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March 7, 2022
How Henry Cuellar's political career survived its toughest challenge yet
We don't know the outcome of this race...
It is more than likely going to runoff. It depends on who shows up to the runoff. If Bexar County shows up, Jessica Cisneros wins. If the Laredo area shows up, Cuellar wins.
Sharing the article because it points to the peculiarities of Democrats and voters in the Rio Grande Valley. The Rio Grande Valley is not a progressive area. It's Democratic, but it's conservative Democratic. It always has been. Republicans are aware of this and using this a basis to convert voters to Republican.
It also is not a pro-immigration area.
https://sanantonioreport.org/opinion-henry-cuellar-political-career-toughest-challenge-yet/
As someone who grew up in Laredo, I know its peculiarities. Ever since I can remember, Laredo votes Democrat but not liberal, supports social programs but maintains a social conservatism. Its body politic leans heavily into a Catholic ethos. In short, Laredo contains multitudes.
Cuellar is one of the last of a dying breed in the U.S. Congress but who occupy an outsize role in current affairs: So-called Blue Dog Democrats are an anachronism in today’s political climate, a relic of the party’s past. They occupy the space just to the right of center, much like Lyndon B. Johnson before the Great Society and Civil Rights Act.
As someone who grew up in Laredo, I know its peculiarities. Ever since I can remember, Laredo votes Democrat but not liberal, supports social programs but maintains a social conservatism. Its body politic leans heavily into a Catholic ethos. In short, Laredo contains multitudes.
Cuellar is one of the last of a dying breed in the U.S. Congress but who occupy an outsize role in current affairs: So-called Blue Dog Democrats are an anachronism in today’s political climate, a relic of the party’s past. They occupy the space just to the right of center, much like Lyndon B. Johnson before the Great Society and Civil Rights Act.
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