Progressives take aim at Democratic leadership over support for centrist candidates

House leaders' support for Henry Cuellar over Jessica Cisneros in Texas elections has left progressives seething

Texas officials have still not declared a winner in the state's 28th congressional district, where incumbent Democratic congressman Henry Cuellar currently leads progressive lawyer Jessica Cisneros by 175 votes out of roughly 45,000 ballots cast.

But as progressives wait to see who will win the runoff race, they cannot help but think of what might have been if House Democratic leaders had not come to Cuellar's assistance. Cuellar secured the endorsements of the top three House Democrats, and the congressman's campaign was also propped up by millions of dollars in super Pac spending aimed at attacking Cisneros.