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U.S. House, District 34: who gets your vote?

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Candidate
ERIC FLORES

ERIC FLORES

Running for U.S. House · Texas District 34

NationalRepublican

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VICENTE GONZALEZ

VICENTE GONZALEZ

U.S. House · Texas District 34

NationalDemocrat

ERIC FLORESCandidateVICENTE GONZALEZCurrent rep

Job fit

ERIC FLORES

Other work

  • Eric served as a City Attorney and municipal judge before joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas 1

Education

  • After graduating from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law 1

VICENTE GONZALEZ

Other work

  • Vicente started his business, the Law Offices of V. Gonzalez and Associates, in McAllen 2

Education

  • Del Mar College where he received an Associate’s degree in Banking and Finance in 1990. 2

Top issues

Ranked by what Americans say matters most (Pew, 2026)

ERIC FLORES

  • Cost of living & jobs
    Priorities page says he will 'oppose reckless federal spending that fuels inflation' and fight to cut regulatory red tape, backing tax relief for small businesses. 3
  • Crime & safety
    Lists 'SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT' as a campaign priority, citing his background as a former assistant U.S. attorney who prosecuted smuggling cases. 3
  • Immigration
    Lists 'SECURE THE BORDER' as a top campaign priority, drawing on his record as a federal prosecutor of transnational human-smuggling cases. 3

No public stance found on: Health care costs, Guns, Climate & energy

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VICENTE GONZALEZ

No stated positions on file yet.

How they voted on top issues

ERIC FLORES

Nothing found for this candidate yet.

VICENTE GONZALEZ

  • What kids are taught in school → Teachers deciding, with lessons that include everyone (3 of 3 votes) 4
  • Elections safe from hacking and lies → Protecting elections from manipulation (2 of 2 votes) 4
  • Social Security you can count on → Protecting or expanding benefits (2 of 2 votes) 4

Who pays them

ERIC FLORES

Where the campaign money came from5

small donorslarge donorsother politicianspolitical allies (same party)companiesOther kinds of donors
small donors$456Klarge donors$913Kotherpoliticians$146Kpolitical allies(same party)$82Kcompanies$7KOther kinds ofdonors$5K$1.7M raised
$455,6075Small individual donors
$913,3535Large individual donors

VICENTE GONZALEZ

Where the campaign money came from6

small donorslarge donorscompaniesindustry associationsother politiciansOther kinds of donors
small donors$179Klarge donors$1.7Mcompanies$515Kindustryassociations$245Kotherpoliticians$168KOther kinds ofdonors$364K$3.4M raised
$179,2846Small individual donors
$1,723,6366Large individual donors

Checks

ERIC FLORES

No voting record to check yet

VICENTE GONZALEZ

Checks run: missed votes

Nothing raised by these checks.

Not checked yet: stock trades

Based on current data. May change in a future update.

Sources

  1. ABOUT ERIC | Flores for Congress · checked 2026-10-18 used in: Experience
  2. Meet Vicente – Vicente Gonzalez · checked 2026-10-18 used in: Experience
  3. ericflores.com used in: Top issues
  4. Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04 used in: How they voted on top issues
  5. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  6. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
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Candidate A

CHRIS ROYAL

Libertarian

We don't have campaign money records for this race yet.

Sources

1 Background: San Antonio Report · checked 2026-10-21

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Candidate B

EDDIE ESPINOZA

Green

We don't have campaign money records for this race yet.

Sources

1 Background: Meet Eddie – Espinoza For Congress · checked 2026-10-18

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VICENTE GONZALEZ
Candidate C

VICENTE GONZALEZ

DemocratShown above

🚩 $3.4M raised, 51% from large donors, 38% from organized interests. Group coverage unverified: filing cutoffs and receipt scope have not been reconciled. Named amounts are not a complete split of the filed PAC total.
Filed PAC total: $1,307,061.11 (38% of $3,397,662.28 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $1,292,050.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

Their votes pushed for: more oil, gas and coal, fewer climate rules, more legal ways in, and protection for people already here, government spending and worker protections.

Sources

1 Background: Meet Vicente – Vicente Gonzalez · checked 2026-10-18

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

3 Roll calls: Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04

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ERIC FLORES
Candidate D

ERIC FLORES

RepublicanShown above

🚩 No federal record yet. Campaign money: $1.7M raised, 54% from large donors, 19% from organized interests. Group coverage unverified: filing cutoffs and receipt scope have not been reconciled. Named amounts are not a complete split of the filed PAC total.
Filed PAC total: $312,302.20 (19% of $1,687,007.41 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $238,501.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

Says they are for: lower taxes and fewer rules on business, tougher sentences and more police, a tighter border and stricter enforcement.

Sources

1 Background: ABOUT ERIC | Flores for Congress · checked 2026-10-18

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

3 lower taxes and fewer rules on business: Candidate statement

4 tougher sentences and more police: Candidate statement

5 a tighter border and stricter enforcement: Candidate statement

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