Today, Daily Kos political director David Nir applauded Democrat Jessica Cisneros for progressing to the May 24 runoff election in the TX-28 Democratic primary. The Daily Kos community contributed over $83,000 to Cisneros through more than 5,800 small-dollar, grassroots donations. Daily Kos will continue to raise money and drive volunteer activism for the Cisneros campaign over the next 12 weeks.
“Daily Kos is thrilled to double down on our support for Cisneros in her bid to unseat Rep. Henry Cuellar, the last anti-abortion Democrat in the House and an incumbent thoroughly out of step with core Democratic Party values,” said Nir. “Democrats must persist in seizing opportunities like this one to elect better candidates who will actively combat GOP extremism in Congress. We are proud of Cisneros’ performance in this primary and believe she will be a vigorous progressive advocate for the people of South Texas.”