Milah Flores
Milah Flores
TX-17 Democratic nominee?
$10.8K
MAY 27, 2026Primary Election
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Overview
Current roleNonprofit professional
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyProgressive Democrat
GenderFemale
LocationTexas
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BackgroundNonprofit professional
Notable personal detailsJamilah N. “Milah” Flores is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House in Texas’ 17th Congressional District in the 2026 cycle. She has described herself as a nonprofit professional and ran in the district’s Democratic primary, later suspending her campaign and endorsing runoff candidate Casey Shepard in 2026.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Supports measures to hold corporations and corporate money accountable, expand support for working families, and strengthen programs that help parents and children; favors public campaign financing and banning corporate PACs as part of curbing corporate influence on tax and spending policy.
Immigration & Border
Supports demilitarizing the southern border, expanding legal pathways including a pathway to citizenship, protecting asylum access and humane asylum processing, ending detention centers that operate like prisons, and investing in ports of entry and asylum processing rather than border militarization.
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Climate & Energy
The candidate supports climate action and lists climate among the issues she will fight for, aligning with Democratic climate priorities such as clean energy investment and emission reductions; specific policy details (e.g., carbon pricing, phasing out fossil fuels, or Green New Deal–style legislation) are not provided on her campaign site or the cited profile.
Public Safety & Guns
Milah Flores supports ending qualified immunity and instituting federal police accountability standards. There is no clear, specific public position on firearm policy (e.g., background checks, assault weapons ban, red flag laws) found on her campaign website or in available candidate interviews/profile pages as of the sources below.
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