![]() ![]() I would withdraw the endorsement (of Hutchinson), I would contribute to the campaign, I would support him,” Cascos recalled. that it was only a suggestion and “there’s no guarantees or assurances that anything is going to happen.”ĭespite the $4,000 donation, Perry appointed Guzman to the position vacated when Supreme Court Justice Scott Brister announced he was stepping down from the high court, allowing Perry to seek a temporary replacement. But in 2006 she declared herself a Republican candidate for the 13th Court of Appeals. comes from a family of prominent Rio Grande Valley Democrats. ![]() Today, Rose Vela is running against Democrat Roy Valdez for reelection as Chief Justice of the 13th Court of Appeals. The 13th Court of Appeals serves twenty counties from Cameron to Matagorda with five Justices. The Chief Justice is based out of Corpus Christi and Edinburg, Texas. Rose Vela first was elected to the bench in 1998, to the 148th District Court as a Democrat. She was elected to the 13th Court f Appeals in 2006 as a Republican.įil Vela, who is listed as treasurer for Connie Scott, a Republican state Rep. ![]() seeking re-election for 2012 in Nueces County, is running as a Democrat for the newly-created congressional seat District 34. He is reported to have contributed thousands of dollars to the Republican cause and recruited GOP candidate Tom Greenwell to run for Place 2 on the 13th Court of Appeals against Democrat Nora Longoria. ![]() Other Vela hand-picked GOP candidates include Jaime Tijerina to run against Democrat Nelda Rodriguez for Place 4 on the 13th Court of Appeals and Doug Norman to challenge Gina Benavides, the Democratic candidate for Place 5 on the Appeals Court.That has raised some eyebrows among the Democratic faithful. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX-30) has previously indicated that this would be her final term.During the drawing of the places on the ballot, several of them expressed anger that the statewide Democratic leadership would allow people like Fil Jr. Vela is not expected to be the only Texas Democrat to retire at the end of this term, either, as Rep. Regardless, the retirement of Vela will likely make it easier for the Republicans who control the redistricting process to carve out a seat in South Texas favorable to their party, as it removes a notable incumbent factor out of the equation. However, redistricting itself is also up in the air, as there have been substantial delays in the release of the necessary data from the U.S. What Texas’ 34th Congressional District will look like by the election of 2022 is to be determined, as the Lone Star State is expected to gain three new congressional districts during redistricting later this year. News of the retirements of Vela and Kirkpatrick comes as the border faces an ongoing immigration crisis with Republicans pointing their fingers at the lax policies of the Biden administration. Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), a border Democrat in Arizona who also recently announced that she would not be seeking reelection. Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-07) and Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28). In February, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) released a list of targets for 2022 that includes Vela and Gonzalez, as well as Reps. Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-15), saw an even closer reelection bid as Republicans in South Texas came out in full force, signaling an electoral shift in the border region that the GOP hopes to capitalize on. In 2020, Trump’s share of the vote increased to 48 percent, though Joe Biden still carried the district with 52 percent.Īn analysis from the Daily Kos Elections notes that swing in Trump voters in Vela’s district was the third-largest in the nation, though Vela himself still won reelection handily with 55 percent against his Republican opponent’s 42 percent.Ī neighboring Democrat to Vela, Rep. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and the Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Lupe Valdez, carried it against Gov. That shifted right in 2018 when Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke carried the district with 58 percent of the vote against Sen. In 2016, Hillary Clinton carried the district with 59 percent of the vote, while Donald Trump only received 37 percent. ![]()
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