1. Guadalupe Valdez was born on October 11,1947 and is an American law enforcement official who served as Sheriff of Dallas County, Texas, from 2005 to 2017, and was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Texas in the 2018 gubernatorial election losing to incumbent, Greg Abbott.
Lupe Valdez started life by working in the fields but paid her way through college.
Lupe Valdez earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Oklahoma, and later a master's degree in criminology and criminal justice from the University of Texas at Arlington.
Lupe Valdez then moved on to investigative roles as an agent of the General Services Administration, the US Department of Agriculture and, finally, the US Customs Service.
In January 2004, Lupe Valdez retired to run for the office of Dallas County Sheriff.
In 2009, Valdez completed Harvard University's John F Kennedy School of Government program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government as a David Bohnett LGBTQ Victory Institute Leadership Fellow.
On January 2,2004, Lupe Valdez announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Dallas County Sheriff.
Lupe Valdez subsequently won a run-off election against future Dallas County Judge Jim Foster.
Lupe Valdez formally filed for re-election to a second term on December 3,2007.
On November 4,2008, Lupe Valdez was re-elected Sheriff of Dallas County with 388,327 votes to Lowell Cannaday's 322,808 votes, a margin of roughly 65,500.
Lupe Valdez received over 99,000 more votes than the "Straight Democratic" option.
Lupe Valdez won in precincts across Dallas County, including formerly Republican areas including Valley Ranch in Irving and Mesquite.
Lupe Valdez began her second four-year term on January 1,2009.
Also in 2010, Sheriff Lupe Valdez was elected to the Democratic National Committee and was appointed by President Barack Obama to a committee regarding immigration reform.
In November 2012, Lupe Valdez won a third term, defeating Republican challenger Kirk Launius.
In November 2016, Lupe Valdez won a fourth term with 58 percent of the vote, again defeating Republican Kirk Launius.
In December 2017, Lupe Valdez announced her candidacy for Governor of Texas in the 2018 gubernatorial election against incumbent Republican governor Greg Abbott.