Rep. Henry Cuellar clinches Dem primary win over challenger

[Me.]

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/21/henry-cuellar-wins-texas-primary-00041170

[aocommunalpunch]

1. What will his campaign ads reflect? n/t

[LeftInTX]

3. Same as his campaign ads as before

[Hortensis]

2. :) Ok. Now, on to the GE to keep the seat Democratic,

grow our majorities, pass our bills, end the MAGAs' meanest dreams, and save our democracy.

Basically what we always have to do.

[LeftInTX]

4. Exactly

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. Henry Cuellar wins Democratic primary to keep his South Texas congressional seat, recount finds

Yeah

Link to tweet

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/06/21/henry-cuellar-jessica-cisneros-south-texas-congress/

Cuellar led Cisneros by 177 votes after election night nearly a month ago. His lead grew to 281 votes by the time the final ballots were counted.

Cuellar had repeatedly declared victory, starting on election night, and dismissed the notion that a recount would change the outcome.

His race against Cisneros was full of drama. The FBI raided his Laredo home during the primary. Then during the runoff, Politico published a leaked draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court indicating a majority of justices could be willing to overturn Roe v. Wade, drawing more attention than ever to Cuellar’s opposition to abortion..