Rep. Henry Cuellar accuses Texas Democrat official of hacking his voter database

Henry Cuellar accused political director Ryan Garcia of accessing his non-public voter database.
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Rep. Henry Cuellar, who's locked in a too-close-to-call race towards AOC-backed Democratic Major challenger Jessica Cisneros, accused a high Texas celebration official of accessing his non-public voter database earlier than final month’s runoff election.

Cuellar despatched a letter to the co-executive administrators of the Democratic Social gathering to say he has “grave considerations” about political director Ryan Garcia, who he stated “logged into my non-public VAN account with out our authorization or consent” on April 25.

The congressman added within the letter, despatched Tuesday and obtained by The Publish, that Garcia is a Cisneros supporter and claimed that Garcia apparently “used his official capability to compromise my non-public marketing campaign information.”

The letter, addressed to Hannah Roe Beck and Jamarr Brown, asks the state celebration to conduct a “full forensic audit of his unauthorized intrusion” and examine whether or not Garcia shared the marketing campaign information with anybody.

Jessica Cisneros is the Democratic major candidate who has been endorsed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

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Cuellar was forward within the preliminary runoff rely, however mail-in ballots haven't been fully counted but.

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Cuellar stated the alleged breach wasn’t uncovered till Could 26, two days after a runoff election that confirmed him forward of Cisneros by 177 votes. 

Cuellar has claimed victory over Cisneros, who has been backed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and different members of the far-left “Squad.”

Cisneros has not conceded and no official winner has been declared as mail-in ballots are nonetheless being tallied.

Cuellar has declared victory within the election, although Cisneros has not conceded.

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Cuellar, who has served in Congress since 2005, was dogged in the course of the marketing campaign over a raid of his house by the FBI in January and his stance towards abortion. 

The Texas Democratic Social gathering didn't instantly reply to a request for remark by The Publish.