She's 'listening'.
She'd be a lifesaver for the Donks if she chooses to run --she's got a free shot; wouldn't have to give up being sheriff* -- and she checks all the 'identity politics' boxes. Except as a law and order Democrat, she's likely not all that progressive. But she would motivate their core constituencies to get to the polls, and is candidly the only person with a real shot at upsetting Governor Helen Wheels.
More from the TexTrib.
It's nut-cutting time and Valdez holds the clippers. If she enters the race, watch for the landslide of D filers right behind her. She'd be the rising tide for all of their respective boats. Valdez thus has the whole world -- not mention the fate of Texas -- in her hands.
* The srikethrough-as-correction reflects the fact that county officials in Texas, unlike state senators like Sylvia Garcia, must 'resign to run' for another office under state law.
Four-term Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez is considering challenging Texas Gov. Greg Abbott next November. If she throws her hat in the ring, she'll be the first major Democratic contender for the governor's mansion in 2018. If Valdez wins, she'll be Texas' third female governor, first Hispanic governor and first LGBTQ governor.
"Too much of one thing corrupts, and I'm a strong believer in a two-party system," Valdez, who said she's in the "exploratory process" of planning a run, told the Texas Tribune. "I'm hoping that enough people are seeing that too much one-sided is not healthy for Texas."
She'd be a lifesaver for the Donks if she chooses to run --
More from the TexTrib.
Abbott and Valdez have a history. In 2015, they clashed over her department's policy regarding compliance with federal immigration authorities — an issue that later came up in Travis County, which includes the state capital of Austin. Those debates drove support behind the "sanctuary cities" bill that Abbott signed into law earlier this year. (That law is currently the subject of a legal challenge working its way through the courts.)
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The filing period for next year's elections opens Saturday and ends a month later.
It's nut-cutting time and Valdez holds the clippers. If she enters the race, watch for the landslide of D filers right behind her. She'd be the rising tide for all of their respective boats. Valdez thus has the whole world -- not mention the fate of Texas -- in her hands.
* The srikethrough-as-correction reflects the fact that county officials in Texas, unlike state senators like Sylvia Garcia, must 'resign to run' for another office under state law.
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She also had multiple, documented problems in her early years running the Dallas County Jail. Failed inspections part of that, as your link notes.
I've met her before. Decent enough personally. Has a story on the social side as lesbian, woman, Hispanic, all, of course. Would be higher visibility than any of the current candidates. Better? Who knows. Other than on immigration, we don't know her stances, really.
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