Uvalde Senator Roland Gutierrez to meet with Democratic leaders and local activists
For Immediate Release: September 20, 2023
EL PASO, TEXAS – U.S. Senate Candidate Roland Gutierrez will be in El Paso next week. Gutierrez, the State Senator who represents Uvalde, has been a leading voice on gun violence prevention. After the Uvalde massacre, Senator Gutierrez fought alongside the victims and families to uncover the failures of the Texas Department of Public Safety response to the shooting at Robb Elementary.
| WHO | Roland Gutierrez, State Senator and Candidate for U.S. Senate |
| WHAT | Meet and Greet |
| WHEN | Sunday, September 24, 2023 |
| WHERE | El Paso Firefighters Hall3112 Forney Lane El Paso, TX • 4:00 PM |
In July, Gutierrez announced his run against Ted Cruz, one of the GOP’s most unpopular and vulnerable senators. In 2018, Cruz narrowly escaped defeat in the general election, delivering the worst Republican general election performance since 1996. A recent UT Austin poll shows Cruz has a meager 34% favorability rating with Independent voters.
About Roland Gutierrez
Roland is a Texas State Senator who fights for working families from San Antonio to Uvalde and the Texas Border. Before his time in the Senate, Gutierrez was a small business owner, a City Councilman, a State House Representative, and currently works as an attorney.
The son of Mexican immigrants, Roland has spent his entire career fighting to create real change for communities across Texas – from fixing infrastructure to lowering the cost of healthcare. That’s exactly the kind of fight he’ll bring to the U.S. Senate. Roland and his wife Sarah are raising their two daughters in San Antonio, Texas.
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