Pete Flores

Peter Paul Flores (born January 30, 1960) is an American politician representing Texas Senate District 24.

Flores won the Republican nomination for Texas State Senate District 24 on May 24, 2022, defeating Raul Reyes by 60% to 40%.

[6] In 2016, Flores ran for the Texas Senate District 19, losing to Democratic incumbent Carlos Uresti with about 40% of the vote.

[8] Uresti resigned from his senate seat after being convicted of federal fraud and money laundering charges in February 2018, and a special election was called.

[14] Flores took 81% of the Medina County, Texas vote, yielding him a 3,000-vote lead, which Gallego could not overcome.

[17][18] The election ended with the district going towards the Democrats, having the Republican-led State Senate losing their supermajority.

[19] Flores won the Republican primary runoff for State Senate District 24 on May 24, 2022, defeating Raul Reyes 59% to 41%.

Given the strong Republican lean of District 24 that would've gone for former President Donald Trump by 19.3 points in 2020, Flores easily won in the General Election against democratic opponent, Kathy Jones-Hospod,[20] securing his return to the Texas Senate.

[23] Flores and his wife Elizabeth, married in 1982, live in Pleasanton, Texas, where he decided to retire after working for 27 years as a state peace officer.