{"id":1969353,"date":"2023-07-11T05:34:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T09:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-democrat-roland-gutierrez-enters-race-to-unseat-cruz\/"},"modified":"2023-07-11T05:35:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T09:35:02","slug":"texas-democrat-roland-gutierrez-enters-race-to-unseat-cruz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-democrat-roland-gutierrez-enters-race-to-unseat-cruz\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Democrat Roland Gutierrez joins race to unseat Cruz."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-democrat-roland-gutierrez-enters-race-to-unseat-cruz%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1969353&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<h2>Texas State Senator Roland Gutierrez Announces Candidacy to Challenge Incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz<\/h2>\n<p>Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez, a Democrat, has officially declared his candidacy to challenge incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in the state&#8217;s 2024 U.S. Senate race.<\/p>\n<p>Gutierrez, a representative of a district along the southern border that includes San Antonio and the community of Uvalde, is determined to make a difference following the tragic Robb Elementary School mass shooting in May 2022. This incident, where a lone gunman took the lives of 19 students and two teachers, and injured 17 others, has fueled Gutierrez&#8217;s campaign centered around gun control and the Republican party&#8217;s alleged inaction on the issue.<\/p>\n<h3>A Competitive Democratic Primary<\/h3>\n<p>The Texas Democratic U.S. Senate primary now features two candidates with strong name recognition: Gutierrez and Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas). Allred, a former football star at Baylor University and a four-year NFL player, is also vying to become the first Democrat to win a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-democrat-roland-gutierrez-enters-race-to-unseat-cruz\/\" title=\"Texas Democrat Roland Gutierrez joins race to unseat Cruz.\">statewide office seat<\/a> in Texas in nearly three decades.<\/p>\n<h3>Ted Cruz&#8217;s Legacy<\/h3>\n<p>Sen. Ted Cruz, who has been a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-bombshell-stories-censored-by-big-tech\/\" title=\"4 Bombshell Stories Censored By Big Tech\">prominent conservative voice<\/a> in American public life, is seeking his third term in the U.S. Senate. Cruz has consistently opposed the Obama and Biden administrations and successfully won reelection in 2018, defeating Rep. Beto O&#8217;Rourke (D-Texas) in a closely contested race.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We welcome Senator Gutierrez to the race. Texans will now get to watch Colin Allred and Roland Gutierrez slug it out for who can be the most radical leftist in the state. Meanwhile, Sen. Cruz will continue passionately defending Texas and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-rep-claudia-tenney-new-democrat-congressional-challenger-josh-riley-definition-of-d-c-swamp\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 Rep. Claudia Tenney: New Democrat Congressional Challenger Josh Riley \u2018Definition of D.C. Swamp'\">delivering real results<\/a> for 30 million Texans.&#8221; &#8211; Nick Maddux, Cruz&#8217;s spokesman<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4023274\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/09\/29\/GettyImages-1235413108-1200x800.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/09\/29\/GettyImages-1235413108-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) asks questions during a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Sept. 21, 2021. (Ken Cedeno\/AFP via Getty Images)\"><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<h2>A Native and Resident of San Antonio<\/h2>\n<p>Roland Gutierrez, the son of Mexican immigrants, has deep roots in San Antonio. He graduated from Central Catholic High School and went on to earn his bachelor&#8217;s degree in political science from the University of Texas at San Antonio, as well as his law degree from St. Mary&#8217;s University Law School. As a practicing immigration attorney, Gutierrez has dedicated his career to serving his community.<\/p>\n<p>Gutierrez&#8217;s commitment to San Antonio is evident as he and his wife, Sarah, along with their daughters, Izabella and Victoria, call the city their home.<\/p>\n<h2>Gun Control: A Central Issue<\/h2>\n<p>Despite being a proud gun owner and supporter of the Second Amendment, Gutierrez has been advocating for changes in gun laws since the Robb Elementary School massacre. He believes that implementing measures such as raising the minimum age of gun ownership to 21 and establishing a database for bulk ammunition purchases will contribute to a safer society.<\/p>\n<p>In a compelling campaign video, Gutierrez passionately expresses his dedication to making a difference.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez, a Democrat, will run against Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in the 2024 U.S. Senate race. Gutierrez, 52, represents a district along the southern border, including San Antonio and Uvalde, where the tragic Robb Elementary School shooting occurred on May 24, 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1640,"featured_media":1969354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1969353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1969353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1969354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1969353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1969353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1969353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}