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Texas' 28th Congressional District elections, 2014
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The 28th Congressional District of Texas held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014.
Incumbent Henry Cuellar (D) won re-election in 2014. He was unchallenged in the Democratic primary and faced no Republican opponent in the general election.
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Primary: A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Texas utilizes an open primary system. State law requires voters to sign the following pledge before voting in a primary: "I am a (insert appropriate political party) and understand that I am ineligible to vote or participate in another political party's primary election or convention during this voting year."[3]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Voter registration: Voters had to register to vote in the primary by February 2, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 5, 2014 (30 days prior to election).[4]
- See also: Texas elections, 2014
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Henry Cuellar (D), who was first elected in 2004.
As of the 2010 redistricting cycle, Texas' 28th Congressional District was located in the southern portion of the state and included Atascosa, McMullen, Starr, Webb and Zapata counties along with areas of Bexar, Hidalgo, La Salle and Wilson counties.[5]
Candidates
General election candidates
March 4, 2014, primary results
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Election results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic |  Henry Cuellar Incumbent |
82.1% | 62,508 | |
| Libertarian | Will Aikens | 13.3% | 10,153 | |
| Green | Michael Cary | 4.6% | 3,475 | |
| Total Votes | 76,136 | |||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State | ||||
Key votes
Below are important votes the incumbent cast during the 113th Congress.
HR 644
- See also: Bowe Bergdahl exchange
On September 9, 2014, the Republican-run House approved H.R. 644, a resolution criticizing President Barack Obama's act of exchanging five Guantanamo Bay prisoners for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.[6][7] The House voted 249-163 for resolution, with all Republicans and 22 Democrats supporting the bill. Fourteen Democrats and five Republicans did not vote on the resolution, while all other Democrats opposed its passage.[7] Henry Cuellar dissented from the majority of the Democratic party and voted in favor of the bill.[6][7]
Government shutdown
- See also: United States budget debate, 2013
On September 30, 2013, the House passed a final stopgap spending bill before the shutdown went into effect. The bill included a one-year delay of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate and would have also stripped the bill of federal subsidies for congressional members and staff. It passed through the House with a vote of 228-201.[8] At 1 a.m. on October 1, 2013, one hour after the shutdown officially began, the House voted to move forward with going to a conference. In short order, Sen. Harry Reid rejected the call to conference.[9] Henry Cuellar voted against the stopgap spending bill that would have delayed the individual mandate.[10]
The shutdown ended on October 16, 2013, when the House took a vote on HR 2775 after it was approved by the Senate. The bill to reopen the government lifted the $16.7 trillion debt limit and funded the government through January 15, 2014. Federal employees also received retroactive pay for the shutdown period. The only concession made by Senate Democrats was to require income verification for Obamacare subsidies.[11] The House passed the legislation shortly after the Senate, by a vote of 285-144, with all 144 votes against the legislation coming from Republican members. Henry Cuellar voted for HR 2775.[12]
Campaign contributions
Henry Cuellar
| Henry Cuellar (2014) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[13] | April 15, 2013 | $745,369.64 | $99,255.67 | $(181,085.00) | $663,540.31 | ||||
| July Quarterly[14] | July 15, 2013 | $663,540.31 | $279,860.00 | $(75,930.46) | $867,469.85 | ||||
| October Quarterly[15] | October 15, 2013 | $867,469.85 | $193,818.44 | $(100,923.63) | $960,364.66 | ||||
| Year-End[16] | January 31, 2014 | $960,364 | $171,080 | $(132,409) | $999,035 | ||||
| Pre-Primary[17] | February 20, 2014 | $999,035 | $30,486 | $(39,382) | $990,139 | ||||
| April Quarterly[18] | April 15, 2014 | $990,139 | $182,513 | $(44,327) | $1,128,325 | ||||
| July Quarterly[19] | July 15, 2014 | $1,128,325 | $217,580 | $(81,698) | $1,264,207 | ||||
| October Quarterly[20] | October 15, 2014 | $1,264,207 | $240,710 | $(110,941) | $1,393,976 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $1,415,303.11 | $(766,696.09) | ||||||||
District history
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2012
The 28th Congressional District of Texas held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012, in which incumbent Henry Cuellar (D) won re-election. He defeated William Hayward (R), Patrick Hisel (L) and Michael Cary (G) in the general election.[21]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Henry Cuellar Incumbent |
67.9% | 112,456 | |
| Republican | William R. Hayward | 29.8% | 49,309 | |
| Libertarian | Patrick Hisel | 1.5% | 2,473 | |
| Green | Michael D. Cary | 0.8% | 1,407 | |
| Total Votes | 165,645 | |||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
2010
On November 2, 2010, Henry Cuellar won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Bryan Underwood (R) and Stephen Kaat (L) in the general election.[22]
| U.S. House, Texas District 28 General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Henry Cuellar incumbent |
56.3% | 62,773 | |
| Republican | Bryan Underwood | 42% | 46,740 | |
| Libertarian | Stephen Kaat | 1.7% | 1,889 | |
| Total Votes | 111,402 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2014
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2014
External links
- Texas Secretary of State, 2014 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County
- Texas Secretary of State, Republican primary results
- Texas Secretary of State, Democratic primary results
- Texas Tribune, U.S. House elections brackets
Footnotes
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "2014 HOUSE RACE RATINGS FOR June 26, 2014," accessed July 28, 2014
- ↑ Sabato's Crystal Ball, "2014 House Races," accessed July 28, 2014
- ↑ Texas Constitution and Statutes, "Tex. Election Code Ann. § 172.086," accessed September 16, 2025
- ↑ VoteTexas.gov, "Register to Vote," accessed January 3, 2014
- ↑ Texas Redistricting Map, "Map," accessed July 24, 2012
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 The Hill, "House votes to condemn administration over Taliban prisoner swap," September 9, 2014
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 U.S. House, "Roll Call Vote 485," accessed September 10, 2014
- ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ Buzzfeed, "Government Shutdown: How We Got Here," accessed October 1, 2013
- ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Reid, McConnell propose bipartisan Senate bill to end shutdown, extend borrowing," accessed October 16, 2013
- ↑ U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 550," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Henry Cuellar April Quarterly," accessed July 24, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Henry Cuellar July Quarterly," accessed July 24, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Henry Cuellar October Quarterly," accessed October 22, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Henry Cuellar Year-End," accessed February 6, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Henry Cuellar Pre-Primary," accessed April 20, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Henry Cuellar April Quarterly," accessed April 20, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Henry Cuellar July Quarterly," accessed July 23, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Henry Cuellar October Quarterly," accessed October 20, 2014
- ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Texas," November 6, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
