The announcement comes after GOP leadership urged the congressman to abandon his bid, after he admitted to an affair with a former aide who died by suicide.
‘While there have been no reported injuries to U.S. personnel, the safety of Americans abroad remains the highest priority,’ the State Department says.
‘Parents have the right to raise their children according to their sincerely held religious beliefs and moral convictions,’ a department official said.
Rep. Henry Cuellar and Republican Webb County Judge Tano Tijerina won their primaries in the 28th Congressional District, which is nearly 90 percent Hispanic.