
The main campaign arm for House Republicans is adding Rep. Henry Cuellar (D‑TX) to its list of targets for the 2024 cycle after initially viewing his seat as likely Democratic.
The National Republican Congressional Committee expanded its list of targets a month after Cuellar was indicted on federal bribery charges. The indictment has put Cuellar in the hot seat among Republicans, who now consider him a prime target to flip his seat and expand their slim majority next year.
“Between open seats, indictments, a border crisis, and a stagnant economy, Democrats are retreating and Republicans are charging forward to press our advantage,” Rep. Richard Hudson (R‑NC), NRCC chairman, said in a statement. “The NRCC will force Democrats to answer for their failures to make people’s lives better from Texas to New Hampshire to my h …