Rep. Henry Cuellar expanded his lead over primary challenger Jessica Cisneros, setting up a race between Cuellar and Republican Cassy Garcia.
. In 2020, after another hard-fought primary against Cisneros, Cuellar went on to carry Bexar County by a narrower margin than he carried the district as a whole.
Cuellar has represented the district since 2005 and lives in Laredo. Voters there turned out in high numbers to support him in the runoff, even after theearlier this year. Webb County cast nearly 21,000 votes in the runoff, compared to Bexar County’s roughly 12,000. Garcia currently lives near the U.S.-Mexico border in Edinburgh, which is not in the 28th district. Though members of Congress are not required to live in their districts, Garcia said she and her fiance Jason Owens, Chief Patrol Agent for the United States Border Patrol’s Del Rio Sector, are currently looking for a home in Schertz, which is in the northern part of the district.
“We just met with a realtor,” Garcia said in an interview outside the Guadalupe County office building where she greeted runoff voters alongside leaders from the anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony List. Garcia defeated Republicans’ 2020 nominee Sandra Whitten withThe Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC that helps elect Republicans to Congress, said it has reserved $3.5 million in TV ads in San Antonio and another $370,000 in Laredo for the race for the 28th Congressional District.
“I’m fine going up against Cuellar, I know him personally,” said Garcia. “He’s a great person, great guy, but out of touch with the district now. I think people are seeing it for the first time.” National Republicans are trying to flip a total of
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