Moderate Rep. Cuellar Claims Victory Against Progressive Cisneros in Texas Primary Runoff

Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) speaks to reporters in Washington in a file photograph. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) on May 25 claimed victory in the close Democrat primary runoff for the seat he holds representing Texas’s 28th Congressional District.

“The results are in, all the votes have been tallied—I am honored to have once again been re-elected as the Democratic nominee for Congress,” Cuellar said in a statement.