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

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