Navy veteran Jay Furman wins GOP primary, will face indicted Rep. Henry Cuellar in November

Navy veteran Jay Furman defeated rancher Lazaro Garza in the Republican runoff House primary race on Tuesday night, moving on to face Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar in the general election in November.

Cuellar, a pro-life Democrat who often sides with Republicans on border issues, was first elected to the House in 2005.

In early May, Cuellar was indicted by the Justice Department on conspiracy and bribery charges.

Cuellar and his wife allegedly accepted about $600,000 in bribes from 2014 to 2021 from an Azerbaijan-based energy company and a bank in Mexico City in exchange for promoting the interests of those entities. 

Cuellar has said he and his wife are innocent.