| | On March 1, 2022, Cuellar faces a rematch with his 2020 primary opponent, [[Jessica Cisneros]], who came within 2,700 votes of unseating the veteran Democratic representative.<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> Another leftist candidate in the primary is Tannya Benavides, an [[educator]],and [[community organizer]], and devotee of the communist group [[Black Lives Matter]]. Meanwhile, five Republicans are contesting their primary, including the 2020 general election nominee, Sandra Whitten. | | On March 1, 2022, Cuellar faces a rematch with his 2020 primary opponent, [[Jessica Cisneros]], who came within 2,700 votes of unseating the veteran Democratic representative.<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> Another leftist candidate in the primary is Tannya Benavides, an [[educator]],and [[community organizer]], and devotee of the communist group [[Black Lives Matter]]. Meanwhile, five Republicans are contesting their primary, including the 2020 general election nominee, Sandra Whitten. |
| − | The winner of the Cuellar-Cisneros runoff, apparently Cuellar, faces the Republican Casandra “Cassy” Garcia in the November 8 general election. Garcia defeated Sandra Whitten in the GOP runoff. | + | The winner of the Cuellar-Cisneros runoff, apparently Cuellar, faces the Republican Casandra “Cassy” Garcia in the November 8 general election. Garcia, a former aide to [[U.S. Senator]] [[Ted Cruz]], defeated Sandra Whitten in the GOP runoff. |