HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) \u2014 Only about a dozen people were in a side room of a barbeque joint in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley when Mayra Flores arrived. The former Republican congresswoman was given just one minute to say why she should be sent back to Washington, so she rushed through her stump speech in three minutes, speaking over the loud hum of an icemaker.<\/p>\n
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