Progressive v anti-abortion Democrat: Texas faces pivotal primary runoff

The race between Henry Cuellar and Jessica Cisneros for Congress will answer a key question: is the Democratic machine' still strong or can progressives win?

Two nearly identical text boxes appear on the respective campaign websites for Henry Cuellar and Jessica Cisneros, the Democrats locked in a heated primary runoff to represent south Texas in Congress.

Cuellar's text box warns voters that Cisneros would defund the police and border patrol", which would make us less safe and wreck our local economy". Cisneros, in turn, blasts Cuellar for opposing women's right to choose" amid a nationwide crackdown on reproductive care.