Henry Cuellar

Service history

22 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2005

Representative TX-28 2005–present

Background

background Born September 19, 1955; American politician and attorney
role Served in Texas House of Representatives for 14 years (1987–2001) and as Texas secretary of state in 2001
role U.S. representative for Texas's 28th congressional district since 2005
role Known as a leading centrist Democrat; one of the most conservative House Democrats
controversy Indicted May 2024 on money laundering, bribery, and conspiracy charges; alleged to have accepted ~$600,000 from Azerbaijan and Mexico
controversy Pardoned by President Trump in December 2025 before trial

Campaign finance

2002 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House TX-28 · 2026 General Election

$1,490,595 raised
$1,264,154 spent
$2,929 cash on hand

	$1.49M
	$1.29M
	$777.07K
Itemized (≥ $200)	$761.86K
Unitemized (< $200)	$15.21K
Other committees (PACs)	$481.46K
Candidate self-funding	$27.80K
Transfers from other committees	$2.14K
	$194.25K
Made by candidate	$3.00K
Other loans	$191.25K
Offsets to expenditures	$7.39K
Other receipts	$482.26
	$1.26M
Operating expenditures	$1.06M
Loan repayments	$178.00K
Contribution refunds	$18.54K
Transfers to other committees	$3.88K
Cash on hand	$2.93K
Debts owed by committee	$16.25K

Through December 31, 2002 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Dec 31, 2002)

Finance updated: Jul 23, 2026

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Henry Cuellar campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
2002	$1,490,595	$1,264,154	$2,929
2004	$1,116,663	$1,123,909	-$4,317
2006	$1,782,030	$1,765,332	$12,381
2008	$1,423,486	$1,178,830	$257,037
2010	$1,247,643	$1,152,109	$352,572
2012	$1,672,433	$1,279,636	$745,370
2014	$1,509,460	$937,078	$1,317,752
2016	$1,689,932	$929,900	$2,077,784
2018	$1,659,082	$1,191,862	$2,545,004
2020	$2,752,019	$3,747,550	$1,550,473
2022	$4,711,961	$6,217,609	$44,825
2024	$2,492,809	$2,489,675	$47,959
2026	$2,231,952	$1,150,307	$1,129,604

Track record

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

98.4%
Roll-call participation →
voted in 619 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.
3
Bills sponsored →
plus 177 cosponsored

A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.
0
Sponsored bills enacted →
of 3 bills sponsored

Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.
66%
Party-unity voting →
votes with the party majority · median 99% · on 432 party-line votes

Party-unity is how often a member votes with their own party's majority on party-line votes — it reflects agenda alignment, not loyalty, independence, or virtue.
34%
Cross-party voting →
votes with the other party's majority on those same votes

The share of the same party-line votes cast with the OTHER party's majority — a descriptive rate, not a measure of principle.
0
Documented positions →
no positions documented yet

Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.
4
Committee assignments →
committees and subcommittees

Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Henry Cuellar. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Voting record

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

98.4%

of House roll calls voted House median 100.0% · −1.6 pts below median

395Yea 212Nay 2Present 10Not voting

Full voting record (619 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 619 of 645 recorded roll calls

See the participation leaderboard →

Committee assignments (4)

Data from Congress.gov committee memberships

Industry PAC support

Data from FEC — PAC (political action committee) contributions, 2026/2024/2022 cycles

Total disclosed PAC money: $3,506,059. Industry is approximated from a curated map; individual (non-PAC) donations are listed separately above.

Energy $295,200 · 63 PACs
Finance $146,000 · 41 PACs
Health $100,000 · 24 PACs
Defense $74,500 · 13 PACs
Telecom $54,000 · 11 PACs
Technology $10,000 · 3 PACs

Top PAC contributors (10)

OSI SYSTEMS INC PAC OSI PAC $30,000
NATIONAL PECAN FEDERATION INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PECAN PAC) $30,000
MIDWEST REGION LABORERS' POLITICAL LEAGUE $30,000
BLUE DOG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $30,000
TEXAS FIRST PAC $30,000
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) $29,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LANDSCAPE PROFESSIONALS, INC. PAC $27,900
CULAC THE PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $25,000 · Finance
BORDER HEALTH FEDERAL PAC $25,000 · Health
AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $25,000 · Health

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

SELECT DEDICATED SOLUTIONS $23,100
THE GEO GROUP $19,200
ATS COMMUNICATIONS INC $13,200
UNI-TRADE FOWARDING $12,900
NULL $12,800
SOUTHWEST BUSINESS CORPORATION $9,900
THEGROUP $9,800
DILWORTH GROUP $8,300
TEXAS CRUDE ENERGY, LLC $7,600
HILLIARY COMMUNICATIONS $7,500

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

2026 cycle $10,387 supporting · $0 opposing · 1 outside group
2024 cycle $327 supporting · $0 opposing · 1 outside group

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Issue positions (14)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Civil RightsPartial support from votes
Climate & EnergyPartial support from votes
Criminal JusticePartial support from votes
DefensePartial support from votes
Economy & TaxesPartial support from votes
EducationPartial support from votes
Foreign PolicyPartial support from votes
Gun PolicyPartial support from votes
HealthcarePartial support from votes
HousingPartial support from votes
ImmigrationPartial oppose from votes
Labor & WagesPartial support from votes
Technology & PrivacyPartial support from votes
Voting & ElectionsOppose from votes

Stock trades (STOCK Act)

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Cuellar, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.

Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

The members Cuellar most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

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Connections network

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Cuellar connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.