- Sen. Bernie Sanders once more endorsed fellow progressive Jessica Cisneros in her bid to take out incumbent Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar
- Cisneros, 28, is hoping to unseat Cuellar, a reasonable Democrat who opposes abortion rights, within the March 1 Texas major for the twenty eighth Congressional district
- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio- Cortez had already backed Cisneros within the race, together with two different 'squad' members and Sen. Elizabeth Warren
Sen. Bernie Sanders once more endorsed fellow progressive Jessica Cisneros in her bid to take out incumbent Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar.
'Jessica is aware of that actual change comes from the underside on up, not the highest on down,' Sanders mentioned in an announcement Monday. 'She's going to struggle for the working class in Congress and collectively we are going to construct a motion to rework this nation in order that it really works for all our individuals.'
Cisneros, 28, is hoping to unseat Cuellar, a reasonable Democrat who opposes abortion rights, within the March 1 Texas major for the twenty eighth Congressional district.
She had already obtained endorsements from 'squad' members, Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jamaal Bowman and Ayanna Pressley, in addition to from Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Rep. Katie Porter and former Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis.
At a Saturday marketing campaign rally for Cisneros and Greg Casar, one other Texas Democratic major candidate, Ocasio-Cortez mentioned, 'Texas turning blue is inevitable.'
'It would occur, the one is when,' the New York Democrat mentioned.
Sanders supported Cisneros in her 2020 bid towards Cuellar as properly, the place she got here inside 3,000 votes of ousting the reasonable Democratic congressman, who was first elected in 2004.
Cisneros not solely had Sanders' endorsement, however the Vermont progressive was on the high of the ticket - and nonetheless a viable presidential candidate throughout Texas' Tremendous Tuesday major.
That dynamic, in response to considered one of Cuellar's high allies, is how she bought inside spitting-distance of the longtime lawmaker in 2020.
'The one factor she had going for her was Bernie,' Colin Strother, a longtime Cuellar aide, instructed the Texas Observer in November.
This time round, Strother mentioned, Cueller will win 'by a rustic mile.'
In mid-January, nonetheless, the FBI searched Cuellar's house and marketing campaign headquarters in Laredo, Texas.
It stays unclear what the FBI was searching for, besides that brokers have been 'conducting court-authorized regulation enforcement exercise,' however Cuellar mentioned the investigation 'will present that there was no wrongdoing on my half,' in response to CNN.
'Let me be clear: I am operating for re-election and I intend to win,' Cuellar additionally mentioned in a video message produced shortly after the searches.
The Cuellar-Cisneros major might additionally function a take a look at case on how a lot abortion rights are motivating voters going into the 2022 midterms.
The Observer identified that throughout the 2020 major, Cuellar attacked Cisneros for being pro-choice.
However with Texas implementing one of many strictist abortion legal guidelines within the nation, banning the process after simply six-weeks, Cisneros' place could also be extra palatable to Democratic major voters.
Even with Republican redistricting, the twenty eighth stays favorable to Democrats and isn't anticipated to be a GOP pick-up, because the celebration seems poised to take again management of the Home.
