Cuellar, Cisneros locked in tight race in Texas runoff

By ACACIA CORONADO
Report for America/Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar is locked in a tight primary runoff against progressive Jessica Cisneros in South Texas’ largest district. By late Tuesday, the race was neck-and-neck, with the two repeatedly swapping leads. The runoff comes just weeks after a leaked U.S. Supreme Court opinion draft showed the justices poised to overturn a constitutional right to abortion that has been in place for 50 years. In March, Cisneros forced the runoff after she came within 1,000 votes of Cuellar, a nine-term incumbent, in the primarily Hispanic district with a large Catholic population. The winner will face Cassy Garcia, who won the Republican runoff for the seat.