Henry Cuellar Quotes
I have consistently made it very clear that I will vote a straight Democratic ticket, just like I do every election. From the local Constable to the President, I will be voting for every Democrat on the ballot.
Cuellar, Henry. "Cuellar Reaffirms Support for Democratic Ticket." Office of Congressman Henry Cuellar, 30 Oct. 2012.
On supporting a Black third-party candidate for Mayor of Chicago, while ignoring the regular Democratic nominee, Richard M. Daley:
Simon Cameron had switched parties from Democrat to Republican. Lincoln said of him:
As a relatively political unknown, he took the opportunity to tell the press and the public that he was a part of the New York Tammany Hall Machine. At the time most NY politicians saw this as a political assurance to the voters—as opposed to the reformers who might change things. Political machines were mostly affiliated with the Democratic Party in the large cities. The corruption tended to b Republican outside the cities, except in the South where all government was Democratic in reaction to the Civil War Republican role. When the Democrats strove to eliminate racial discrimination in the 1960s. the racists of the South persuaded the Whites to shift to the Republican Party which then dominated most of the South. The people who controlled the corrupt machines however did not change. The corruption of the Southern machines just became Republican labeled.
Enrique Roberto "Henry" Cuellar is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Texas's 28th congressional district since 2005. He is a member of the Democratic Party and a self-described moderate-centrist. His district extends from the Rio Grande to San Antonio's suburbs.
