San Antonio Business Journal
Published: 02-12-09
A San Antonio physician has announced plans to run for the U.S. Senate seat that Kay Bailey Hutchison currently holds and may not seek to retain if she runs for governor in 2010.
Dr. Alma Aguado 46 is an internist making her first bid for public office. Aguado says she is running because government needs a leader with vision and with a special focus on social economic and health issues facing Texans.
Aguado says she wants to focus on issues such as rising teenage pregnancy health care for the elderly and the high rate of high school dropouts. She supports expansion of sex education for students and programs to educate the elderly so they can be self-sufficient longer.
Aguado a Democrat joins Houston Mayor Bill White and former Texas Comptroller John Sharp as candidates for the Democratic nomination for Senate in 2010.
