发布时间：2026年3月4日 美国东部时间上午9:44 | 福克斯新闻
来自德克萨斯州的众议员亨利·奎利亚尔（D-Texas）在周二的德克萨斯州第28国会选区初选中轻松击败了一位党内初选挑战者，确保了他在这个他长期代表的南部边境席位上获得党内提名。
这一胜利为11月与唐纳德·特朗普总统支持的南德克萨斯州法官塔诺·蒂赫里纳（Tano Tijerina）的对决铺平了道路。
据美联社报道，奎利亚尔是众议院中最后几位“蓝狗”保守民主党人之一，他以58.1%的得票率击败了挑战者里卡多·比利亚雷亚尔（Ricardo Villarreal），后者得票率为36.9%。计票率达97%时，奎利亚尔的优势超过21个百分点。安德鲁·万廷（Andrew Vantine）以5%的得票率位居第三。
唐纳德·特朗普总统在共和党初选中支持南德克萨斯州资深法官塔诺·蒂赫里纳，并在初选前批评了众议员亨利·奎利亚尔（左）。(亚历克斯·布兰登/美联社；汤姆·威廉姆斯/CQ-滚石公司，通过盖蒂图片社)
奎利亚尔的初选挑战正值他去年联邦起诉案受到重新审查之际，同时党内在边境政策问题上持续存在紧张局势。尽管如此，他最终以明显优势确保了党内提名。
他曾强烈批评拜登政府对移民和边境安全的处理方式。随后，他被司法部以联邦贿赂罪名起诉，但他否认了这些指控。
奎利亚尔及其盟友将此案描述为政治动机。后来，他获得了特朗普的无条件赦免，特朗普也表示这些指控是政治驱动的。有猜测称奎利亚尔可能在获得赦免后改投共和党，但他驳斥了这些谣言，表示将继续作为民主党人。
奎利亚尔于1987年至2001年在德克萨斯州议会任职，并于2001年短暂担任德克萨斯州国务卿，使他成为德克萨斯州最近一位担任州级公职的民主党人。他于2004年首次当选国会议员，当时在初选中击败了现任议员西罗·罗德里格斯（Ciro Rodriguez）。奎利亚尔被认为是众议院中较为保守的民主党人之一。此后，他虽然在最近几次选举中面临激烈的党内初选，但仍轻松赢得连任。
长期担任南德克萨斯州法官的塔诺·蒂赫里纳在德克萨斯州第28国会选区的共和党初选中获胜，这为11月与现任民主党众议员亨利·奎利亚尔的对决奠定了基础。(马特·麦克莱恩/《华盛顿邮报》通过盖蒂图片社)
与此同时，特朗普在共和党初选中支持蒂赫里纳，并在初选前批评奎利亚尔的参选行为。
蒂赫里纳随后赢得了共和党提名，为11月的对决铺平了道路。该选区从圣安东尼奥延伸至里奥格兰德河谷。
据美联社报道，这位法官于2024年12月改投共和党，称民主党不再符合他的价值观。他以74.3%的得票率击败艾琳·戴（Eileen Day）的25.7%，赢得了共和党初选。
计票率达91%时，蒂赫里纳的优势接近49个百分点，获胜十分显著。
竞选结果公布后不久，他在社交媒体上回应了各方的祝贺。
他在回复众议院议长、来自路易斯安那州的共和党人迈克·约翰逊（Mike Johnson）时写道：“阿门！我们开始行动吧。”
在另一篇回应共和党全国委员会主席乔·格鲁特斯（Joe Gruters）的帖子中（格鲁特斯向他表示祝贺，并分享了来自路易斯安那州共和党多数党领袖史蒂夫·斯卡利斯（Steve Scalise）的祝贺信息），蒂赫里纳写道：“这是我们的胜利！”
蒂赫里纳承诺将反对民主党，并拥抱他所谓的南德克萨斯州“新一代”政治领导。
他在竞选活动中告诉福克斯新闻数字版，尽管该选区长期被视为民主党坚固堡垒，但拜登政府对南部边境的处理方式以及对多元化倡议的关注改变了选民的看法。
众议院候选人预测国会将迎来‘新一代’历史性崛起，两党瞄准关键人口群体
2021年，移民在德克萨斯州德尔里奥的国际大桥下露营。德克萨斯州第28国会选区沿德克萨斯州-墨西哥边境延伸，包括主要过境点和移民走廊。(奥古斯特·普弗格议员)
“多年来一直是民主党人，我厌倦了看到民主党推动的所有社会问题。我不是唯一这样想的人，”蒂赫里纳说，“这就是为什么韦布县、南德克萨斯州会支持特朗普，且优势超过10个百分点。”
“我们一直都是保守派，这一点大家都清楚，”他继续说道，“在南德克萨斯州，我们唯一关心的是高薪工作，以及确保我们的安全。”
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共和党目前在众议院中仅以微弱优势保持多数席位，这场选举预计将受到密切关注。
福克斯新闻的阿什利·卡纳汉对本报道有贡献。
Texas border district Dem Cuellar beats back primary challengers
Published March 4, 2026 9:44am EST | Fox News
Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, easily defeated a primary challenger Tuesday in Texas’ 28th Congressional District, securing his party’s renomination in the southern border seat he has long represented.
The win sets up a November matchup with President Donald Trump-endorsed South Texas Judge Tano Tijerina.
Cuellar, one of the last remaining “blue dog” conservative Democrats in the House, beat challenger Ricardo Villarreal with 58.1% of the vote to 36.9% — a margin of more than 21 percentage points with 97% of ballots counted, according to The Associated Press. Andrew Vantine was in third place with 5%.
President Donald Trump endorsed longtime South Texas Judge Tano Tijerina in the GOP race and criticized Rep. Henry Cuellar, left, ahead of the primary.(Alex Brandon/AP; Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Cuellar’s primary challenge came amid renewed scrutiny over his federal indictment last year and continued tensions within his party over border policy, though he ultimately secured renomination by a comfortable margin.
He had been highly critical of the Biden administration’s handling of immigration and border security. He was later indicted by the Justice Department on federal bribery charges, which he denied.
Cuellar and his allies have characterized the case as politically motivated. He later received an unconditional pardon from Trump, who also said the charges were politically driven. Speculation swirled that Cuellar might switch parties after the pardon, but he dismissed those rumors and said he would remain a Democrat.
Cuellar served in the Texas House from 1987 to 2001 and briefly as Texas secretary of state in 2001, making him the most recent Democrat to hold statewide office in Texas. He was first elected to Congress in 2004 after defeating incumbent Ciro Rodriguez in a primary and is known as one of the House’s more conservative Democrats. He has since won re-election comfortably, though he has faced competitive primaries in recent cycles.
Longtime South Texas Judge Tano Tijerina powered to victory in the Republican primary for U.S. House in Texas’ 28th Congressional District, setting up a November showdown with incumbent Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar.(Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Trump, meanwhile, endorsed Tijerina in the GOP race and criticized Cuellar ahead of the primary for running.
Tijerina went on to win the Republican nomination, setting up a November matchup to represent a district that stretches from San Antonio to the Rio Grande Valley.
The judge, who switched to the Republican Party in December 2024, saying the Democratic Party no longer aligned with his values, won the GOP primary with 74.3% of the vote to Eileen Day’s 25.7%, according to the AP.
Tijerina’s win was decisive, with a margin of nearly 49 percentage points after 91% of ballots were counted.
He responded to the outpouring of congratulations on social media shortly after the race was called.
“Amen! Let’s work,” he wrote in response to House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.
In a separate post responding to Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters — who had congratulated him and shared a message from House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La. — Tijerina wrote: “It’s our win!”
Tijerina has promised to buck Democrats and embrace what he calls a “new generation” of political leadership in South Texas.
He told Fox News Digital on the campaign trail that, despite the district long being considered a Democratic stronghold, the Biden administration’s handling of the southern border and focus on diversity initiatives shifted voters’ views.
HOUSE CANDIDATE PREDICTS HISTORIC RISE OF ‘NEW GENERATION’ IN CONGRESS AS PARTIES TARGET KEY DEMOGRAPHIC
Migrants camp under the International Bridge in Del Rio, Texas, in 2021. Texas’ 28th Congressional District runs along the Texas-Mexico border and includes major crossings and migrant corridors.(Rep. August Pfluger)
“Being a Democrat after so many years, I’m just sick and tired of seeing all the social issues that the Democrats are promoting. And I’m not the only one,” Tijerina said. “That’s why Webb County, that’s why South Texas, voted for Trump plus 10 numbers.”
“We have always been conservative, everybody knows it,” he continued. “Down here in South Texas, the only thing that we care about is good-paying jobs [and] making sure that we’re getting protected.”
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Republicans currently hold a razor-thin majority in the House of Representatives and the race is expected to be closely watched.
Fox News’ Ashley Carnahan contributed to this report.