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Henry Cuellar

Henry Cuellar

DDemocratTX-28 · Representative
58
/ 100
Average
Attendance98
Avg: 96
Independence24
Avg: 4
Bipartisan Tone18
Avg: 16
Ethics Record80
Avg: 99
Transparency58
Avg: 57

Accountability Score — composite of attendance, independence, bipartisan tone, ethics record & transparency.

Methodology
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Henry Cuellar

Henry Cuellar

DemocratTX-28 · Representative
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Moderate (-0.225)
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Henry Cuellar is a Democrat Representative from TX, District 28. He has served 21 years in Congress across 11 terms. Based on his voting record, he is rated as moderate, voting with his party 75.6% of the time. This member has 1 misconduct entry in our database.

21
Years in Office
11
Terms Served
119
Current Congress

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Report Card

Performance metrics for the current Congress

75.6%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
133 votes against party
1.8%
Missed Votesⓘ
557 total votes
2
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
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1
Misconduct Entriesⓘ

How Henry Compares

vs. the average House member

Party Loyalty-20.3% vs avg
75.6%
Avg: 95.9%
Missed Votes-1.8% vs avg
1.8%
Avg: 3.6%
Bills Sponsored-11.0 vs avg
2
Avg: 13.0

Committee Assignments

Committees shape which bills get heard. See what this member has influence over.

House Committee on Appropriations

Campaign Finance

2026 cycle · through 2026-03-31

$764,037
Cash on Handⓘ
$1,620,505
Total Receiptsⓘ
$904,427
Disbursementsⓘ
$784,313
Individual Donors
$492,600
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$11,250
Self-Fundingⓘ

Service History

2005–2027House · TX-28 · DemocratCurrent

District Demographics

TX-28 · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.

774,349
Population
$64,381
Median Income
33.0
Median Age
20.9%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 46.4%Black 4.7%Hispanic 75.0%Asian 1.0%