Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Henry Cuellar

Official portrait of Henry Cuellar
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Texas’s 28th district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Laredo, TX
Born
1955
In Congress
House since 2005 · 21 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
CUELLAR, HENRY R.
Next election
Primary March 3, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Texas with the current district highlighted

Texas, District 28

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. House · Texas District 28IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H2TX23082 · Principal campaign committee: TEXANS FOR HENRY CUELLAR CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Texas District 28$2,992,065.01General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Texas District 28$2,492,808.62Won the general election (52.8%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Texas District 28$4,711,961.12General-election nominee
2019–2020U.S. House · Texas District 28$2,752,019.23General-election nominee
Total raised$2,992,065.01
Total spent$1,989,929.85
Cash on hand$1,050,094.07
Debts owed by the campaign$301,000.00
Loans from the candidate$301,000.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through September 30, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $1,629,769.79PACs and other committees: $915,400.00Party committees: $5,760.86Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $316,750.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $112,198.08Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $12,186.28
  • Individual contributions$1,629,769.7954%
  • PACs and other committees$915,400.0031%
  • Party committees$5,760.860%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$316,750.0011%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$112,198.084%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$12,186.280%

Self-funding: $316,750.00 (11% of money raised): $15,750.00 given and $301,000.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$73,965.736%
  • Contributions over $200$1,157,617.1394%
  • Itemized from inside Texas$588,416.6150%
  • Itemized from other states$577,414.4350%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: California $140,673.50 · New York $62,458.98 · Massachusetts $53,402.68 · Virginia $45,821.44 · District of Columbia $42,155.53. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$1.1M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $183,582.58APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $127,655.30JULY QUARTERLY: raised $459,251.91JULY QUARTERLY: spent $203,922.82OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $224,329.71OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $219,203.18YEAR-END: raised $259,922.35YEAR-END: spent $132,666.54PRE-PRIMARY: raised $62,771.61PRE-PRIMARY: spent $71,052.94APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $430,647.11APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $149,926.46JULY QUARTERLY: raised $611,447.05JULY QUARTERLY: spent $245,880.11OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $760,112.69OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $839,622.502025-032025-092026-022026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea436
Voted nay229
Did not vote9 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored4
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored194

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 10139 Ratepayer Bill of Rights Act of 2026
    Introduced Aug 24, 2026 · Latest action Aug 24, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by …
  • H.Res. 1413 Recognizing the 271st anniversary of Laredo, Texas.
    Introduced Jul 2, 2026 · Latest action Jul 2, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  • H.R. 7865 American Consumer Tariff Rebate Act of 2026
    Introduced Mar 9, 2026 · Latest action Mar 9, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • H.R. 1297 LPOE Modernization Trust Fund Act
    Introduced Feb 13, 2025 · Latest action Feb 13, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

229 committees reported giving $784,473.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

Show all 229 committees

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Henry R. Cuellar$194,566.59
  • Independent expenditures opposing Henry R. Cuellar$0.00
  • Company and union communications to members about Henry R. Cuellar$21,456.61

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Texas U.S. House, District 28, 2026 · 10 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Henry R. Cuellar (D)$2,992,065.01$1,050,094.072026-09-30
Tano Tijerina (R)$1,778,797.59$214,229.682026-09-30
Ricardo Villarreal (D)$67,966.70$21,529.492026-09-30
Juan Esparza (R)$32,403.99$0.002025-08-13

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQLikely DJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportLean DDecember 9, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsTilt DAugust 28, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLean DDecember 10, 2025

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
DCCCOctober 7–13, 2026536 (LV)± 4.2%Henry Cuellar 54% · Tano Tijerina 34%
Public Policy Research/Texas Southern UniversityAugust 18–22, 2026600 (LV)± 4.0%Henry Cuellar 45% · Tano Tijerina 34%
Pulse Science Decision (R)June 21–23, 2026400 (LV)± 4.9%Henry Cuellar 38% · Tano Tijerina 46%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: TEXANS FOR HENRY CUELLAR CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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