What is Mayra Flores?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Mayra Flores |image = Mayra Flores.jpg |caption = Portrait, 2022 |state = [[Texas]] |district = {{ushr|TX|34|34th}} |term_start = June 21, 2022 |term_end = January 3, 2023 |predecessor = [[Filemon Vela Jr.]] |successor = [[Vicente Gonzalez (politician)|Vicente Gonzalez]] |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|1|1}} |birth_place = [[Burgos Municipality, Tamaulipas|Burgos]], [[Tamaulipas]], [[Mexico]] |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |spouse = |children = 2 |education = [[Texas State Technical College|Texas State Technical College, Harlingen]] ([[Associate of Arts|AA]])<br>[[South Texas College]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]]) }} '''Mayra Nohemi Flores''' (born January 1, 1986) is a [[Mexico|Mexican]]-born [[Americans|American]] [[politician]]. She is a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. She was a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] for {{ushr|TX|34}} from 2022 to 2023. ==Political career== She won the [[2022 Texas's 34th congressional district special election|special election]] to replace former Congressman [[Filemon Vela Jr.]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Svitek |first1=Patrick |title=U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela's resignation announcement sparks a sudden special-election scramble in hotly contested South Texas |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/24/south-texas-congressional-special-election/ |publisher=[[Texas Tribune]] |date=March 24, 2022 |access-date=March 24, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Texas Republican Mayra Flores gets a boost in quest to be first U.S. congresswoman born in Mexico |date=April 11, 2022 |orig-date=April 7, 2022 |access-date=May 30, 2022 |first1=Cayla |last1=Harris |work=[[San Antonio Express-News]] |url=https://www.expressnews.com/news/legislature/article/Texas-Republican-Mayra-Flores-gets-a-boost-in-17063044.php}}</ref> She is the first [[Mexican Americans|Mexican-born]] woman to be a member of the