| − | '''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 the [[2022 U.S. House election in Texas' 28th district]] 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> | + | '''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]], ran in the primary for the [[2022 U.S. House election in Texas' 28th district]], 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> |
| | Cisneros was an intern in Cuellar's office. 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>Two references: | | Cisneros was an intern in Cuellar's office. 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>Two references: |