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Texas District 28 · U.S. House · 2026

Seat U.S. House, Texas District 28

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U.S. House, Texas District 28 · Incumbent running
DEMNominee
Henry Cuellar incumbent
90%Hume Outlook · Hume model estimate · as of 2026-10-28
GRNOn the ballot
Marlón Durán
—Not published for this candidate
REPNominee
Tano E. Tijerina
10%Hume Outlook · Hume model estimate · as of 2026-10-28
IncumbentHenry Cuellar

Hume Outlook

hume-2026.10-r1 · Forecast as of Oct 28, 2026
90% Henry Cuellar · DemocratChance to win, between the two named candidates
DEM Henry Cuellar 90%
REP Tano E. Tijerina 10%
  • Hume model estimate · built on polls, fundamentals, and markets
Latest poll Cuellar 54.0% · Tijerina 34.0% DCCC Targeting and Analytics Department · 2026-10-13
Seat lean (Hume PVI) Not available The district lean is held: this state's House map was redrawn, and the plan-aware lean has not yet been cross-checked.
Prior result, this seat Not available District redrawn; not comparable.

Side by side

3 candidates · 5 measures
FEC summary through 2026-10-14
MeasureDEMCuellarGRNDuránREPTijerina
Total receiptsUSD, cycle to date, all authorized committees
Henry Cuellar$3,043,039.01
Marlón DuránNot available No FEC summary is available for this candidate.
Tano E. Tijerina$1,862,406.86
Total disbursementsUSD, cycle to date
Henry Cuellar$2,433,767.42
Marlón DuránNot available No FEC summary is available for this candidate.
Tano E. Tijerina$1,749,356.76
Cash on handUSD, close of the covered period
Henry Cuellar$657,230.50
Marlón DuránNot available No FEC summary is available for this candidate.
Tano E. Tijerina$113,050.10
Latest pollpercent, as stored
Henry Cuellar54.0%DCCC Targeting and Analytics Department · 2026-10-13
Marlón DuránNot available Not named in the newest listed poll (2026-10-13)
Tano E. Tijerina34.0%DCCC Targeting and Analytics Department · 2026-10-13
Seat lean (Hume PVI)identical for every candidate
Henry CuellarNot available The district lean is held: this state's House map was redrawn, and the plan-aware lean has not yet been cross-checked.
Marlón DuránNot available The district lean is held: this state's House map was redrawn, and the plan-aware lean has not yet been cross-checked.
Tano E. TijerinaNot available The district lean is held: this state's House map was redrawn, and the plan-aware lean has not yet been cross-checked.
Money is each candidate's FEC summary: every committee the candidate has authorized, combined, as filed through the coverage date shown.

Polling

2 listed · newest first
Newest field end 2026-10-13
Pollster / sponsorField datesSampleCuellarDuránTijerinaOthers
DCCC Targeting and Analytics Department2026-10-07 to 2026-10-13LV · n=56354.0%not named34.0%none
Texas Southern University Barbara Jordan Public Policy Research and Survey Center2026-07-27 to 2026-07-30LV · n=60045.0%6.0%34.0%none
Polling data CC BY 4.0 (FiveThirtyEight / VoteHub).

    Seat lean · Hume PVI

    not available

    Not available The district lean is held: this state's House map was redrawn, and the plan-aware lean has not yet been cross-checked.

    Prior result, this seat

    not available

    Not available District redrawn; not comparable.

    Sources: FEC filings (through Oct 14, 2026) · Polls: FiveThirtyEight / VoteHub (CC BY 4.0) · Hume PVI and Hume Outlook: Hidden Levers estimates.

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