United States
U.S. Representative, District 28
Tano E. Tijerina
Republican- On ballot as
- Tano E. Tijerina
- Current role
- Webb County Judge
- Background
- Bachelor's Texas A&M International University
- Played minor league baseball
- Worked in ranching
- Experience
- Elected Webb County Judge in 2014 as a Democrat; switched to the Republican Party in 2024
- Serving his third term as County Judge
- Top priorities
- Border: "we must secure the border, enforce the law, and restore order to a broken system"
- Taxes: "Lower taxes for working families and small businesses"
- Regulation: "Cut burdensome federal regulations"
- Economy: "Position South Texas as a leader in AI, tech, and logistics"
- Data centers: "Protect our water, land, and rural communities from data centers and developments that take more than they give"
- Tidbits
- Abortion: Pro Life
- Immigration: "Immigration reform must be practical and bipartisan"
- Guns: Will vote to protect the Second Amendment
- Health care: He is "a proven local executive who spent more than a decade delivering health care access and lower costs”
Claims and the record- Resign-to-run complaint: A November 2025 complaint to the Federal Election Commission alleged he delayed announcing his campaign to avoid Texas' resign-to-run law for local officials. He denied the allegations. No ruling on the complaint.
- Endorsements
- President Donald Trump
- House Speaker Mike Johnson
- Sen. Ted Cruz
- Gov. Greg Abbott
- Steve Scalise, Majority Leader
- Tom Emmer, Majority Whip
- Campaign website
- tanoforcongress.com
Open in the full comparison: Hidalgo County, Webb County, Atascosa County, Dimmit County, Duval County, Jim Hogg County, La Salle County, Live Oak County, McMullen County, Starr County, Zapata County