{"id":8457,"date":"2026-03-09T08:27:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=8457"},"modified":"2026-03-09T08:27:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:27:27","slug":"district-15-34-primary-results-whats-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/09\/district-15-34-primary-results-whats-next\/","title":{"rendered":"District 15, 34 Primary Results: What&#8217;s Next?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Primary0309.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Valley voters in both District 15 and 34 made their decision last Tuesday for the candidates they want to see in the November general elections.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Democratic representative Bobby Pulido and Republican Incumbent Monica de la Cruz won their respective races and will be vying for the District 15 congressional office in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>District 34 Democratic incumbent Vicente Gonzalez and Republican representative Eric Flores will face off against each other in the general election.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UTRGV Political Science Professor Bryant Sculos said it was interesting to see how Mayra Flores has been running many times and lost the elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cWhat&#8217;s interesting is that Mayra Flores is very, very conservative and has always been a big supporter of President Trump, and he endorsed Eric Flores,\u201d Sculos said. \u201cPresident Trump says it himself: He likes people who win.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He said it will be difficult for Democrats to win back District 15 due to the redistricting gerrymandering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cDistrict 15 was gerrymandered to make it more conservative, but it&#8217;s still very purple right,\u201d Sculos said. \u201cThere is still a strong mix of democrats and republicans in District 15.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He said Pulido&#8217;s background and popularity influenced the outcome in that primary race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cShe\u2019s [Ada Cuellar] a doctor,\u201d Sculos said. \u201cHe&#8217;s a famous, at least locally famous musician. I would guess given our society, he probably has more personal wealth than she does.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The political science professor said gerrymandering could have a huge effect on the general elections.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cThe results will be about which political party can motivate their voters and which voters feel compelled to come out and support certain candidates,\u201d Sculos said.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Political science senior Maya Rodriguez said she believes the elected candidates should focus on safety border policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>International business sophomore Luis Castillo said the primary election results were predictable.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Castillo mentioned the issues the representatives should talk about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cI think student issues like college costs and jobs after graduation, should be talked about more,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The midterm elections will take place Nov.3, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valley voters in both District 15 and 34 made their decision last Tuesday for the candidates they want<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":8459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,722,6],"tags":[27,44,26],"class_list":["post-8457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brownsville","category-news","category-radio","tag-brownsville","tag-news","tag-utrgv"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>District 15, 34 Primary Results: What&#039;s Next? 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