'Squad'-backed Cisneros documents for recount in Texas Democratic principal runoff

Abigail Adcox

June 06, 07:58 PM June 06, 07:58 PM

Liberal candidate Jessica Cisneros introduced Monday she will file for a recount in the close Texas Democratic primary runoff towards Rep. Henry Cuellar.

Cisneros, who has been endorsed by numerous customers of the "Squad," such as Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), highlighted the key discrepancies between her and her incumbent opponent as factors to pursue a recount for the Democratic main in Texas's 28th Congressional District.

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"Our neighborhood is not performed battling, we are filing for a recount,” Cisneros claimed in a statement. “With just below .6 % of the vote symbolizing these kinds of stark variances for the long run in South Texas, I owe it to our neighborhood to see this via to the conclude.”

The essential runoff election has garnered nationwide notice following the candidates' positions on abortion have been brought to the forefront. Cuellar was the sole Household Democrat to vote in opposition to a invoice in 2021 that would have codified the proper to abortion in federal regulation, an challenge that has been underscored immediately after a leaked draft opinion indicated that the Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Cuellar has declared victory in the race two times — as soon as right after election night Could 25 and once more June 3 as the final election success had been tallied, protecting both instances that his margin of votes would maintain. In his June 3 statement, Cuellar claimed he was top by 281 votes, up from 177 votes on election evening.

A runoff candidate can request a recount by 5 p.m. Wednesday if the margin is considerably less than 10% been given by the opponent.