Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past 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 5, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 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 28IncumbentWon the general election (52.8%)

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$2,492,808.62
Total spent$2,489,675.05
Cash on hand$47,958.91
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2023–2024 cycle totals through December 31, 2024, 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: $1,261,629.11PACs and other committees: $1,181,408.53Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $18,000.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $31,770.98
  • Individual contributions$1,261,629.1151%
  • PACs and other committees$1,181,408.5347%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$18,000.001%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$31,770.981%

Self-funding: $18,000.00 (1% of money raised): $18,000.00 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

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

PAC and committee contributors

321 committees reported giving $1,162,754.00 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.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Henry R. Cuellar−$15,043.27
  • Independent expenditures opposing Henry R. Cuellar$0.00

FEC totals for the 2024 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, 2024 · 6 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Henry R. Cuellar (D)$2,492,808.62$47,958.912024-12-31
Jay Commander Furman (R)$780,703.95$4,922.262024-12-31
Lazaro Garza (R)$297,652.13$0.002024-09-30
Jose Manuel Sanz Mondragon (R)$28,747.77$16,025.892024-02-14
Kyle Sinclair (R)$18,306.00$17,584.742023-06-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportLikely DSeptember 6, 2024
  • Inside ElectionsApril 24, 2024
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLean DMay 7, 2024
  • Elections DailyLikely DSeptember 7, 2023
  • CNalysisVery Likely DNovember 16, 2023
  • Decision Desk HQLikely DJune 14, 2024

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas (retrieved October 23, 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 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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