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Tijerina Challenges Cuellar in South Texas | Laredo News
A fiery new Republican challenger, Tano Tijerina — former Democrat, county judge, and self-made businessman — is gunning for longtime Congressman Henry Cuellar in a high-stakes South Texas race. Tijerina, who switched parties over Democratic leftward drift and leverages his cowboy image and social media clout, aims to ride Trump’s wave and position himself as an outsider reformer. But Cuellar, a conservative Democrat with a storied congressional career and a pardon after a bribery indictment, remains resilient — outperforming GOP presidential candidates and holding steady in polls. While…
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