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{{Infobox person
|name=Jessica Ivonne Cisneros<br>
(Attorney making second bid for Congress against fellow Democrat Henry Cuellar in 2022 in Texas' 28th congressional district)
|image=Jessica Cisneros of TX.jpg
|birth_date=May 24, 1993
|birth_place=[[Laredo]], [[Texas]]
|residence=Laredo, Texas
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]}}
'''Jessica Ivonne Cisneros''' (born May 24, 1993) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/jessica-cisneros/e75952879342548|title=Jessica Cisneros|publisher=mylife.com|accessdate=December 3, 2021}}</ref> is an [[attorney]] and leftist [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] in her native [[Laredo]], [[Texas]], who in 2022 is mounting a second consecutive congressional [[primary]] campaign against the entrenched [[U.S. Representative]] [[Henry Cuellar]], a politician so popular that he is sometimes known as the "King of Laredo."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.texasobserver.org/jessica-cisneros-takes-her-second-shot-at-the-king-of-laredo/|title=Jessica Cisneros Taker Her Second Shot at the King of Laredo": The primary rematch for Congressional District 28 is a litmus test for Democrats in South Texas.|publisher=''Texas Observer''|date=November 23, 2021|author=Gus Bova}}</ref>
The primary will be held on March 1, 2022, with the general election eight months later on November 8.
In her initial race in 2000, Cisneros finished only 2,700 votes behind Cuellar, whose margin in Starr County saved him from defeat. She carries the backing of leftist Representative [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]] of [[New York City]], the leader of what is often called "The Squad" and the most visible of leftists in the U.S. House. Cuellar then went on to defeat [[Republican Party|Republican]] Sandra Whitten, who drew 39 percent of the general election vote.
In 2022, Cisneros and Cuellar will be joined by another primary candidate, Tannya Benavides. Five Republican, including Whitten once again, are seeking their party nomination. The new candidates are Ed Cabrera, Steven Fowler of Universal City (a retired lieutenant colonel in the [[United States Air Force]]), Roland Rodriguez, and Willie Vasques Ng.<ref name=ballotpedia>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Jessica_Cisneros|title=Jessica Cisneros|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=December 3, 2021}}</ref>3?lhb
In 2015, Cisneros received a degree from the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]]; three years later she graduated from the UT School of Law. in 2015 and a graduate degree from the University of Texas at Austin School of Law in 2018. Cisneros is an advocate of [[abortion]] and immigrant "rights."<ref name=ballotpedia/>
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|name=Jessica Ivonne Cisneros<br>
(Attorney making second bid for Congress against fellow Democrat Henry Cuellar in 2022 in Texas' 28th congressional district)
|image=Jessica Cisneros of TX.jpg
|birth_date=May 24, 1993
|birth_place=[[Laredo]], [[Texas]]
|residence=Laredo, Texas
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]}}
'''Jessica Ivonne Cisneros''' (born May 24, 1993) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/jessica-cisneros/e75952879342548|title=Jessica Cisneros|publisher=mylife.com|accessdate=December 3, 2021}}</ref> is an [[attorney]] and leftist [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] in her native [[Laredo]], [[Texas]], who in 2022 is mounting a second consecutive congressional [[primary]] campaign against the entrenched [[U.S. Representative]] [[Henry Cuellar]], a politician so popular that he is sometimes known as the "King of Laredo."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.texasobserver.org/jessica-cisneros-takes-her-second-shot-at-the-king-of-laredo/|title=Jessica Cisneros Taker Her Second Shot at the King of Laredo": The primary rematch for Congressional District 28 is a litmus test for Democrats in South Texas.|publisher=''Texas Observer''|date=November 23, 2021|author=Gus Bova}}</ref>
The primary will be held on March 1, 2022, with the general election eight months later on November 8.
In her initial race in 2000, Cisneros finished only 2,700 votes behind Cuellar, whose margin in Starr County saved him from defeat. She carries the backing of leftist Representative [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]] of [[New York City]], the leader of what is often called "The Squad" and the most visible of leftists in the U.S. House. Cuellar then went on to defeat [[Republican Party|Republican]] Sandra Whitten, who drew 39 percent of the general election vote.
In 2022, Cisneros and Cuellar will be joined by another primary candidate, Tannya Benavides. Five Republican, including Whitten once again, are seeking their party nomination. The new candidates are Ed Cabrera, Steven Fowler of Universal City (a retired lieutenant colonel in the [[United States Air Force]]), Roland Rodriguez, and Willie Vasques Ng.<ref name=ballotpedia>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Jessica_Cisneros|title=Jessica Cisneros|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=December 3, 2021}}</ref>3?lhb
In 2015, Cisneros received a degree from the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]]; three years later she graduated from the UT School of Law. in 2015 and a graduate degree from the University of Texas at Austin School of Law in 2018. Cisneros is an advocate of [[abortion]] and immigrant "rights."<ref name=ballotpedia/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cisneros, Jessica}}
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Liberals]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Women]]