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Aaron Arguijo
Dimmitt native and resident Aaron Arguijo will soon be announcing his bid to run as the Democratic candidate for the Texas State Senate mid-August, though he has already begun going door-to-door to meet and speak to voters across Texas.
The campaign will be officially launched on Aug. 21 at 3 p.m. at the Castro County Courthouse Square at 100 E. Bedford St. in Dimmitt. He will be speaking to all the Texas Panhandle along with other speakers from around Texas. He and his staff will be available meet and answer questions. There will be live music and food at the event.
Arguijo, the son of the late Roberto Arguijo who was a permanent fixture at the Stripes lobby, graduated from Dimmitt High School in 1999 and went on to join the U.S. Navy.
“I was one of the first to respond to the attacks on the Twin Towers on Sept. 11, 2011, during Operation Enduring Freedom onboard the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt,” said Arguijo. “Later I deployed again on the U.S.S. Enterprise and was then deployed boots-on-the-ground in Camp Taji, Iraq (near Baghdad).”
Following 10 years of military service, Arguijo went to college to become an accountant and then on to an MBA. He is now a small business owner/entrepreneur who has been living a quiet life raising a beautiful family, his wife from San Luis Potosi, Rio Verde, Mexico and three children ages 10, 8 and 2 years old.
When asked why he is running, Arguijo said, “Texas deserves better. If not us, then who? If not now, then when?”
Arguijo said there are many reasons he has chosen to run for the Texas Senate, but the most notable would be the recent catastrophe that Texas suffered, and lives were lost.
“Texans we’re left to fend for themselves, and our current leadership was completely absent with one of them thinking it was okay to go on vacation,” said Arguijo. “Texas deserves better, and we cannot forget the permanent damage that has been inflicted on the people of Texas, especially to those 700 Texans who lost their lives. They don’t have a voice anymore.
“The people of Texas feel forgotten. There has been a disconnect between voters and its elected officials for years now. As I make my way through Texas speaking with voters it is apparent that the people feel they do not matter. I refuse to believe that it is all about money. Texas is one of the most diverse states in the United States with Houston being the most diverse city in America.
“We cannot have one tiny little group of people decide the direction of our state just because they have the money to throw at their politicians. This doesn’t do or help hard working Texans who can barely make ends meet. It doesn’t do anything for middle class Texans who are one layoff away from losing their lifestyle. It’s time for a change in Texas and it’s time to let someone work for the people who has the best interest of the people at heart.”
Arguijo said he hopes that citizens of the state will join him in this fight to take back Texas from greedy politicians and restore it back to its rightful heirs - the people.