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Gay Hispanic woman elected Dallas sheriff
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| Contributor | User 215 |
| Last Edited | User 215 Nov 16, 2004 12:42am |
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| Category | News |
| Media | Newspaper - Houston Chronicle |
| News Date | Tuesday, November 16, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | No Democrat has held the post since the 1970s
By BOBBY ROSS JR.
Associated Press
DALLAS - One-time migrant farm worker Lupe Valdez made history this week when she became the first woman and the first Hispanic elected Dallas County sheriff, not to mention the first Democrat to win the post since the mid-1970s.
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She also is openly gay.
The Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, a political action committee that endorsed Valdez and trained her on answering questions related to her sexual orientation, hailed her as the "first-ever Latina lesbian sheriff."
"I can imagine my mom crying for joy last night as this happened," Valdez said Wednesday, a day after defeating Republican Danny Chandler.
In Valdez's vision, her deceased mother looked down from heaven and watched her girl go from picking beans in a field to leading a 1,900-employee law enforcement agency with a $90 million budget. |
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