TX-28: Julian Castro endorses Rep. Cuellar's primary opponent in Texas

Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary and Texas native Julián Castro has endorsed Jessica Cisneros, who's challenging Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) in a Democratic primary.

“The people of South Texas deserve a homegrown champion for hardworking families, good paying jobs, better health care, and immigrants’ rights,” Castro said in a statement Friday. “I’m proud to endorse Jessica Cisneros because she will put the people of South Texas first, not special interests or Washington politics.”

Castro, the former mayor of San Antonio who dropped out of the presidential race in January and threw his support to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), marks Cisneros’s first big-name endorsement from an in-state Democrat.

Castro’s twin brother, Rep. Joaquin Castro, is chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, though Texas Democrats in Congress have stayed relatively silent on the race.



https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/483191-julian-castro-endorses-rep-cuellars-primary-opponent