Texas Democratic Party Announces Unofficial Results of Recount in CD-28 Primary

LAREDO, Texas -- Today, after an electronic recount of the votes in the CD-28 Democratic primary runoff election, the Texas Democratic Party announced that Henry Cuellar has secured enough votes to earn the Democratic nomination for U.S. Congress from the 28th Congressional District. 

“After a hard-fought primary battle, the voters of South Texas have spoken and they have decided that Henry Cuellar will again represent them in Washington, continuing his work to lead the Borderland and stand up for hard-working middle-class families from Laredo to San Antonio,” said Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa. “We’re grateful to Jessica Cisneros for the positive campaign she ran -- shining a light on the issues that are really impacting South Texas. We all know she will continue to fight for South Texans as we rally together behind our nominee, Henry Cuellar.”

County-by-county results can be found in the table below:

County Name	Original Vote Count - Cisneros	Original Vote Count - Cuellar	New Vote Count - Cisneros	New Vote Count - Cuellar
Atascosa	797	384	797	383
Bexar	10,233	1,705	10,228	1,705
Duval	756	1,641	757	1,643
Guadalupe	3,315	327	3,315	327
Jim Hogg	177	661	177	662
McMullen	3	6	3	6
Starr	593	2,514	597	2,518
Webb	6,560	14,334	6,558	14,334
Zapata	180	1,323	180	1,323
TOTAL	22,614	22,895	22,612	22,901

In counties throughout the District, recount committees were appointed and worked to facilitate a thorough and transparent electronic recount of the ballots. 

Both campaigns were provided the opportunity to send representatives to all of the recount sites. 

The Texas Democratic Party worked to support the County Recount Committees throughout the recount process until every last vote was accurately and transparently tallied.