In rematch, Jessica Cisneros faces a weakened Henry Cuellar for South Texas congressional seat

Jessica Cisneros talks with her supporters before heading out to canvass at her campaign headquarters in Laredo on Feb. 19, 2022., our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.

But now, Cuellar’s record as the last anti-abortion Democrat in the House has reignited ire from members of the party from across the nation, who are still reeling from the reports that abortion could soon be outlawed in half of the country. On that issue and other policies — unions, border security, and oil and gas — he and Cisneros are at odds.

“I pride myself on having an ear to the ground and I say that because if the issues we are running on aren’t important to people in the district, there was no way that a first-time, 26-year-old challenger last time around would have come so close to defeating an incumbent that's been in office longer than I’ve been alive, right?” Cisneros said in an interview earlier this month.

“I would never support any kind of policy or legislation that would take anyone’s jobs away because I, myself, know how difficult it is making ends meet,” she said. In comparison, there is a much quieter Democratic primary in a far more expensive television advertising market in Dallas. The two candidates there, state Rep.Cuellar allies argue that abortion is a complicated issue in the heavily Catholic region, and that other issues matter more to voters, including border security, which is an issue they anticipate will benefit Cuellar.

Somehow got redistricted out of 28. Would have LOVED to votecisneros!

VOTE RED

Vote for Jessica Cisneros!!!

Ewww gross. No thank you.

What was the FBI doing there?

We need new blood! Cuellar is just another person where his tenure has been too long! If the FBI is roaming around you, there must be something wrong with what are doing to attract the investigating agency! Voters get real, vote for someone who is interested in our needs!

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Vote for his worthy opponent, South Texans! We can do this!

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And RepCuellar is so desperate he is spending big $ to mail fakenewspapers full of lies to everyone in TX28 - getting this today just affirmed my vote for JCisnerosTX. I fixed all the lies on the front page of CriminalCuellar's 'newspaper', but not the typos. ByeHenry

Go, JCisnerosTX !

Correction: We removed an earlier tweet about this story that incorrectly said that 2004 was the last year any Texas Democratic congressmen lost reelection in a primary. The last year that happened was 2012 when Beto O'Rourke beat Silvestre Reyes.

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