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Lupe Valdez, a Democrat elected four times as Dallas County sheriff, declared her candidacy for governor in December 2017. She won the party’s nomination in May 2018.

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Lupe Valdez
stated on May 7, 2018 in an online survey:

"After Texas cut" its "two-year family planning budget by $73 million, one in four clinics closed their doors."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 14, 2018
Lupe Valdez
stated on May 23, 2018 in a New York Times news story:

"One in six Texans don’t have health care. We’re the most uninsured state in the U.S."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 31, 2018
Lupe Valdez
stated on May 8, 2018 in a Facebook Live interview by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram editorial board:

"There are some counties in Texas where the first day of hunting, you have to shut down the schools because people are going to go hunting."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 16, 2018
Lupe Valdez
stated on April 11, 2018 in an interview with Austin American-Statesman commentator Ken Herman:

"I come from the poorest ZIP code in San Antonio."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 3, 2018
Lupe Valdez
stated on July 31, 2017 in a Dallas Morning News news story:

Says Texas Department of Public Safety numbers show that 1.6 percent of crime is committed by unauthorized immigrants.

By W. Gardner Selby • December 21, 2017

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