Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez coming to San Antonio's Paper Tiger for campaign event

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is heading to San Antonio. The New York politician is set to appear at a February 12 campaign event for Jessica Cisneros and Greg Casar, according to a report from the San Antonio Express-News. Both Texas candidates are running in district races that include San Antonio.

Cisneros, a Laredo immigration attorney, is running against Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, who's been the U.S. representative for Texas's 28th congressional district since 2005. The district covers a strip in deep South Texas starting in the eastern outskirts of San Antonio and ending at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Casar, a former Austin city council member, is one of four Democrats running in the Texas' 35th district, which stretches along Interstate 35 from San Antonio to Austin. Texas' 35th has been long held by U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, who is seeking election in a newly formed district centered around Austin. Ocasio-Cortez recently endorsed Casar, saying she knows they can work together to deliver on expanding Medicare and creating good jobs, as well as climate change.

Both Cisneros and Casar are running in districts that have historically been blue, meaning they both could join AOC in Congress if they win March 1.

"We are 10 days away from [early] voting in Texas, and the stakes couldn't be higher," Cisneros told the Express-News. "Together, we'll fight for representation that will champion the interests of South Texans by investing in us through Medicare for All, good-paying union jobs, and our reproductive freedom."

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