{"id":2254763,"date":"2024-05-29T05:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T09:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brother-of-embattled-congressman-wins-texas-primary-election\/"},"modified":"2024-05-29T05:14:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T09:14:39","slug":"brother-of-embattled-congressman-wins-texas-primary-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brother-of-embattled-congressman-wins-texas-primary-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Sibling of embattled congressman secures victory in Texas primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbrother-of-embattled-congressman-wins-texas-primary-election%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2254763&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-killed-the-father-of-my-children-widow-of-alexei-navalny-vows-to-continue\/\" title=\"Widow of Alexei Navalny persists after Putin's alleged involvement in his death\">political \u200clegacy<\/a> of Rep.\u2063 Henry Cuellar and his family sees a \u2063positive turn as one of his \u2063siblings triumphs in \u200bthe Texas primary\u200d election,\u2063 offering potential support\u200b for\u2063 the incumbent Democrat&#8217;s \u200dupcoming reelection battle. Martin \u2062Cuellar emerges victorious in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-the-democrats-election-heist-too-big-to-fail\/\" title=\"Is the Democrats\u2019 Election Heist \u2018Too Big to Fail\u2019?\">runoff election<\/a> as he vies\u200c for reelection. The \u200bpolitical fortunes of Rep. Henry Cuellar and his family take a positive\u2064 turn as one\u2063 of\u2063 his siblings wins the Texas primary election. This victory could provide crucial backing for the \u200bincumbent Democrat in the upcoming reelection campaign. Martin\u200c Cuellar&#8217;s success in the runoff further solidifies his bid for reelection.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3019306\/cuellar-clan-south-texas-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>political legacy<\/a> of Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and the rest of his family has been temporarily salvaged after one of his siblings won their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3019159\/four-things-watch-texas-runoff-primary-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/which-states-will-challenge-trumps-primary-ballot-status-next\/\" title=\"Which states will contest Trump's primary ballot status next?\">respective primary elections<\/a><\/a> in Texas, possibly giving hope to the incumbent Democrat as he fights for his own reelection in November. <\/p>\n<p>Martin Cuellar won his runoff as he seeks reelection as the Webb County sheriff, defeating his former employee, Wayo Ruiz. Martin Cuellar garnered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kgns.tv\/2024\/05\/29\/martin-cuellar-projected-winner-webb-county-sheriff-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>57.35% of the vote<\/a> compared to Ruiz\u2019s 42.65% <\/p>\n<p>However, Rosie Cuellar was defeated by Cecilia Castellano in the Democratic runoff for state House District 80, which includes the city of Uvalde, Texas. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lmtonline.com\/local\/article\/castellano-tops-rosie-cuellar-rep-dems-texas-19483181.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Castellano secured 57.9% of the vote<\/a>, narrowly\/handily defeating Rosie Cuellar with 42.1% of the vote. <\/p>\n<p>His brother\u2019s victory<strong> <\/strong>comes as Rep. Henry Cuellar is also set to appear on the November ballot after he won his March primary by default because no one challenged him. <\/p>\n<p>However, he now faces some pushback from within his own party after he and his wife, Imelda Cuellar, were indicted on 14 charges each by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/better-than-expected-u-s-economy-added-638000-jobs-in-october-unemployment-dropped-to-6-9\/\" title=\"Better Than Expected: U.S. Economy Added 638,000 Jobs in October, Unemployment Dropped to 6.9%\">federal government<\/a> for allegedly accepting approximately $600,000 in bribes from an Azerbaijan government-controlled oil and gas company, as well as a bank in Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>The indictments, filed just weeks before the runoffs for his sister and brother, put the family in a bind to convince voters to elect them amid serious allegations of corruption and abuse leveled by the U.S. attorney\u2019s office and in media reports.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Henry Cuellar has defended his and his siblings\u2019 record amid the federal investigation, decrying the charges as \u201cpolitically motivated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy brother Martin and my sister Rosie have served the Laredo community with honor and dignity,\u201d Henry Cuellar said in a statement. \u201cSouth Texas voters know my family\u2019s record and will see this for what it is \u2014 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-things-to-watch-in-texas-runoff-primary-elections\/\" title=\"Key Points to Monitor in Texas Runoff Primaries\">partisan political hit job<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Henry Cuellar&#8217;s family political legacy gets a boost as his sibling, Martin Cuellar, clinches victory in Texas primary. The win may breathe new life into Rep. Cuellar&#8217;s reelection bid as he faces challenges in November. Martin Cuellar succeeds in the runoff election for reelection<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2640,"featured_media":2254764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24136704521860-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2254763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24136704521860-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2254763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2254764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2254763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2254763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2254763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}