Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said she is optimistic that progressive Democrats will send a strong message in the primary in Texas’s 28th district.
Ms Ocasio Cortez has endorsed Jessica Cisneros, who is running against Rep Henry Cuellar, who has held the district since 2005. Ms Cuellar is the last anti-abortion Democrat in the House and was the only Democrat to vote against legislation that would have codified the protections in Roe v Wade last year. On Monday, the legislation died in the Senate, with no Republicans voting for it and Sen Joe Manchin of West Virginia voting against it. Sens Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico, who is recovering from a stroke, and Dianne Feinstein of California, whose husband died of cancer, did not vote on the legislation.
