BREAKING NEWS: Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar holds onto Texas border district that he has represented since 2005.
, The Associated Press projects, defeating Republican challenger Cassy Garcia.
In the Democratic primary to represent the district, Cuellar was faced with a challenge from Jessica Cisneros, who espoused views that were anything but moderate and received endorsements from the likes of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.Nonetheless, Cuellar narrowly defeated Cisneros in the primary election, garnering 22,901 votes to Cisneros' 22,612.
Cuellar's political career began in 1987 when he started serving in the Texas House of Representatives, a place he remained until 2001 before briefly serving as the Texas Secretary of State. As border patrol agents continue to deal with large influxes of migrants to the southern border daily, Cuellar, who represents a district that largely borders the U.S.-Mexico border, has opposed several of the Biden administration's comments nada actions related to border security.
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