![]() Back last year when I decided I wasn't going to run again, we started to talk to him and his staff about all the things we had worked on, like Port of Brownsville issues, some of the (international) bridge issues, SpaceX issues. "We've worked hand in hand pretty much on everything we've done. Vince and I have a personal relationship that probably goes back 20 years," he said. If that happens, TX-34 constituents can expect a high level of continuity from Vela's time in Congress, Vela said. ![]() "I think Vince is about 99.9 percent certain to be the member of Congress for TX-34 for the next two years," Vela said. While redistricting has made TX-15 more competitive for Republicans - he considers it a toss-up in the November election - that's not necessarily the case for TX-34, he said. Vela said the Republican party, which made gains in the Rio Grande Valley during the 2020 election, sees a TX-34 special election as a chance to take the seat away from Democrats, though he feels the seat is safe. "What I've heard is that Dan Sanchez, former county commissioner, is considering running for it," Vela said. Vela's longtime friend Vicente Gonzalez, currently representing Texas District 15 in Congress, is the Democratic candidate running for TX-34 in the November election but will not take part in any special election and instead will serve out his current term. His early departure will prompt a special election, the exact timing of which isn't set in stone and is Abbott's call to some extent. Vela, who announced a year ago that he would not seek reelection to the seat he's held since 2013, is leaving Congress before the end of his current term to take a job with the law and lobbying firm Akin Gump, headquartered in Washington D.C. "Please let me know how I can be of assistance during this transition." "It has been a profound honor to represent the people of the Rio Grande Valley of Texas for the last nine years," he wrote briefly. Greg Abbott and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. has stepped down from his Texas 34 congressional district seat after sending resignation letters today to Gov. 31-It's official: Brownsville Democrat Filemon Vela Jr.
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