Enlarge this imageDemocratic Rep. Henry Cuellar, left, and progre sive candidate Je sica Cisneros.Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images; Brandon Bell/Getty Imageshide captiontoggle captionKevin Dietsch/Getty Images; Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesDemocratic Rep. Henry Cuellar, left, and progre sive candidate Je Lonnie Chisenhall Jersey sica Cisneros.Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images; Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesA closely watched runoff election in South Texas between incumbent Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and progre sive challenger Je sica Cisneros remained too close to call as of Wednesday morning, according to The A sociated Pre s. As of 10 a.m. ET Wednesday, just 175 votes separated the two candidates. The race in Texas’ 28th Congre sional District pitted one of the most conservative Democrats in the House against a challenger backed by progre sive stalwarts, including Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, after neither Cuellar nor Cisneros received more than 50% of the vote in the March primary. Cuellar, who has held the seat since 2005, had the endorsements of top House Democrats, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and Majority Whip Jim Clyburn. This wasn’t the first time Cisneros, a 29-year-old immigration attorney, took on Cuellar, 66; she first did so in 2020, heavily outraising the longtime Laredo congre sman before falling short. Cisneros ran on a distinctly progre sive platform, with support for Medicare for Bryan Reynolds Jersey All and pro-labor legislation. Cuellar, who holds more conservative views on abortion, immigration and gun control, painted Cisneros as a far-left candidate who wouldn’t be effective in Congre s.Roughly two months before the March primary, the FBI raided Cuellar’s campaign office and home in a probe, reportedly stemming from an investigation into U.S. busine smen and their ties to Azerbaijan. Cuellar’s attorney told Fox News he was not a target of the investigation, but the raids provided Cisneros with attack ad fodder. On the Republican side, Ca sy Garcia, a former Jameson Taillon Jersey staffer for Sen. Ted Cruz, won Tuesday’s runoff. The GOP has its sights set on flipping the competitive district in the South Texas region that’s been trending more Republicans’ way. National Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, endorsed by Trump, wins Republican primary Role of abortion rights in election The i sue of abortion rights played a large role in the campaign, with increased momentum after a leaked draft opinion of a Supreme Court decision indicated the high court may overturn Roe v. Wade. Cisneros pushed to keep abortion rights front and center in the campaign, as Cuellar is the only self-identified “pro-life” Democrat in the House. “There’s so many key i sues where she’s always siding with Republicans, and he could become the Joe Manchin of Jung-ho Kang Jersey the House,” she told NBC’s Meet The Pre s. “We don’t want Henry Cuellar to be the deciding vote on the future of our fundamental freedoms and rights in this country.” WATCH: Je sica Cisneros wants to frame Rep. Henry Cuellar as the Joe Manchin of the House in Texas primary runoff.@GarrettHaake: I suspect he might not be that uncomfortable with that framing if you turn it around a little bit as someone who helps hold the majority. pic.twitter.com/FEKzN1Htej Meet the Pre s (@MeetThePre s) May 4, 2022