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Henry Cuellar

Henry Cuellar

Representative· TXDHouse● In officeOn the ballot in 2026
Before officeLawyer · Texas A&M International University
File · Money Read

What the money shows

Henry Cuellar has an estimated net worth of $763,000. The 2026 campaign raised $2.1M. Outside groups had $10,387 spent for Henry Cuellar. Henry Cuellar sits on Homeland Security and Defense.

Sources: House disclosures · Senate disclosures · FEC

Est. net worth
$763K
$78K+
Raised (last cycle)
$2.1M
FEC · 2026
Years in role
21
Representative since 2005
Net-worth filings
18
−$67K since 2008
File A — Net Worth

Net worth over time

Estimated from financial disclosures. The band shows the disclosed range; the line is the midpoint estimate.

Why negative? Financial disclosures require officials to report mortgages and loans as liabilities, but exclude personal residences and other non-income-producing assets. Someone whose main asset is their home can show a negative disclosednet worth in some years — it doesn’t necessarily mean they’re in debt. See methodology.
midpoint disclosed range govt salary
source filing →

† Includes one or more open-ended top brackets (over $50M). The high end is a floor, so the true figure may be higher.

File C — Service

Term history

  1. RepresentativeTX-28D
    2025 – 2027 · 2 yrs
  2. RepresentativeTX-28D
    2023 – 2025 · 2 yrs
  3. RepresentativeTX-28D
    2021 – 2023 · 2 yrs
  4. RepresentativeTX-28D
    2019 – 2021 · 2 yrs
  5. RepresentativeTX-28D
    2017 – 2019 · 2 yrs
  6. RepresentativeTX-28D
    2015 – 2017 · 2 yrs
  7. RepresentativeTX-28D
    2013 – 2015 · 2 yrs
  8. RepresentativeTX-28D
    2011 – 2013 · 2 yrs
  9. Show 3 earlier terms2005–2011▸
    1. RepresentativeTX-28D
      2009 – 2011 · 2 yrs
    2. RepresentativeTX-28D
      2007 – 2009 · 2 yrs
    3. RepresentativeTX-28D
      2005 – 2007 · 2 yrs
File D — Benchmark

If they'd just invested 20%

A disciplined-saver benchmark: 20% of each year's government salary, invested at an assumed 10%/yr return — versus actual disclosed net worth.

hypothetical retirement actual net worth salary

Hypothetical, not actual savings — see methodology.