“But in the meantime while Filemon Vela’s gone,” Barragán says, there’s going to an election between that time.”įor more stories from the past week, including Beto O’Rourke’s break with President Biden over ending a health policy torapidly expels migrants, and the indictment of Harris County staffers tied to Lina Hidalgo’s office, listen to the Q&A in the audio player above. H.R.6324 117th Congress (2021-2022) Saving America's Future by Educating Kids Act of 2021 Sponsor: Vela, Filemon Rep.-D-TX-34 (Introduced ) Cosponsors: Committees: House - Education and Labor Latest Action: House - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Vicente Gonzales serves in a neighboring district to Vela’s, and plans to run in Vela’s 34th Congressional District come November. Filemon Vela of Texas announced Monday that he will not seek reelection to his congressional district on the southern border where Republicans are seeing new chances in 2022. Plus, Vela’s early retirement set up a game of musical chairs in the Rio Grande Valley. Democrat Served These statistics cover Vela’s record during the 116th Congress (Jan 3, 2019-Jan 3, 2021) and compare him to other representatives also serving at the end of the session. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, currently in a runoff against Jessica Cisneros is “being investigated in some way or another by the FBI we still are unsure,” he says. “Congresman Vela’s decision to leave Congress early has just added to the woes of South Texas Democrats, who are really in a struggle this election season,” Barragán notes. It’s not the only spot in Congress that South Texas Democrats may be in jeopardy of losing, Texas Tribune political reporter James Barragán says. Filemon Vela recently left Congress for a private lobbying job, creating a special election and a scramble to fill his seat. Representative Filemon Vela, a Democrat from Texas, wears a protective mask during a news conference in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Dec. representative for Texass 34th congressional district from. While Vela ultimately did not end up in the administration, his wife, Rose Vela, works as director of the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships.U.S. Filemn Bartolom Vela Jr is an American lobbyist, lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. '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. Vela is a close ally of President Joe Biden and was in talks for a Biden administration position. 31It's official: Brownsville Democrat Filemon Vela Jr. Vicente Gonzalez is now running for reelection to Congress in the 34th district, a safer Democratic district than his current one.Ībbott, a Republican, did not immediately announce a special election to replace Vela. After Texas redistricting took place, current TX-15 Democratic Rep. Congressman Filemon Vela represents the 34th Congressional District of Texas, which is anchored in Cameron County in the southernmost tip of Texas. Vela announced he wouldn’t seek reelection for his seat in Texas’ 34th Congressional District last March. President Donald Trump performed better than expected with Hispanic voters in the Rio Grande Valley, making districts there, including Vela’s and a handful of others, key pickup targets for Republicans.
Why it matters: Vela won his seat with 55 of the vote in 2020 and is the first Texas Democrat to announce he's leaving the House ahead of redistricting next year. Vela represented a district near the US-Mexico border and won his district by 55% in November 2020. Filemon Vela, who represents a southern Texas border district and is vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, will not run for re-election to the House next year. AUSTIN Two days after President Joe Biden's inauguration, South Texas Congressman Filemon Vela half jokingly suggested that if Donald Trump would have put a laser focus on subduing COVID-19. It has been a profound honor to represent the people of the 34th Congressional District of Texas for the last nine years, and my distinct pleasure to serve under your leadership,” Vela told House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in his resignation letter. Filemon Vela to lobby for Port of Corpus Christi on Capitol Hill The former Brownsville congressman said he'll be focused on securing funding for port projects and 'positioning. House of Representatives, effective today at 11:59 PM EST. “I write to inform you that I have notified Texas Governor Greg Abbott of my resignation from the U.S. Vela is joining Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.
Filemon Vela, a Texas Democrat, officially resigned from Congress on Thursday night to take a position at a law and lobbying firm in Washington, DC, starting the process to set up a special election to replace him.
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