Call it historic — once sworn into office Jan. 3, 48-yearold Monica De La Cruz will become the first South Texas Republican to serve a full term in office, and the first of her kind (female Hispanic) to represent Texas’s 15th Congressional District.The Republicans are ecstatic. The Democrats, not so much.In fact, in a Nov. 10 Texas Tribune story, Democrats were quick to downplay Republican gains in South Texas, where De La Cruz was only one of three women to challenge the Dems and win. Mayra Flores lost to Vicente Gonzalez in the race for the 34th District, and Cassy ...