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Failed Missouri Candidate Launches Texas Congressional Bid With Anti-Muslim Platform
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By Anthony W. Haddad
Published 35 minutes ago on
December 2, 2025

Valentina Gomez Noriega, a failed Missouri secretary of state candidate, is running for Texas’ 31st Congressional District with a campaign openly calling for the removal of Muslims from the state. (Video Screengrab)

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A former Missouri candidate for secretary of state has entered the race for U.S. House in Texas’ 31st Congressional District with a platform focused on removing Muslims from the state.

Valentina Gomez Noriega, who ran for Missouri secretary of state and finished sixth in the primary with 48,003 votes, according to Ballotpedia, is now running on the Republican ticket against incumbent Rep. John Carter. Danny Hoskins, who beat her in the Missouri primary by about 100,000 votes, went on to win the race.

In a campaign announcement video, Noriega said, “Vote for me so we can kick every dirty Muslim out of Texas.” In the post accompanying the video, she wrote, “I will make Texas the worst place for terrorist muslims & illegals so help me God. For me, this is just an election, but for you, this is YOUR life. Jesus is King.”

She also said in the video, “Save your daughters from getting raped by Muhammad.”

Noriega added that New York has “fell to Islam,” possibly referring to Zohran Mamdani’s election victory, and claimed that Michigan and Minnesota have also “fallen.” She said if Texas “falls to Islam,” it would be because the people did not vote correctly.

Muslims represent roughly 1.34% of the U.S. population, about 4.5 million people.

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Anthony W. Haddad, who graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with his undergraduate degree and attended Fresno State for a MBA, is the Swiss Army knife of GV Wire. He writes stories, manages social media, and represents the organization on the ground.

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