The fate of the Cuellar clan hangs in the balance as Texas residents head to the polls to render the embattled Democratic family a verdict in public opinion.
The fate of the Cuellar clan hangs in the balance Tuesday as South Texas residents head to the polls to determine if the embattled, but he could be the only one of his siblings to move forward to November after the others failed to secure at least half of primary voters in March. The congressman won his primary election by default earlier this spring because no one challenged him.
The indictments, filed just weeks before the runoffs for his sister and brother, have put the family in a bind to convince voters to elect them amid serious allegations of corruption and abuse leveled by the U.S. attorney’s office and in She is now in a runoff for state House District 80, which includes nearby Uvalde, where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers in May 2022.
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