Cuellar in Panic Mode, Calls Jeffries for Backup

February 20, 2026

Hakeem Jeffries is in Texas to campaign with Henry Cuellar, and that tells you everything you need to know about where this race stands.

“Leader” Hakeem Jeffries had to funnel over $25,000 into Henry Cuellar’s campaign in Q4 just to help him save face after a weak fundraising quarter. When your own voters won’t open their wallets, you call in Washington to bail you out.

South Texas voters deserve to know: when Jeffries shows up, the radical Democrat agenda isn’t far behind.

“Self-serving Democrat Henry Cuellar isn’t fighting for South Texas families, he’s fighting for his political survival. That’s why he’s calling in Hakeem Jeffries to bail him out. As voters wake up to years of Cuellar rubber-stamping the radical Democrat agenda on open borders, soft-on-crime policies, and higher taxes, he knows he’s in serious trouble come November.” – NRCC Spokesman Christian Martinez