Uvalde families make last pleas for change before midterm elections

By Manjit bauri 

10 November 2022

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With Election Day nearing, the families of those killed at Robb Elementary School are making one last push to convince their community.

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They try to convince their community that their vote could help prevent the next mass shooting.

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Greg Abbott continues to lead Democratic candidate Beto O’Rourke in the polls.

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Many families in Uvalde have called on Abbott to restrict access to guns.

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Still, Velma Lisa Duran feels a shakeup in this election can be possible.

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”Our kids are in (sic) the ballot,” Duran told The Texas Newsroom last week.

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She added, "I think of my boys that have to go to work, I think of myself as a teacher having to go."

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Her sister, Irma Garcia, was a teacher at Robb Elementary and one of 21 killed by an 18-year-old gunman.

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The tragedy galvanized Duran to become more involved in politics.

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