DCCC chair: Cuellar, ahead by mere 177 votes, likely won South Texas primary runoff

[TexasTowelie]

4. I don't believe anyone thought that the race between Cuellar and Cisneros wouldn't be close.

The question is whether Cisneros could win the general election. After being raised in South Texas, I'm fully aware of the patriarchal attitudes of the voters in that part of the state. Cisneros being an immigration rights attorney is also a detriment in the general election in that part of the state where the migrants have been responsible for criminal activity (mostly property-related), although the public has also been endangered with high speed chases and vehicle bailouts.

Just as some progressives have stated that they will sit out the general election if Cuellar is the nominee, there is the same amount of gossip among non-Justice Democrats stating that if Cisneros is the nominee then they will sit out the election. I take those comments seriously because Cuellar's positions on political issues align more closely with the traditions and heritage of the voters than Cisneros, who has positions that align only with a subset of Democratic voters.