American lawyer and politician, Henry Cellar, is from Laredo Texas, USA, and is serving in Texas’s 28th congressional district where he has been a U.S representative since 2005.
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Henry Cuellar Biography
Cuellar was born in Laredo, the county seat of Webb County in South Texas, where he has resided most of his life.
His Mexican-American parents, Martin Siller Cuellar Sr. (1926–2019),[6] and the former Odilia Perez (1928–2015), a native of Zapata, Texas, traveled as far north as Idaho each year doing migrant labor until Martin found work as a gardener and ranch manager.
With eight children, the Cuellar family lived on Reynolds Street in the Las Lomas neighborhood of “The Heights” area of Laredo. His parents knew no English. They instilled a strong work ethic in their children.
Henry is the oldest of the Cuellars’ children. His brother, Martin, Jr., is the sheriff of Webb County, first elected in 2008 over the incumbent, Rick Flores.
Henry Cuellar Primary
Cuellar will face progressive attorney Cisneros in May to secure the Democratic nomination to run for U.S. House District 28.
Cuellar — who saw the FBI raid his home and office earlier this year — will go head-to-head with liberal attorney Jessica Cisneros in a late May primary runoff in South Texas, for U.S. House District 28.
Henry Cuellar Election Results
Cuellar lost the election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2002 but was elected in 2004.
In 2022, he finished 807 votes ahead of Jessica Cisneros, deferring the nomination to be determined by a May primary.
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The race kept observers in suspense until Wednesday afternoon, when the final vote count gave Cuellar 48.4% of the vote — just a few hundred votes below the majority needed to win outright. Cisneros came in second place with 46.9% of the vote.
Henry Cuellar Education
Cuellar attended Buenos Aires Elementary School, where he became an avid reader, and graduated in 1973 from J. W. Nixon High School, a classmate of future Webb County District Attorney Joe Rubio, Jr.
He received an associate of arts degree from Laredo Community College (then known as Laredo Junior College), where he later taught courses in government.
He then attended the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in foreign service.
He also earned a Master of Arts in international trade from Texas A&M International University, a Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law, and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin.
Henry Cuellar Party
Cuellar belongs to the Democratic Party.
Henry Cuellar Contact
Cuellar can be contacted through his media aides via the addresses below:
Dana Youngentob
Press Secretary
2372 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Office: (202) 225-1640
Fax: (202) 225-1641
Dana.Youngentob@mail.house.gov
Jose Sanz
District Press Secretary
602 E. Calton Rd, Suite 2
Laredo, TX 78041
Office: (956) 257-0639
Fax: (956) 725-0267
Jose.Sanz@mail.house.gov
Henry Cuellar Net Worth
Cuellar has a net worth of approximately $1.1 billion.
Henry Cuellar Family
Cuellar and his wife, Imelda, have two daughters. In 2014, Cuellar portrayed George Washington in the annual Washington’s Birthday Celebration in Laredo.
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