Voices for Progress Candidate Almanac

Rep. Vicente Gonzalez

District: TX-34
Cook Political Ranking: Lean Republican
Performance Voter Index: Unavailable
Rep. Vicente Gonzalez was reelected to serve Texas’ 34th congressional district in 2024. This is his fifth term in congress. Gonzalez previously served TX-15, but redistricting changed the district numbers. Before Congress, Gonzalez was a trial lawyer and owned his own law practice, V. Gonzalez & Associates.

In 2024, Rep. Gonzalez was challenged by former Republican Rep. Mayra Flores. Rep. Flores won a special election for this seat in 2022, and then lost the general election that same year to Rep. Gonzalez. Rep. Gonzalez defeated Flores by almost 3 percentage points (5,177 votes) in 2024. Rep. Gonzalez raised $3.1 million and Flores raised $6.9 million. Outside spending was a major factor in this race with more than a dozen super PACs, politically active nonprofits, and other non-candidate groups spent $6.3 million in this race.

Cook Political Ranking: Lean Republican

Performance: Unavailable

2024 General Election

for U.S. House Texas District 34 :
Vicente Gonzalez (D): 51.3% (102,780)
Mayra Flores (R): 48.7% (97,603)

2024 Presidential Results
in Texas:
Donald Trump (R): 56.3%, 6,375,376 votes
Kamala Harris (D): 42.4, 4,806,474 votes

Issues

Strengthening Our Democracy: Needs Improvement

Climate: Needs Improvement

Environmental Justice: Needs Improvement

Health Care: Champion (Excellent)

Reproductive Rights: Needs Improvement

Labor & Workplace Protections: Needs Improvement

Economic Justice: Defender (Good)

Immigration & Racial Justice: Needs Improvement

LGBTQIA+/Gender Justice: Needs Improvement

Care Economy:Defender (Good)

2026 Cycle Fundraising

Q2 Fundraising: $866,366

Cash on Hand: $2.5 million

Total Raised: $3.7 million

Committees

House Committee on Financial Services

Subcommittee on Capital Markets