Henry R. Cuellar

American politician and attorney (born 1955)

IncumbentU.S. House — TX-28DemocraticRunning nowVugol ID VM-3N0-FY2H FEC H2TX23082

Running for U.S. House, TX-28, 2026

Link: vugol.me/p/henry-r-cuellar

Roster source: FEC filing (2026-08-26)

Headshot · cuellar.house.gov

Henry R. Cuellar — Portrait — Portrait · cuellar.house.gov

Henry R. Cuellar — On the trail — On the trail · cuellar.house.gov

Henry R. Cuellar — Illustration · Vugol.me — Illustration · Vugol.me
Illustration by Vugol.me, adapted from Official U.S. Congress portrait · Public domain

Races

2026 · U.S. House, TX-28 · General · Democratic · on the ballot · incumbent
2026 · State House / Assembly, TX District U_S_28 · Primary · Democratic · won · 39,228 votes (58.0%) · incumbent · source
2024 · U.S. House, TX-28 · General · Democratic · result not on file · incumbent · source
2022 · U.S. House, TX-28 · General · Democratic · won · 93,803 votes (56.6%) · incumbent · source
2020 · U.S. House, TX-28 · General · Democratic · won · 137,494 votes (58.3%) · incumbent · source
2018 · U.S. House, TX-28 · General · Democratic · won · 117,494 votes (84.4%) · incumbent · source

Background

Enrique Roberto "Henry" Cuellar is an American politician and attorney serving as the U.S. representative for Texas's 28th congressional district since 2005.

He is a member of the Democratic Party, and his district spans from the Rio Grande toward the suburbs of San Antonio. Cuellar served in the Texas House of Representatives for 14 years, from 1987 to 2001, and briefly served as the Texas secretary of state in 2001, making him, as of 2026, the most recent Democrat to have held a statewide office in Texas.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-19 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cuellar

In the news

Lawmakers cry foul over publicly funded Trump TV adsRoll Call · Sep 29

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Campaign finance

$2,231,952total raised (2026 cycle)

$1,150,307total spent (2026 cycle)

$1,129,604cash on hand (2026 cycle)

As of 2026-06-30 · Source: FEC

Website and social

Official websitevia Wikidata

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Sources

Official portrait — public-domain congressional image set (unitedstates project)
Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-09-19 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cuellar
Website and social links — Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q539562
Official social accounts — congress-legislators dataset (unitedstates project)
Roster — FEC filing — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H2TX23082/
photo_headshot — http://cuellar.house.gov
photo_full_body — https://cuellar.house.gov/biography/
photo_action — http://cuellar.house.gov

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