IL-03, TX-28: Elizabeth Warren endorses primary challengers to incumbents Lipinski and Cuellar.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren endorsed two House Democratic primary challengers Monday, backing two women taking on sitting lawmakers.
The Massachusetts Democrat is endorsing Marie Newman, who is taking on Rep. Dan Lipinski in Illinois’ 3rd District and immigration lawyer Jessica Cisneros, who is challenging Rep. Henry Cuellar in Texas’ 28th District, Justice Democrats announced in a news release.
Lipinski and Cuellar are two of three remaining House Democrats who have voted against abortion rights and Warren referenced women’s reproductive health in her statement backing Newman.
“At a time when women’s reproductive rights are under attack daily from Republican lawmakers across America, Illinoisans deserve a leader with an unwavering commitment to fighting for women’s access to reproductive health care,” Warren said. “Marie Newman is that leader.”
Newman, a businesswoman, nearly defeated Lipinski in a primary in 2018. Warren did not endorse Newman in that race last year. Sen. Bernie Sanders, another presidential contender, has also endorsed Newman’s 2020 race and backed her in 2018.
Cisneros, who is Cuellar’s former intern, launched her campaign in June with the backing of Justice Democrats, the group that supported New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in her successful 2018 primary race. Cisneros said Cuellar is too conservative for the district and Warren made a similar assertion in her endorsement.
“The people of Texas’ 28th district are ready for systematic change and deserve a Democrat that will be on the side of working people; not the side of big money and obstructionist Republicans,” Warren said in a statement circulated by Cisneros’ campaign.
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