| | The primary will be held on March 1, 2022, with the general election eight months later on November 8. | | 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,<ref>Panetta, Grace; Scher, Isaac (March 4, 2020). [https://www.businessinsider.com/texas-28th-district-dem-primary-cuellar-vs-cisneros-live-results-2020-3 Rep. Henry Cuellar fends off AOC-backed progressive challenger Jessica Cisneros in Texas' 28th district]. ''Business Insider''. Retrieved December 3, 2021.</ref> 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 her initial race in 2000, Cisneros finished only 2,700 votes behind Cuellar,<ref>Panetta, Grace; Scher, Isaac (March 4, 2020). [https://www.businessinsider.com/texas-28th-district-dem-primary-cuellar-vs-cisneros-live-results-2020-3 Rep. Henry Cuellar fends off AOC-backed progressive challenger Jessica Cisneros in Texas' 28th district]. ''Business Insider''. Retrieved December 3, 2021.</ref> 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 far-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.<ref>[https://ballotpedia.org/Texas%27_28th_Congressional_District_election,_2020 Texas' 28th Congressional District election, 2020]. ''Ballotpedia''. Retrieved December 3, 2021.</ref> |
| | In 2022, Cisneros and Cuellar will be joined by another primary candidate, Tannya Benavides, an [[educator]] and [[community organizer]] who supports the communist organization [[Black Lives Matter]]. Five Republican, including Whitten once again, are seeking their party nomination. The new candidates are [[business]]man Ed Cabrera, Steven Fowler of Universal City (a [[lieutenant colonel]] in the [[United States Air Force]] Reserve who fought in [[Afghanistan]]), Roland Rodriguez, and Willie Vasquez Ng (the former chief criminal investigator for the Bexar County District Attorney’s office who later established a security services compan.<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 2022, Cisneros and Cuellar will be joined by another primary candidate, Tannya Benavides, an [[educator]] and [[community organizer]] who supports the communist organization [[Black Lives Matter]]. Five Republican, including Whitten once again, are seeking their party nomination. The new candidates are [[business]]man Ed Cabrera, Steven Fowler of Universal City (a [[lieutenant colonel]] in the [[United States Air Force]] Reserve who fought in [[Afghanistan]]), Roland Rodriguez, and Willie Vasquez Ng (the former chief criminal investigator for the Bexar County District Attorney’s office who later established a security services compan.<ref name=ballotpedia>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Jessica_Cisneros|title=Jessica Cisneros|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=December 3, 2021}}</ref>3?lhb |