It was a historic win. I was the first Mexican born congresswoman ever elected in history on both sides. So it was a very historic win for South Texas. The district that I ran in that special election had been Democrat for over 100 years and we were able to flip that district. and unfortunately, redistricting hurt us tremendously in 22. Redistricting made it a lot safer for Democrats at the time. Now, of course, redistricting happened once again. (05:36–05:47)
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