{"id":2364843,"date":"2024-11-06T02:15:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T07:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indicted-rep-henry-cuellar-defeats-navy-vet-in-texas-border-district-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-06T02:15:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T07:15:49","slug":"indicted-rep-henry-cuellar-defeats-navy-vet-in-texas-border-district-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indicted-rep-henry-cuellar-defeats-navy-vet-in-texas-border-district-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Indicted Rep. Henry Cuellar defeats Navy vet in Texas border district &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Findicted-rep-henry-cuellar-defeats-navy-vet-in-texas-border-district-washington-examiner%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=2364843&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>Henry Cuellar, a Democratic\u200b congressman from Texas, has successfully secured his 11th term in office by defeating Republican challenger Jay Furman,\u200d a Navy veteran. The election results showed Cuellar leading with 52% of the vote versus Furman&#8217;s 48% as reported by the\u2062 Associated Press. Cuellar represents a\u2064 border district in the \u2062Rio Grande Valley, an area\u2064 significantly impacted \u200bby drug\u2062 and migrant\u200c smuggling. Despite being under indictment for \u200dallegedly \u200caccepting nearly $600,000 in bribes from \u2064foreign entities, including the government of Azerbaijan, Cuellar managed to win the election. His federal trial is scheduled to begin in\u2064 March 2025, potentially presenting further challenges for his\u200d political future.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Indicted Democrat Henry Cuellar defeats GOP Navy veteran in Texas border district<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1874256\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Indicted Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/henry-cuellar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Henry Cuellar<\/a> (D-TX) has won an 11th term as congressman for a border district in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lower-rio-grande-valley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Rio Grande Valley<\/a> of Texas, defeating his Republican challenger, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/navy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Navy<\/a> veteran Jay Furman.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">embattled 10-term lawmaker managed<\/a> to fight off a GOP candidate to continue representing the South Texas region but could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/good-news-dads-are-spending-more-time-with-their-kids\/\" title=\"Good News: Dads Are Spending More Time With Their Kids\">face greater challenges<\/a> as his federal trial begins in March 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Cuellar led Furman 52% to 48% with about 90% of the vote counted when the <em>Associated Press <\/em>called the race at 1:54 a.m. EST.<\/p>\n<p>Cuellar&rsquo;s district stretches from the border city of Laredo north to San Antonio and has been a hotbed of Mexican cartels that smuggle migrants and drugs into the country from the border.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Texas&rsquo;s 28th Congressional District is outlined in red at the southern tip of the state. (Screenshot: Google Maps)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cuellar was federally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2990105\/henry-cuellar-indicted-doj-charges-texas-bribes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">indicted<\/a> in May for allegedly accepting nearly $600,000 in bribes from two foreign entities, the government of Azerbaijan and a Mexican bank.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog\/2024-election-campaign-live-updates-harris-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024 ELECTIONS LIVE UPDATES: LATEST NEWS ON THE TRUMP-HARRIS PRESIDENTIAL RACE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cuellar, along with his wife Imelda, were each charged by the&nbsp;Justice Department with 14 counts of bribery, conspiracy, and money laundering. The DOJ alleged the pair received payments through &ldquo;sham consulting contracts&rdquo; owned by Imelda Cuellar, &ldquo;who performed little to no legitimate work under the contracts,&rdquo; according to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/729080096\/Cuellar-Indictment?secret_password=fDdDuKPnVBNuGUs7RxDB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">indictment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The two-decade congressman, who previously was co-chairman of the Congressional Azerbaijan Caucus, has maintained that he and his wife are innocent ever since the FBI raided their Laredo home and campaign office in January 2022.<br \/><strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Following the May indictment, Henry Cuellar said he would continue his congressional bid. The district was rated &ldquo;likely Democrat&rdquo; by the nonpartisan <em>Cook Political Report<\/em> in the lead-up to Tuesday, and he held off Republican challenger Cassy Garcia in a competitive race in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Henry Cuellar is the only Democrat in Congress who opposes abortion rights, which has been a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-midst-of-fentanyl-crisis-vulnerable-democrats-voted-down-opioid-detection-funding\/\" title=\"In Midst of Fentanyl Crisis, Vulnerable Democrats Voted Down Opioid Detection Funding\">leading issue<\/a> in the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1874256\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1874256\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indicted Democrat Henry Cuellar wins 11th term in Texas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2364844,"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\/10\/henry-cuellar-congress.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[44461,3728,44460,4032,3694],"class_list":["post-2364843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-border-district","tag-election","tag-henry-cuellar","tag-indicted","tag-texas"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/henry-cuellar-congress.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2364843","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\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2364843"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2364843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2364847,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2364843\/revisions\/2364847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2364844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2364843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2364843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2364843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}