95% confidence level means that if we fielded the same survey 100 times, we would expect the result to be within 3 percentage points of the true population value 95 of those times."[8] For tips on reading polls from FiveThirtyEight, click here. For tips from Pew, click here.
Below we provide results for polls that are included in polling aggregation from FiveThirtyEight and RealClearPolitics, when available. Click here to read about FiveThirtyEight's criteria for including polls in its aggregation. We only report polls for which we can find a margin of error or credibility interval.
| Texas' 34th Congressional District election, 2024: general election polls | ||||||||
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| Poll | Date |  Gonzalez
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 Flores
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 Lewis
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Undecided/Other | Margin of error | Sample size[9] | Sponsor[10] |
| 1892 Polling | Apr. 11–13, 2024 | 48% | 45% | -- | 7% | ±4.9% | 400 LV | National Republican Congressional Committee |
| 1892 Polling | May 24–26, 2023 | 42% | 42% | -- | 16% | ±4.7% | 439 LV | National Republican Congressional Committee |
Election campaign finance
| Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vicente Gonzalez Jr. | Democratic Party | $3,109,468 | $3,131,362 | $282,060 | As of December 31, 2024 |
| Laura Cisneros | Republican Party | $29,669 | $72,998 | $172 | As of December 31, 2024 |
| Mayra Flores | Republican Party | $6,926,111 | $6,949,505 | $2,828 | As of December 31, 2024 |
| Mauro Garza | Republican Party | $1,057,530 | $1,070,880 | $157 | As of December 31, 2024 |
| Gregory Kunkle Jr. | Republican Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
| Brent Lewis | Libertarian Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
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Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." |
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Satellite spending
- See also: Satellite spending
Satellite spending describes political spending not controlled by candidates or their campaigns; that is, any political expenditures made by groups or individuals that are not directly affiliated with a candidate. This includes spending by political party committees, super PACs, trade associations, and 501(c)(4) nonprofit groups.[11][12][13]
If available, this section includes links to online resources tracking satellite spending in this election. To notify us of a resource to add, email us.
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Note: As of June 6, 2024, Brent Lewis (L) had not registered as a candidate with the Federal Election Commission.
Race ratings
- See also: Race rating definitions and methods
Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:
- Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
- Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
- Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[14]
- Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.
Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[15][16][17]
| Race ratings: Texas' 34th Congressional District election, 2024 | |||||||||
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| Race tracker | Race ratings | ||||||||
| November 5, 2024 | October 29, 2024 | October 22, 2024 | October 15, 2024 | ||||||
| The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter | Lean Democratic | Lean Democratic | Lean Democratic | Lean Democratic | |||||
| Decision Desk HQ and The Hill | Likely Democratic | Likely Democratic | Likely Democratic | Likely Democratic | |||||
| Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales | Lean Democratic | Lean Democratic | Lean Democratic | Likely Democratic | |||||
| Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball | Lean Democratic | Lean Democratic | Lean Democratic | Lean Democratic | |||||
| Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week. | |||||||||
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Lewis in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Brent Lewis did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, "2024 Frontline Members," accessed June 10, 2024
- ↑ National Republican Congressional Committee, "NRCC Announces 37 Offensive Pick-Up Opportunities to Grow GOP House Majority," March 13, 2023
- ↑ Vicente Gonzalez 2024 campaign website, "Issues," accessed June 10, 2024
- ↑ Vicente Gonzalez 2024 campaign website, "Home page," accessed June 10, 2024
- ↑ Mayra Flores 2024 campaign website, "Home page," accessed June 10, 2024
- ↑ Mayra Flores 2024 campaign website, "Real Solutions," accessed June 10, 2024
- ↑ For more information on the difference between margins of error and credibility intervals, see explanations from the American Association for Public Opinion Research and Ipsos.
- ↑ Pew Research Center, "5 key things to know about the margin of error in election polls," September 8, 2016
- ↑ RV=Registered Voters
LV=Likely Voters - ↑ The sponsor is the person or group that funded all or part of the poll.
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Outside Spending," accessed December 12, 2021
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Total Outside Spending by Election Cycle, All Groups," accessed December 12, 2021
- ↑ National Review.com, "Why the Media Hate Super PACs," December 12, 2021
- ↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
