{"id":1984599,"date":"2023-07-27T20:35:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T00:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uvalde-victims-mother-runs-for-mayor\/"},"modified":"2023-07-27T20:36:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T00:36:13","slug":"uvalde-victims-mother-runs-for-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uvalde-victims-mother-runs-for-mayor\/","title":{"rendered":"Uvalde mom vies for mayor position."},"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\">12<\/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%2Fuvalde-victims-mother-runs-for-mayor%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=1984599&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=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kimberly Mata-Rubio and Felix Rubio \u2064(C), parents of Uvalde mass school shooting victim Alexandra \u201cLexi\u201d Rubio, listen to \u200dremarks during \u2062a \u201cGeneration Lockdown\u201d event on gun control at the National Mall on March\u2062 24, 2023 in Washington, DC.\u200c (Photo by\u2064 Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/noah-herring\">Noah Herring<\/a><br \/>5:34 PM \u2013 Thursday, July 27, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>Kimberly Mata-Rubio, the mother of Alexandria \u201cLexi\u201d Rubio, who was killed in the Robb Elementary School shooting in \u200bUvalde last year, \u200cannounced on Thursday \u200dthat she is running for mayor.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Mata-Rubio is looking \u2064to succeed Mayor Don McLaughlin (R-Texas), who is stepping down after 10\u2063 years of leading the Texas city. McLaughlin announced \u200dthat he stepped down\u2063 in order to run for a Texas House seat in \u2062District 80. <\/p>\n<p>A special election for the remainder of McLaughlin\u2019s term, will take place\u2064 on November 7<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cMy\u200c other children are going to grow up \u2062in this community \u200cand\u2064 I want\u2064 it\u200c to be the best\u200c it can be for \u2062them,\u201d said Mata-Rubio. \u201cThere is so much potential. There are \u200dthings\u2063 I\u2063 love\u2064 about\u200d Uvalde \u2014 so much history and a rich culture\u2062 \u2014 and I don\u2019t want this town\u200d to stay\u200b where it is\u200b and just\u200b be \u2062remembered for this tragedy. I \u200dwant to move forward but I want to bring along our children and those two teachers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mata-Rubio currently works at the local newspaper, The Uvalde Leader-News. \u2064She was at work the day that the massacre at \u200cRobb Elementary school took place. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThere\u2062 is a need to bridge the gap right\u200d now. We are a fractured community,\u201d said Mata-Rubio. \u201cThat is not the town I know. That is \u2064not \u2063the town I grew up in. So,\u2062 I also \u2062want to\u200c come together because \u2062only when we come together is\u2064 when we are\u200b going to be able to evolve.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The\u2063 mothers daughter was\u200c among the 19\u200d fourth graders and two\u200b teachers who were fatally\u200d shot inside Robb Elementary School in May 2022. Mata-Rubio has since demanded answers \u200bon why it took more than \u2064an hour for the gunman to be intercepted \u200dby law enforcement. She has also been a vocal supporter of gun control, calling\u2063 for a ban\u200c on assault riffles. <\/p>\n<p>Cody Smith, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-confirms-kathleen-hicks-as-deputy-defense-secretary\/\" title=\"Senate Confirms Kathleen Hicks as Deputy Defense Secretary\">senior vice president<\/a> at the First State\u2063 Bank of\u2064 Uvalde, \u200bis also running \u2063for\u200b mayor after previously serving as mayor from 2008\u2062 to 2012. Prior to\u2063 his \u200cservice as mayor, he \u200bwas a member of \u2062the city council for 12 years. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would come to the position with some experience,\u201d said Smith, &#8220;[\u2026] and then I just want to do \u2062anything I can to help\u200b this community, you know, heal and, you know, and prosper.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Smith stated that his first initiative if elected would be to work towards building a permanent memorial to honor the\u2063 lives lost in the shooting. <\/p>\n<p>Smith and Mata-Rubio both grew up in Uvalde, a \u2063small city with around 15,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uvalde-victims-mother-runs-for-mayor\/\" title=\"Uvalde mom vies for mayor position.\">000\u200c residents \u200clocated 80 miles west<\/a> of\u2063 San\u2064 Antonio. Both \u200dcandidates will have until September 6<sup>th<\/sup> \u200d to file for the special election. The\u200b new mayor elect will \u200btake office 24 \u200bdays after \u2064Election day. Their term will last one year. <\/p>\n<p>After the one-year term is up, there will be another\u200c mayoral election which \u200cwill be for a four-year term.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox \u200bfor \u2062free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Republicans are accusing Alejandro Mayorkas of \u2064dereliction of duty\u2062 as he maintains the\u2062 border is secure<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A California school board president says she is facing several threats over a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-school-board-president-alleged-death-threats-after-passing-transgender-notification-policy\/\" title=\"California School Board President Receives Death Threats Over Transgender Notification Policy\">recent policy decision aimed<\/a> at empowering parents. \u200d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>During a hearing on the \u200c\u2018Dangers and due\u200d process violations of gender\u2064 affirming care for children\u201d ethical arguments from both sides\u200c were \u200cbrought up.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Oklahoma Congressman Josh Brecheen tells One America News that a\u2063 newly-released report from the House Homeland Security Committee presents <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By \u200bDiane\u200c Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) \u2013 U.S. senators Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat, and Lindsey Graham, a Republican, said on Thursday they would\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>(Reuters) \u2013 GameStop said\u200d its finance chief Diana Saadeh-Jajeh will resign \u200bon Aug. 11, marking the second high-profile exit in two\u200b months\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Alexander Marrow and \u2064Gleb Stolyarov (Reuters)\u200d -Russian tech giant Yandex reported a 27% fall in second-quarter net \u2063profit \u200con Thursday as\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>DUBLIN (Reuters) \u2063\u2013 Digital rights group NOYB on Thursday filed a complaint against Ryanair, alleging that the airline is violating customers\u2019 data\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>of Uvalde shooting victim Alexandra \u201cLexi\u201d Rubio, and her husband Felix Rubio, attend a gun control event at the National Mall in Washington, DC. 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