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{{Infobox officeholder
|name =Guadalupe "Lupe" Valdez
|image=
|office=[[Sheriff]] of [[Dallas|Dallas County]], [[Texas]]
|term_start = January 1, 2005
|term_end = December 6, 2017
|preceded= Jim Bowles
|succeeded= Marian Brown
|birth_date=October 11, 1947
|birth_place= [[San Antonio]], Texas
|death_date =
|death_place =
|resting_place=
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|alma_mater=Southern Nazarene University<br>
University of Texas at Arlington
|occupation=Law enforcement officer<br>
Captain in the [[United States Armty]]
}}
'''Guadalupe Valdez''', known as '''Lupe Valdez''' (born October 11, 1947), is a [[Mexico|Mexican]]-[[United States|American]] law enforcement official who served from 2005 to 2017 as the [[sheriff]] of [[Dallas|Dallas County]], [[Texas]].
On December 6, 2017, she resigned her position as sheriff to run for the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] nomination for [[governor]] of Texas. If she defeats intra-party rival, Andrew of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], the son of the late Governor [[Mark White]], she will compete in the general election on November 6 against the incumbent[[Republican Party|Republican]] Governor [[Greg Abbott]].<ref>{{cite web|aouthor=Gromer Jeffers, Jr.|title=Lupe Valdez resigns as Dallas County sheriff, announces her run for Texas governor|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas-politics/2017/12/06/dallas-county-sheriff-lupe-valdez-resign-wednesday-run-governor|accessdate=March 17, 2018 |publisher=''Dallas News''|date=December 6, 2017}}</ref>
In the [[primary election]] held on March 6, 2018, Valdez led a six-candidate field with 43 percent of the ballots cast. White trailed with 27 percent and will compete with Valez in a May 22 runoff contest.
The youngest of eight children of migrant farm workers, Valdez was reared in her native [[San Antonio]], Texas. After working for a time in the farm fields herselp, she entered college and earned a bachelor's degree from Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, [[Oklahoma]]. She then earned a master's degree in criminology and criminal justice from the University of Texas at Arlington.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2018-elections/2018/02/16/farm-mansionlupe-valdez-relishes-underdog-role-race-texas-governor|title=From farm to mansion? Lupe Valdez relishes underdog role in race for Texas governor|dateMarch 17, 2018|publisher=''Dallas News''|accessdate=March 6, 2018}}</ref>
After service in the [[United States Army]], having advanced to the rank of captain, she became a jailer in a county jail and then a federal penitentiary. She retired in 2004 from the Customs Service within the [[United States Department of Homeland Security]] to run for sheriff in Dallas County. She is the first [[lesbian]] to have been the Dallas County sheriff.<ref name=fikac>Peggy Fikac, "Valez, White marked by contrast in styles," ''San Antonio Express-News'', March 17, 2018, pp. 1, A10.</ref>
White has presented himself as a "moderate" in the race in contrast to the outspoken [[liberal]] Valdez, who led in ten of the fifteen largest counties in the state in the primary. Two former [[African-American]] candidates have endorsed White, Cedric Davis, Sr., a former mayor of Balch Springs who ran for governor and Michael Cooper, an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor, a post held by the Republican [[Dan Patrick]]. Cooper said that he believes White is "the only candidate with a viable strategy" to unseat Abbott in November.<ref name=fikac/>
Political prognosticators, however, believe that Valdez's base is more likely to turn out for the runoff than are the White supporters.<ref name=fikac/>
==References==
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Valdez, Lupe}}
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Women]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Sheriffs]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Liberals]]
[[Category:United States Army]]
[[Category:Lesbians]]
|name =Guadalupe "Lupe" Valdez
|image=
|office=[[Sheriff]] of [[Dallas|Dallas County]], [[Texas]]
|term_start = January 1, 2005
|term_end = December 6, 2017
|preceded= Jim Bowles
|succeeded= Marian Brown
|birth_date=October 11, 1947
|birth_place= [[San Antonio]], Texas
|death_date =
|death_place =
|resting_place=
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|alma_mater=Southern Nazarene University<br>
University of Texas at Arlington
|occupation=Law enforcement officer<br>
Captain in the [[United States Armty]]
}}
'''Guadalupe Valdez''', known as '''Lupe Valdez''' (born October 11, 1947), is a [[Mexico|Mexican]]-[[United States|American]] law enforcement official who served from 2005 to 2017 as the [[sheriff]] of [[Dallas|Dallas County]], [[Texas]].
On December 6, 2017, she resigned her position as sheriff to run for the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] nomination for [[governor]] of Texas. If she defeats intra-party rival, Andrew of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], the son of the late Governor [[Mark White]], she will compete in the general election on November 6 against the incumbent[[Republican Party|Republican]] Governor [[Greg Abbott]].<ref>{{cite web|aouthor=Gromer Jeffers, Jr.|title=Lupe Valdez resigns as Dallas County sheriff, announces her run for Texas governor|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas-politics/2017/12/06/dallas-county-sheriff-lupe-valdez-resign-wednesday-run-governor|accessdate=March 17, 2018 |publisher=''Dallas News''|date=December 6, 2017}}</ref>
In the [[primary election]] held on March 6, 2018, Valdez led a six-candidate field with 43 percent of the ballots cast. White trailed with 27 percent and will compete with Valez in a May 22 runoff contest.
The youngest of eight children of migrant farm workers, Valdez was reared in her native [[San Antonio]], Texas. After working for a time in the farm fields herselp, she entered college and earned a bachelor's degree from Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, [[Oklahoma]]. She then earned a master's degree in criminology and criminal justice from the University of Texas at Arlington.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2018-elections/2018/02/16/farm-mansionlupe-valdez-relishes-underdog-role-race-texas-governor|title=From farm to mansion? Lupe Valdez relishes underdog role in race for Texas governor|dateMarch 17, 2018|publisher=''Dallas News''|accessdate=March 6, 2018}}</ref>
After service in the [[United States Army]], having advanced to the rank of captain, she became a jailer in a county jail and then a federal penitentiary. She retired in 2004 from the Customs Service within the [[United States Department of Homeland Security]] to run for sheriff in Dallas County. She is the first [[lesbian]] to have been the Dallas County sheriff.<ref name=fikac>Peggy Fikac, "Valez, White marked by contrast in styles," ''San Antonio Express-News'', March 17, 2018, pp. 1, A10.</ref>
White has presented himself as a "moderate" in the race in contrast to the outspoken [[liberal]] Valdez, who led in ten of the fifteen largest counties in the state in the primary. Two former [[African-American]] candidates have endorsed White, Cedric Davis, Sr., a former mayor of Balch Springs who ran for governor and Michael Cooper, an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor, a post held by the Republican [[Dan Patrick]]. Cooper said that he believes White is "the only candidate with a viable strategy" to unseat Abbott in November.<ref name=fikac/>
Political prognosticators, however, believe that Valdez's base is more likely to turn out for the runoff than are the White supporters.<ref name=fikac/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Valdez, Lupe}}
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Women]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Sheriffs]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Liberals]]
[[Category:United States Army]]
[[Category:Lesbians]]