The National Republican Congressional Committee recently added all three South Texas congressional targets to their list of potential pickups in 2022. Filemon Vela (D-Texas) is speeding up his departure from Congress, with plans to resign from office in the coming weeks instead of waiting for his term to expire early next year. Biden defeated Trump by 4 percentage points in Vela’s district in 2020, and Clinton defeated Trump by 21.5 points in 2016. More serious problems for Democrats were seen at the top of the ticket. Filemon Vela, D-Brownsville, at a Texas Tribune event in 2017. He defeated Gonzalez by 20 percentage points in 2018. Filemon Vela of Texas, who is serving his fifth term in. Vela faced off against the same opponent Rey Gonzalez in 20. Filemon Vela, a Texas Democrat, is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington during procedural votes in December 2019. (Photo by Robert Daemmrich Photography Inc/Corbis via. Rick Perry (R) break ground on the Boca Chica, Texas site of SpaceX's spaceport in 2014. Henry Cuellar and Vicente González that faced historically tight margins in their re-election races in 2020. Filemon Vela (D-Texas), Elon Musk and Texas Gov. Vela was among the trio of South Texas lawmakers including Reps. “I will continue to focus on maintaining a Democratic House and Senate Majority in my capacity as a member of Congress and Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee, while working diligently for the people I am so grateful to represent,” he said. In his statement to media, Vela did not say why he was not seeking a sixth term in Congress. He was re-elected in 2020 with a 13.5 percent margin over his Republican opponent. Filemon Vela (D-Brownsville) will not be seeking re-election, a spokesperson for the lawmaker confirmed to Axios on Monday.įilemon has represented the district since 2013.
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