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Henry Cuellar: “I'll be representing about 55% of McAllen, about 35% of FAR…”

Featuring: Henry Cuellar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 28

Cuellar visits Pharr city leaders (U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar)

Published May 14, 2026 | Video Starts at 01:04

And in your opening remarks, you mentioned how this new redistrict map gives you a certain percentage of Macau and a certain percentage of FAR. Can you explain that? Yes, I'll be representing about 55% of McAllen, about 35% of FAR, and then the rest are whole cities. Mission, La Jolla, the other cities that are in the western part of Hidalgo, many cities that I'll be representing, but Those are the two partial, Farr and McAllen. (01:04–01:11)

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Asserts the percentage of McAllen and FAR he will represent due to redistricting.

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