Democrat U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez and former Republican Congresswoman Mayra Flores squared off in their only debate before election day, with both candidates focusing on the economy and illegal immigration.
The televised debate took place in the heavily Hispanic Texas District 34 on Oct. 17, in a race that could determine which party controls Congress.
Gonzalez and Flores, who are in a rematch for the district seat, clashed over voting records and positions, often talking over each other.
Both parties have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on the race. Republicans have been putting more money into South Texas in hopes of increasing their share of Latino voters in the Rio Grande Valley….