Candidates visit with voters in local area

Seated L – R seated: Lolita Guerrero, Dr. Viola Garcia, Ximena Magana, Insulators Local Union Business Agent shaking hands with gubernatorial candidate Lupe Valdez (standing) and Lacy Wolf, Jr. Business Manager of the Insulators Local 22.
Seated L – R seated: Lolita Guerrero, Dr. Viola Garcia, Ximena Magana, Insulators Local Union Business Agent shaking hands with gubernatorial candidate Lupe Valdez (standing) and Lacy Wolf, Jr. Business Manager of the Insulators Local 22. (Photo by Allan Jamail)

By Allan Jamail

HOUSTON, TX. – Tuesday, July 10, 2018 — About 100 patrons were surprised when Lupe Valdez, Democratic Party Gubernatorial candidate, dropped in for lunch at the local Jacinto City Cafe along with State Senator Sylvia Garcia.

The 2018 Texas gubernatorial election will take place on November 6, 2018 to elect the Governor of Texas, concurrently with the election of one Texas’s U.S. Senate seat, as well as other congressional, state and local elections throughout the United States and Texas.

Incumbent Republican Governor Greg Abbott is running for re-election to a second term in office and will face Democrat Lupe Valdez, the former Sheriff of Dallas County, as well as Libertarian Mark Tippetts, a former member of the Lago Vista city council.

“The warm reception from Senator Sylvia Garcia and our supporters this afternoon proved that they are excited to elect change this November. At the state and federal level, it is candidates like us who are ready to fight for the progress these hardworking, everyday Texans deserve,” Valdez said.

“Lupe understands the values of working class families,“ State Senator Sylvia Garcia concluded.