On the GOP side, state Sen. Dawn Buckingham, a Lakeway Republican who was viewed as the strong favorite, placed first with 42 percent of the vote. She faces Tim Westley, a pastor, historian for the Texas Republican Party and two-time congressional candidate, on May 24. Westley is aiming to overcome Buckingham’s massive fundraising advantage and her high-powered endorsements from Trump, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and a slew of other Republican lawmakers.
Meanwhile, mental health counselor Sandra Grace Martinez and conservationist Jay Kleberg are battling for the Democratic nomination. On paper, Kleberg has appeared to have the upper hand, recently winning the endorsement of O’Rourke and outraising Martinez in the first round more than 300-to-1. But it was Martinez who finished first, nearly six points ahead of Kleberg, despite spending only about $2,000 on her campaign.The runoff between U.S. Rep.
Cuellar, a Catholic who has long opposed abortion, was the only House Democrat to vote against a bill last year that would have codified the right to an abortion. He has said he opposes an “outright ban” on abortion and supports exceptions for “rape, incest and danger to the life of the mother.” The top three ranked Democrats in the House, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi,After
a challenge from Cisneros in 2020, Cuellar was forced into a runoff this year after falling several hundred votes shy of an outright win in March., runs all the way to the border, including Laredo, the hometown of both Cisneros and Cuellar.Though Cuellar won re-election comfortably in 2020, national Republicans
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