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With final results on September 18, Flores scored an unexpected upset over Gallego in a year in which Texas Democrats confidently expect to ride a blue wave to major victories on November 6, including possibly upsetting [[U.S. Senator]] [[Ted Cruz]] with their nominee, [[Beto O'Rourke]] of [[El Paso]]. In the second part of the balloting, Flores polled 23,576 votes (53 percent); Gallego, 20,911 (47 percent). Flores' victory was assured with his 81 percent margin in Medina County, 72 percent in his own Atascosa County, and his 64 percent in Uvalde County, all near San Antonio. Gallego carried the Bexar County precincts with nearly 54 percent of the vote, but the margin was insufficient for him to overcome Flores district-wide.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/sep18_332_state.htm?x=0&y=0&id=107|title=2018 Special Runoff Election Returns|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accesdate=September 19, 2018}}</ref> Flores' term expired in January 2021; like [[Donald Trump|President Trump]], he faced reelection in 2020.

With final results on September 18, Flores scored an unexpected upset over Gallego in a year in which Texas Democrats confidently expect to ride a blue wave to major victories on November 6, including possibly upsetting [[U.S. Senator]] [[Ted Cruz]] with their nominee, [[Beto O'Rourke]] of [[El Paso]]. In the second part of the balloting, Flores polled 23,576 votes (53 percent); Gallego, 20,911 (47 percent). Flores' victory was assured with his 81 percent margin in Medina County, 72 percent in his own Atascosa County, and his 64 percent in Uvalde County, all near San Antonio. Gallego carried the Bexar County precincts with nearly 54 percent of the vote, but the margin was insufficient for him to overcome Flores district-wide.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/sep18_332_state.htm?x=0&y=0&id=107|title=2018 Special Runoff Election Returns|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accesdate=September 19, 2018}}</ref> Flores' term expired in January 2021; like [[Donald Trump|President Trump]], he faced reelection in 2020.

In his bid for a full term on November 3, 2020, Flores was unseated by Democrat Roland Gutierrez, who had been one of the losing candidates in the special election in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tpr.org/news/2020-11-04/roland-gutierrez-win-over-pete-flores-wins-brings-senate-district-19-back-to-democrats|title=Roland Gutierrez win over Pete Flores brings Senate District 19 back to Democrats|publisher=Texas Public Radio|date=November 4, 2020|author=Carson Frame|accessdate=December 4, 2020}}</ref>

In his bid for a full term on November 3, 2020, Flores was unseated by Democrat Roland Gutierrez, who had been one of the losing candidates in the special election in 2018. Gutierrez polled 156,741 votes (51.7 percent) to Flores' 146,395 (48.3 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tpr.org/news/2020-11-04/roland-gutierrez-win-over-pete-flores-wins-brings-senate-district-19-back-to-democrats|title=Roland Gutierrez win over Pete Flores brings Senate District 19 back to Democrats|publisher=Texas Public Radio|date=November 4, 2020|author=Carson Frame|accessdate=December 4, 2020}}</ref>