Former Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Mary Barzee Flores Wednesday announced her candidacy for Congress to replace longtime U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, whose attorney-husband Dexter Lehtinen is an ex-Miami U.S. Attorney.

Flores is in private practice as a shareholder in the litigation department at Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson.