HENRY CUELLAR

A U.S. official says the tractor-trailer at the center of a disastrous human-smuggling attempt that left 53 people dead had passed through an inland U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint with migrants inside earlier in its journey.

An expert says the combination of heat and humidity would have quickly created life-threatening conditions inside the packed, un-airconditioned tractor-trailer where dozens of immigrants were found dead this week.

“This is a horror that surpasses anything we’ve experienced before,” San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg said. U.S. border authorities are stopping migrants more often on the southern border than at any time in at least two decades. San Antonio has been a recurring scene of tragedy and desperation in recent years involving migrants in semitrailers. Ten migrants died in 2017 after being trapped inside a truck parked at a San Antonio Walmart. “It was a refrigerated tractor-trailer, but there was no visible working AC unit on that rig.”Temperatures in San Antonio on Monday approached 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

At least 50 migrants were found dead in an 18-wheeler in San Antonio. The event could be the deadliest human smuggling incident in the city, according to the San Antonio Police Chief.

Desperate families of migrants from Mexico and Central America are seeking word of their loved ones as authorities begin identifying 51 people who died after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer without air conditioning in the sweltering Texas heat.

The numbers are in and incumbent Congressman Henry Cuellar has maintained his victory against Jessica Cisneros, a progressive who tried to unseat him for a second time.

A few weeks after the final tally of votes came on for the Democratic nomination in...

AUSTIN (AP) — A recount in Texas affirmed Democrat U.S. Rep.[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

A separate recount found that Michelle Vallejo won the Democratic nomination for the 15th Congressional District.

The incumbent lawmaker fends off the immigration lawyer in the third head-to-head matchup between the two for the Democratic nomination in Texas's 28th Congressional District.

A recount in Texas affirmed Democrat U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar as the winner Tuesday of his primary race against progressive challenger Jessica Cisneros, who had trailed by fewer than 200 votes following a runoff in May. Cuellar, a nine-term congressman, defeated Cisneros by 289 votes, according to results of the recount announced by by the Texas Democratic Party. It is the second time that Cisneros, a 29-year-old immigration attorney who once interned for Cuellar, has lost a challenge to her former boss, whose moderate record along Texas' heavily Hispanic southern border has aligned him at times with Republicans on issues including abortion and guns.

It is the latest example of how Texas Democrats are on edge over the administration’s approach to high gas prices.

A separate recount found that Michelle Vallejo won the party’s nomination for another congressional seat.

A separate recount found that Michelle Vallejo won the party’s nomination for another congressional seat.

A recount is underway in a Texas primary race between Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar and progressive challenger Jessica Cisneros.

A recount was underway Thursday in a Texas primary race between Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar and progressive challenger Jessica Cisneros following their tight runoff in May. Before the recount, Cuellar had been leading Cisneros by 187 votes, or 0.4 percentage points, out of 45,429 ballots counted as of last week, according to an Associated Press count. The AP will not declare a winner until the recount is completed.

The National Republican Congressional Committee announced Wednesday that it is injecting nearly $3 million into fall television advertisement buys targeting Democrats in the Rio Grande Valley’s congressional districts.

If campaign contributions equaled votes, Republicans don’t stand a chance in Texas congressional District 28 in November.

The nine-term U.S. congressman from Laredo first came to power after a contested recount like the one he now faces from Jessica Cisneros.

U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar is under fire from all directions in the runoff election that could end his 17-year stint in Congress. Rep. Cuellar’s vote against the PRO Act shows he’s just fine with corporations breaking the law and trampling workers’ rights. In February, we rallied for the PRO Act in San Antonio and called on Rep. Cuellar to support working people. But Rep. Cuellar isn’t listening. Every day they see that this economy isn’t working for average people, but it does work for people like Rep. Cuellar.

AUSTIN (AP) — Progressive Jessica Cisneros is requesting a recount in her tight runoff election against nine-term Democratic U.S. Rep.[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

The state party's canvass shows her trailing Cuellar by 281 votes.

California and six other states hold primaries, with voters choosing candidates for Los Angeles mayor, a Democratic nominee for Senate in Iowa and deciding whether former interior secretary Ryan Zinke should have a chance to seek a congressional seat.

The contest gained national attention as a key fight as progressives and establishment Democrats wage a wider struggle for the direction of the party.

Progressive Jessica Cisneros is requesting a recount in her tight runoff election against nine-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar that remained too close to call nearly two weeks later. Cuellar was leading Cisneros by 187 votes, or 0.4 percentage points, out of 45,429 ballots counted as of Monday night, according to an Associated Press count. The AP will not declare a winner until the recount is completed.

Jessica Cisneros requests a recount after finishing just 281 votes behind U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar in their May 24 Democratic primary runoff.

The state Democratic Party confirmed Monday that Ramirez’s opponent, Michelle Vallejo,...

The state Democratic Party confirmed Monday that Ramirez’s opponent, Michelle Vallejo, won by a slim margin.

Rep. Henry Cuellar expanded his lead over primary challenger Jessica Cisneros, setting up a race between Cuellar and Republican Cassy Garcia.

Jessica Cisneros has the ability to call a recount due to close margins.

Cuellar leads by just 136 votes, according to the latest count.

AUSTIN — The Texas primary runoff between Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar and his progressive challenger, Jessica Cisneros, was too close to call Wednesday, more than a week after the election. After a final update in Bexar County, Cuellar leads Cisneros by 136 votes, or 0.3 percentage points, out of 45,282 ballots counted as of 1 p.m. Central time. The race doesn’t qualify for an automatic recount, but Cisneros can request and pay for one. Cisneros, an immigration attorney, forced the runoff in March after she came within 1,000 votes of Cuellar, a nine-term incumbent. The winner of Texas’ race will face Cassy Garcia, who won the Republican runoff for the seat.

Her opponent Ruben Ramirez is not conceding, saying the race is still too close to call. Counties have to submit final vote counts by end of day Thursday.

The Texas primary runoff between Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar and his progressive challenger, Jessica Cisneros, was too close to call Wednesday, more than a week after the election.

The Texas primary runoff between Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar and his progressive challenger, Jessica Cisneros, was too close to call Wednesday, more than a week after the election. The race doesn’t qualify for an automatic recount, but Cisneros can request and pay for one. If Cisneros requests a recount, The Associated Press will not declare a winner until it is completed.

The Texas primary runoff between Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar and his progressive challenger, Jessica Cisneros, remains too early to call.

In this edition: Lessons from all of May's primaries, redistricting madness drags into Memorial Day weekend, and the director of Justice Democrats lays out their new strategy to replace centrists.

Two nationally watched Democratic primary runoffs in South Texas remain too close to call...

U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, is leading his challenger, Jessica Cisneros, by 177 votes, while the margin is even smaller in the 15th Congressional District, where Michelle Vallejo is ahead of Ruben Ramirez for the open seat.

Jessica Cisneros says the results of her runoff against U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar likely won’t be known until the beginning of next week.

Cisneros urges voters to track their mail-in ballots.

The race in Texas’s 28th Congressional District is among the most closely-watched in the country, with the candidates and outside groups having spent a total of $12.5 million.

Jessica Cisneros’s challenge from the left animated some national Democrats against the nine-term congressman.

A runoff in South Texas between incumbent Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and progressive challenger Jessica Cisneros remained too close to call as of Wednesday morning.

U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar’s too-close-to-call runoff got most of the attention, but three other primary runoffs Tuesday carried big stakes for Democrats as they try to defend South Texas from a new GOP offensive.

'This election is still too close to call, and we are still waiting for every ballot and eligible vote to be counted,' challenger Jessica Cisneros tweeted.

Trump tried to make a statement in Georgia. He got drubbed.

Here are the results to key runoff races in the Bexar County area.

U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar and progressive challenger Jessica Cisneros remained neck and neck Tuesday night in the Democratic primary runoff in District 28.

Early voting in showed razor-thin margins between Jessica Cisneros and incumbent Rep. Henry Cuellar in the runoff.

Tonight is the night where two Democrats will prevail in Rio Grande Valley congressional races that have been the focus of local and national attention.

Tuesday is the last day to vote for the primary runoff elections

Voters in Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Texas and Minnesota are heading to the polls Tuesday.

Voters in Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Texas and Minnesota are heading to the polls Tuesday.

As voters go to the polls Tuesday to decide primary runoff races, early voters casting Democratic ballots skewed older than those in the March 1 primary.

Here's how and where you vote and what races to watch.

Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia has easily dispatched Donald Trump’s hand-picked challenger in a Republican primary that demonstrated the limits of the former president and his conspiracy-fueled politics in a critical swing state.

One of the last anti-abortion Democrats in Congress was facing his toughest primary challenge yet in Tuesday's runoff, while a staunch gun safety advocate ousted her House colleague in a fierce member-on-member congressional primary in suburban Atlanta.

Georgia takes center stage in Tuesday’s primary elections as Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger try to fight back challengers endorsed by Donald Trump.

Two of the most closely watched races in the state will be decided during Tuesday’s primary runoff election, in part, by voters in the Rio Grande Valley.

Tuesday’s elections will solidify the major parties’ statewide tickets and have national political implications.

Texas' 28th Congressional District stretches from Laredo, to parts of Mission, Texas in the Rio Grande Valley and up to parts of San Antonio.

Texas' 28th Congressional District stretches from Laredo, to parts of Mission, Texas in the Rio Grande Valley and up to parts of San Antonio.

The latest battle in the fight for power in the Democratic Party between centrists and liberals will be decided here Tuesday.

In Alabama, former President Trump pulled his endorsement of Rep. Mo Brooks in the Senate race.

Find the latest, updated election results for the May 24 Primary Runoff.

Find the latest, updated election results for the May 24 Primary Runoff.

The Democratic and Republican primaries for Congressional District 28 are both in runoff races. The winners will face each other in the General Election in November.

Find the latest, updated election results for the May 24 Primary Runoff.

The runoff between the two Democrats highlights the nuance of how Latino voters feel about abortion.

One of the last anti-abortion Democrats in Congress is in the toughest reelection battle of his career in South Texas.

WASHINGTON — A political knife fight in the streets of Laredo. An ambitious challenger...

An FBI raid on his home before the primary and a threat to Roe v. Wade. Henry Cuellar is heading into the primary runoff election more vulnerable than ever before.

Democratic primary runoffs for two congressional districts and two legislative seats in South Texas highlight the candidates’ divergent visions for the party in a region the GOP is heavily targeting.

Democrats are hopeful that the looming threat of such a stunning political sea change could provide the strongest opportunity yet to energize their voters heading into an election year in which Republicans have been expected to dominate in Texas and beyond.

House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn visited Texas to stump for Cuellar this week ahead of his runoff race. The trip fell two days after Politico published a leaked draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court that favors overturning Roe v. Wade.

Just a day after Democrats recommitted to protecting abortion rights, a U.S. House leader on Wednesday campaigned in Texas alongside Rep. Henry Cuellar, one of the last anti-abortion Democrats in Congress.

A Los Angeles protest over the leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion that would throw out Roe v.

The seats in question are held by U.S. Reps. Henry Cuellar of Laredo and Vicente Gonzalez of McAllen. A third vacant seat recently belonged to Filemon Vela of Brownsville, who stepped down to take a private sector lobbying job.

U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar’s lawyer says federal authorities have informed him that the Democrat is not the target of an investigation that led FBI agents to search Cuellar’s South Texas home.

U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar sent a letter to Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday urging him to immediately stop the duplicative inspections at Texas land ports of entry.

Trucks delivering products from Mexico are facing hourslong waits at ports of entry.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says the state will provide migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border bus charters to Washington, D.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says the state will provide migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border bus charters to Washington, D.

The bill faces stiff headwinds in the Senate, where it would require 60 votes to pass. A similar measure the House passed in 2020 failed in the upper chamber.

The Biden administration’s decision to end sweeping asylum limits at the border this May satisfied demands by prominent Democrats.

The U.S. House speaker said during a stop Wednesday in Austin that she always supports her incumbents — “from right to left.”

Democrats in the region still had higher turnout, but Republicans celebrated the narrowing of the gap. Despite the improvement, nearly 87% of registered voters in the Rio Grande Valley did not vote in the primary, similar to the rate in 2018.

Redistricting has empowered activists of both parties to push platforms further right or left. Progressives view three key Democrats’ advancements in the Texas primary election as a potential turning point for their movement.

President Joe Biden is signaling an election year shift to the center to help protect fragile Democratic majorities in Congress, even as key voices across his party’s sprawling political coalition threaten revolt.

Abbott, O’Rourke victorious; Bexar Co. Judge Dems Sakai, Minjarez head to runoff; Cisneros, Cuellar too close to call

May 24 runoff will also include GOP candidates Cassy Garcia, Sandra Whitten

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott will face Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke after voters in Texas opened what could be a lengthy, bruising primary season.

The 2022 midterm election season opens Tuesday in Texas.

Cisneros came within 4 percentage points of unseating the moderate Cuellar in 2020. He seemed better prepared to fend her off in 2022 — until the FBI raided his office.

Abortion isn't taking center stage in Texas' first-in-the-nation primary.

If U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar thought he saw his most serious challenge in the 2020 Democratic primary, he’s in for perhaps a bigger fight in the March 2022 primary for the District 28 congressional seat.

Early voting in the first primary of the 2022 midterm elections are underway in Texas.

Early voting in the first primary of the 2022 midterm elections is starting in Texas.

Last week, U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar's office released a spreadsheet listing federal Provider Relief Fund payments to Bexar County providers, totaling about $224 million.