A millennial with big political ambitions forced a veteran Democratic congressman into a runoff in Texas’s 28th Congressional District as a close race unfolded in Rep. Henry Cuellar’s deep-south Texas seat stretching from San Antonio to the border.
Jessica Cisneros, a 28-year-old immigration lawyer from Laredo, will square off with Cuellar, a 17-year House veteran and conservative Democrat, on May 24 after holding him under 50 per cent of the vote on Tuesday night in Texas’s primary contests, the first of the midterm elections cycle. Two years ago, she nearly won the nomination.
