Republicans had written off Cuellar's district before he was hit with federal bribery charges.
Share on email indictment on bribery chargesThat brings the total number of seats the NRCC is targeting to 40, according to a list first shared with Axios.
"The NRCC will force Democrats to answer for their failures to make Americans' lives better from Texas to New Hampshire to my home state of North Carolina – that's how we will grow our majority.""I look forward to a strong victory in November. My constituents know my work, and the results speak for themselves. That's why I was re-elected by an overwhelming margin with support from Democrats, Republicans, and Independents," Cuellar said in a statement.
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spokesperson Viet Shelton said: "This clickbait 'announcement' is a desperate attempt ... to divert attention away from their incumbents'The Justice Department charged Cuellar and his wife with accepting nearly $600,000 in bribes from an Azerbaijan-controlled oil and gas company and a Mexican bank.
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