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TexasTowelie

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Mon Nov 5, 2018, 06:29 AM Nov 2018

Texas governor candidate Lupe Valdez makes stop in Coastal Bend before Election Day

Lupe Valdez made her last stop in the Coastal Bend as the race for Texas Governor comes to a close.

The Democratic challenger walked door to door meeting with residents in Robstown Saturday, encouraging them to vote on Election Day.

Other candidates who joined Valdez were Democrat Eric Holguin, who is running against Republican U.S. Rep. Michael Cloud for Congress, Craig Henderson, who is a Democrat running for District Judge in the 105th Judicial District and Gina Benavides, who is running for re-election as Justice for 13th Court of Appeals.

Valdez, 70, cast herself as an antidote to years of social conservatism that have dominated Texas politics, which hasn't elected a Democrat to a statewide office in more than 20 years.

Read more: https://www.caller.com/story/news/local/2018/11/03/lupe-valdez-makes-stop-coastal-bend-before-election-day/1863467002/

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