JESSICA CISNEROS

Rep. Henry Cuellar, a moderate Democrat, won re-election in his Texas border district, fending off his GOP opponent.

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, visited the Rio Grande Valley on Sunday as part of a tour to energize young voters in the lead up to the midterm elections on Nov. 8, speaking at a rally here for Michelle Vallejo, the Democratic nominee for Texas’ 15th congressional district.

Details of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ planned visit to the Rio Grande Valley this weekend were announced Monday.

Democratic congressional candidate Michelle Vallejo continues to attract support from statewide leaders, drawing endorsements from current, former and aspiring Democratic elected officials.

The grant awarded by the Legal Services Corporation will help families in San Antonio, Floresville, Jourdanton, Laredo and Rio Grande City.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Two hotly contested, Rio Grande Valley-centric congressional elections are headed for recounts. On Monday afternoon Ruben Ramirez, a moderate Democrat who ran against progressive Michelle Vallejo for the District 15 nomination, announced he would file a petition for a recount with the Texas Democratic Party on Tuesday. The Texas Democratic Party on Monday finished canvassing and certifying the votes, triggering the petitions for recount in the tight Democratic runoffs. In District 15, Ramirez lost to Vallejo by just 30 votes. In a statement, Ramirez said his campaign owes it to District 15 to ensure that every vote is accurately counted.

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.

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.

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.

'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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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...

That firm that reportedly bought the ad is linked to a Laredo businessman who's pumped tens of thousands into Cuellar's campaigns.

Cisneros and Sanders will rally as early voting ends

The San Antonio Alliance teacher's union pushed for a 5% raise.

An FBI raid on his home before the primary and Roe v. Wade has the incumbent heading into the primary runoff more vulnerable than ever.

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.

Cuellar's right race with Jessica Cisneros represents the most vivid illustration of how the leaked opinion in favor of reversing Roe v. Wade could reshape a number of the fast-approaching runoffs.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Two frontrunners have emerged in the Democratic primary for Texas Congressional District 35, a district that spans from Austin to San Antonio.

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.

On Wednesday, the FBI raided the nine-term congressman’s home in Laredo. It could not come at a worse time for Cuellar, who is in the fight of his political life ahead of the Democratic primary on March 1.

Cuellar’s campaign confirmed that the congressman, who has served since 2005, will seek another term in 2022.

SAN ANTONIO – UPDATE (From AP): U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar has defeated a 26-year-old immigration attorney who mounted a closer-than-expected primary challenge for his South Texas district. Cuellar and his family are fixtures in Laredo, the border city that anchors the district. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi traveled to Laredo a week before the primary to support Cuellar, who sits on the powerful House Appropriations Committee. For that, my family and I thank everyone involved, especially the voters for their display of confidence in my ability to represent Texas’s 28th district,” Cuellar said in a statement Wednesday. I’m already in Washington, D.C., back to work and continuing to fight for the constituents in my district.”---(Original Story)Although Jessica Cisneros won the vote for Texas’ 28th Congressional District in Bexar County, incumbent Henry Cuellar led the race throughout Texas.

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