| | 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> | | 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> |
| − | 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/> | + | In 2015, Cisneros received a degree from the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]]; three years later she graduated from the UT School of Law. |
| − | Cisneros' 2022 bid is backed by the [[Sunrise Movement]],<ref>Manchester, Julia (November 18, 2021). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/582056-sunrise-movement-endorses-jessica-cisneros-in-primary-against-cuellar Sunrise Movement endorses Jessica Cisneros in primary against Cuellar]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved December 3, 2021.</ref> an outspokenly [[anti-Zionist]] and [[anti-Semitic]] [[environmentalist]] organization.<ref>Downey, Caroline (October 20, 2021). [https://www.nationalreview.com/news/climate-activist-org-cancels-appearance-at-dc-statehood-rally-over-jewish-groups-participation/ Climate Activist Org Cancels Appearance at DC Statehood Rally over Jewish Groups’ Participation]. ''National Review''. Retrieved December 3, 2021.</ref> | + | An advocate of [[abortion]] and immigrant "rights,"<ref name=ballotpedia/> Cisneros carries the support of the [[Sunrise Movement]],<ref>Manchester, Julia (November 18, 2021). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/582056-sunrise-movement-endorses-jessica-cisneros-in-primary-against-cuellar Sunrise Movement endorses Jessica Cisneros in primary against Cuellar]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved December 3, 2021.</ref> an outspokenly [[anti-Zionist]] and [[anti-Semitic]] [[environmentalist]] organization.<ref>Downey, Caroline (October 20, 2021). [https://www.nationalreview.com/news/climate-activist-org-cancels-appearance-at-dc-statehood-rally-over-jewish-groups-participation/ Climate Activist Org Cancels Appearance at DC Statehood Rally over Jewish Groups’ Participation]. ''National Review''. Retrieved December 3, 2021.</ref> |