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Milah Flores
- Dec 20, 2025
- 7 min read
Updated: 1 day ago
Table of Contents
Background
Mission
Relevant Experience
Notable Positions & Focus Areas
Considerations for Voters
Disclaimer: The information below summarizes candidate-provided responses and publicly available information. “Considerations for voters” are intended to highlight relevant strengths, gaps, or strategic factors, not to advocate for or against any candidate.
Milah Flores
Congressional District 17
“I’m a dedicated public servant, mother of five, with over a decade of federal service.”
Candidate Overview
Background
Supported her husband through his military career
Received degrees from Colorado Technical University
Mission:
To bridge the gap between parties, between government and the people, and between where we are and where we deserve to be
Relevant Experience
Executive Assistant to a U.S. Space Force Commander
A Financial Assistance Coordinator for a non-profit
Notable Positions & Focus Areas
Term limits
Protect our borders while still protecting our values
Transparency and open communication
Protect working families, strengthen programs that help parents get ahead, and make sure every child has food on the table and a fair chance to succeed.
Considerations for Voters
She and her family moved to Texas in 2021.
She registered to vote in 2023.
She did not vote in the 2024 election.
She has repeatedly no-showed to events in McLennan County.
She has been criticized for neglecting constituents in the McLennan County/Waco area until after filing for candidacy in early December.
Her campaign manager is a self-proclaimed Republican. A number of concerning posts can be found on his Facebook page.
Her campaign merch listed for sale on her campaign website features products sourced from Israel, India, China, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Vietnam, South Korea, and Nicaragua.
This same supplier is also used by an extreme MAGA merch retailer.
Positions
Democratic Values
Stance:
Frames democracy as a lived, human right rooted in dignity, access, and trust. She emphasizes that democracy only works when everyday people, not money or power, have real influence.
Key Positions & Commitments:
Strong support for voting rights and expanded access
Opposition to voter suppression and extreme gerrymandering
Support for ranked-choice voting
Campaign finance reform and refusal of corporate PAC money
Strengthening checks and balances and holding officials accountable
Approach to Increasing Participation:
Focuses on rebuilding trust through consistent presence, community conversations, and partnerships with local organizations. Prioritizes expanded early voting, accessible polling locations (especially rural), and voter education.
Democratic Norms & Threats Identified:
Identifies voter suppression, gerrymandering, misinformation, intimidation of marginalized communities, and erosion of trust as the most serious threats to democracy in Texas.
Notable Emphasis:
Democracy as something people experience, not an abstract concept, particularly for single parents, veterans, and naturalized citizens.
Healthcare
Stance:
Views healthcare as a matter of dignity, fairness, and human rights, with particular focus on access for women, families, veterans, and marginalized communities.
Key Positions & Commitments:
Expanding access to healthcare and opposing systems that deny care based on income.
Defending bodily autonomy
Opposing systems that deny care based on income
Supporting healthcare access for veterans and military families
Reproductive Healthcare:
Unambiguous support for reproductive freedom, including abortion care. Frames bodily autonomy as a deeply personal decision that should never be controlled by politicians.
Populations Centered:
Women, single parents, children, veterans, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and families who fall just outside eligibility for assistance.
Relevant Expertise & Preparation:
Lived experience navigating gaps in healthcare access as a single parent and military spouse; professional experience serving veterans.
Notable Emphasis:
Strong moral framing around autonomy, compassion, and the real harm caused by denied care.
Equity & Representation
Stance:
Flores is running to ensure that every person in District 17 is seen, respected, and represented. She prioritizes communities historically overlooked, from rural families to veterans, women, LGBTQIA+ neighbors, and immigrant households.
Key Positions & Commitments:
Advocate for policies that honor the dignity of all residents and restore fairness in government services.
Elevate voices of marginalized communities in decision-making, ensuring that real experiences shape policy.
Protect the rights and autonomy of women, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and immigrant families.
Expand voting access and participation, particularly in underserved communities.
Approach:
Maintain a constant, visible presence in the district to listen and respond to local needs.
Host listening sessions, town halls, and advisory circles that include diverse voices.
Partner with grassroots organizations to amplify community perspectives.
Actively seek input from those historically excluded or ignored, ensuring policies are informed by lived experience.
Relevant Experience & Expertise:
Personal experience navigating financial and systemic challenges as a single parent.
Military-adjacent experience as a spouse of a veteran and service as Executive Assistant to a Space Force Commander.
Deep involvement in community volunteer work and support for veterans.
Direct engagement with rural and underserved populations, understanding infrastructure and policy gaps.
Notable Emphasis:
Leadership begins with listening to those most affected by policy decisions.
Inclusion is intentional and proactive, not symbolic.
Representation requires ongoing engagement, not episodic attention during election cycles.
Policies must reflect empathy, fairness, and real-world impact for all constituents.
Economy & Cost of Living
Stance:
Centers economic hardship, fairness, dignity, and survival for working families rather than corporate profit.
Key Positions & Commitments:
Representing working people over corporate and billionaire interests
Reducing the influence of money in politics
Cost-of-Living Focus Areas:
Healthcare access, childcare costs, financial precarity for working parents, and economic strain on rural communities and farmers.
Populations Centered:
Working parents, single-income families, rural communities, veterans, and people caught between poverty thresholds.
Approach to Economic Policy:
Grounded in lived experience and focused on practical impacts rather than ideology.
Notable Emphasis:
Repeated focus on families “doing everything right and still falling behind,” without yet outlining specific wage, housing, or labor policy mechanisms.
Texas Issues
Stance:
Emphasizes issues uniquely impacting Texas communities, especially rural neglect and civil liberties concerns.
Key Positions & Commitments:
Rural broadband expansion
Safe and stable water systems
Support for farmers
Opposition to gerrymandering
Humane immigration practices
Approach:
Bringing rural and marginalized concerns directly into federal decision-making and returning home to remain accountable.
Relevant Experience & Expertise:
Extensive engagement with rural communities; military-adjacent service; community-based leadership.
Notable Emphasis:
Texas communities being ignored by distant decision-makers.
Notably absent are references to Texas grid reliability, extreme weather preparedness, or climate-related infrastructure challenges.
Education
Stance
Supports inclusive, accessible public education grounded in fairness and constitutional principles.
Key Positions & Commitments:
Protecting separation of church and state in public schools
Creating safe, welcoming environments for all students
Approach:
Focuses on protecting students from ideological harm and ensuring equal belonging.
Relevant Experience & Expertise:
Parent of school-aged children; lived experience with rigid ideological education environments.
Notable Emphasis:
Education as a place of safety, not exclusion.
Education framing focuses on inclusion and constitutional protections rather than funding, workforce support, or resource investment.
Accountability, Ethics, & Leadership
Stance:
Flores emphasizes trust, integrity, and transparency as the foundation of leadership. She prioritizes service over politics, accountability over popularity, and ethics beyond legal requirements.
Key Positions & Commitments:
Refuse corporate PAC money, ensuring decisions are guided by constituents, not donors.
Maintain transparency in campaign funding, reporting every contribution clearly and publicly.
Openly share policy positions and explain decision-making processes to constituents.
Prioritize integrity and truth even when doing so is uncomfortable or unpopular.
Approach:
Own mistakes quickly, transparently, and work diligently to correct them.
Listen to criticism with humility and use it to refine actions, without losing sight of purpose.
Uphold ethical standards consistently, including honesty, fairness, and compassion.
Make decisions grounded in service, empathy, and the real needs of communities.
Relevant Experience & Expertise:
Coordinated high-pressure operations as Executive Assistant to a Space Force Commander, demonstrating steady decision-making under scrutiny.
Lived experience navigating systems that fail families, giving her insight into the consequences of leadership choices.
Extensive engagement with diverse communities, ensuring marginalized voices inform policy.
Professional and personal history emphasizing responsibility, transparency, and ethical decision-making.
Notable Emphasis:
Leadership is about trust, not approval; the right choice may be unpopular but necessary.
Ethics guide every decision, not just those required by law.
Transparency fosters long-term community trust and strengthens democracy.
Accountability and service to constituents remain central, even in high-pressure or politically risky situations.
Immigration
Stance:
Strongly supports humane, rights-based immigration reform centered on dignity and due process.
Key Positions & Commitments:
Humane immigration reform
Reducing the role of ICE in civil immigration enforcement
Protecting due process and family unity
Approach:
Focuses on reducing fear, trauma, and intimidation while maintaining lawful processes.
Relevant Experience & Expertise:
Close engagement with immigrant families and community listening.
Notable Emphasis:
Explicit condemnation of intimidation and “kidnapping” tactics.
Does not explicitly articulate a pathway to citizenship or legalization framework, focusing instead on humane treatment, due process, and limiting ICE enforcement.
Candidate Qualifications
Stance:
Positions herself as a service-driven, nontraditional candidate rooted in lived experience rather than political ambition.
Key Positions & Commitments:
Transparency and ethical leadership
Refusal of corporate PAC money
Accountability beyond legal minimums
Approach:
Leads with empathy, listening, and presence; emphasizes accessibility to constituents and grassroots groups.
Relevant Experience & Expertise:
Military-adjacent service, executive assistant to a Space Force Commander, veteran services work, community leadership.
Notable Emphasis:
Authenticity, emotional maturity, and moral clarity over political polish.
Scorecard Summary
Our Score: 21/34
Limited alignment with TMK–Indivisible Waco’s core endorsement criteria.
Key Positions & Commitments:
Aligns with members on several core values, including bodily autonomy, voting access, campaign finance reform, and humane immigration policy.
Positions are values-forward, with fewer detailed policy commitments across some priority issue areas.
Approach:
Emphasizes empathy, presence, and relationship-building with constituents.
Approach centers lived experience, listening, and community trust.
Some policy approaches would benefit from greater specificity and clarity around implementation and alignment with member priorities.
Relevant Experience & Expertise:
Brings meaningful lived experience as a military spouse, caregiver, and community advocate, informing a people-centered perspective.
Has direct familiarity with veterans’ issues and family support systems.
While she brings strong operational and leadership experience, she has more limited direct policy-making experience across some federal issue areas identified as member priorities.
Notable Emphasis:
Strong emphasis on empathy, dignity, and protecting marginalized communities.
Frequently frames policy through personal and family experience, particularly around healthcare access, veterans’ services, and reproductive rights.
