Agnes Gibboney
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Agnes Gibboney (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 31st Congressional District. She lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Gibboney completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Agnes Gibboney was born in Budapest, Hungary. She attended Rio Hondo College, Cypress College, Citrus College, and Chaffey College and received an undergraduate degree in 1989. Before retiring, Gibboney's professional experience includes working as an education assistant, flight attendant, and ticket agent. She has been affiliated with the California Republican Party, San Bernardino County Republican Party Central Committee, Mountain View Republican Club, Chaffey Community Republican Women, Redlands Tea Party Patriots, Howard Jarvis Tax Payers Association, National Rifle Association, and Parents of Murdered Children, Inland Empire Chapter.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: California's 31st Congressional District election, 2020
General election
General election for U.S. House California District 31
Incumbent Pete Aguilar defeated Agnes Gibboney in the general election for U.S. House California District 31 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Pete Aguilar (D) | 61.3 | 175,315 |
 | Agnes Gibboney (R)  | 38.7 | 110,735 | |
| Total votes: 286,050 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 31
Incumbent Pete Aguilar and Agnes Gibboney defeated Eugene Weems in the primary for U.S. House California District 31 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Pete Aguilar (D) | 62.1 | 81,994 |
| ✔ | | Agnes Gibboney (R) | 37.8 | 49,889 |
 | Eugene Weems (Unaffiliated) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 51 | |
| Total votes: 131,934 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
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Ballotpedia survey responses
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Agnes Gibboney completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Gibboney's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am an immigrant and naturalized citizen of this great country. After a brief marriage ended due to physical abuse. I raised my son Ronald as a single mother for several years. I have been happily married to my husband Mark, a retired Deputy Chief of Police, for 37 years. We created a blended family with our sons, living in Rancho Cucamonga, and added two daughters. I earned an A.A. from Chaffey College in general education. I am a retired educational assistant having worked with autistic and visually impaired children.
I have always put my experiences to use to help others and volunteered in classrooms, as a team mom for youth sports, as a translator, counselor for battered women, for Citizen Patrol with Rancho Cucamonga Police Department, and started a hospital support group for parents with children in the NICU.
After Ronald was murdered by a previously deported illegal alien gang member, I ran support groups for family and friends of murder victims and became an advocate for victims' rights and an advocate for securing our border and enforcing immigration laws.
I am not a politician. I am strong woman, driven, accomplished, and have faced adversity and kept going.
- Stop Runaway Government Spending: I sometimes hear people refer to the Corona Virus stimulus payments as coming from their tax dollars. The sad truth is we ran out of tax dollars many trillions of dollars ago. Even before the virus struck, our federal government has had deficit spending every year, creating a national debt of over $23 trillion. Since the virus, Congress has gushed money, adding trillions to the debt in just weeks, without planning or controls. It is really IOU's for our grandchildren and great grandchildren. We are risking hyperinflation and a severe economic downturn.
- Improve Public Safety: People deserve to be able to walk their city streets at night and feel safe and not have their property stolen. Improving public safety starts with supporting law enforcement to have the personnel, equipment, and jail space to do their jobs as well as creating an atmosphere in which they do not feel at risk for doing their jobs. Crime committed by illegal aliens is preventable by securing our border and enforcing immigration laws. California is turning criminals loose on our streets. This must stop.
- Providing School Choice: Parents and students should be able to attend the school of their choice. I support the plan for a state ballot initiative using existing school funding to provide students an education account and will support using federal funds if needed. A federal tax credit to support organizations offering private school scholarships will supplement the state plan. This will put parents and students in charge of their education.
In 2002, my son was murdered by a previously deported illegal alien. I became aware of the many families affected by illegal alien crime, committed by persons who never should have been present in our country. It is the most severe result of our country's failure to secure our border and enforce our immigration laws and is preventable. Crimes committed by illegal aliens is of course just one of the many reasons for having immigration laws. I have advocated for border security and enforcement of our immigration laws including testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security. I support legal immigration.
Our country fails to keep statistics on crime committed by illegal aliens because it would have to be done at the state and local level and very few states keep those statistics. The two states with the most illegal aliens present do not keep or provide data on crime or costs associated with them, but instead offer sanctuary and benefits that encourage illegal immigration. But very state and county does know the number of illegal aliens they house in jail and prisons to submit for federal reimbursement which amounts to millions of dollars every year.
I am also passionate about maintaining our First Amendment rights to freedom of speech and religion, our Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms, and upholding the Constitution of the United States.
It is important to be a good listener. Not just to hear words being spoken, but to understand perspective and what is really being asked for. This can give insight into finding effective solutions to problems. Being accessible and flexible in scheduling is necessary. An elected official must have integrity to be trusted by constituents and have their confidence to do the right thing. Having a passion for public service is what will fuel continued work and accomplishments. Working well with others and respecting their views are important to build a strong team.
As a refugee from Communist Hungary in 1957 I was stateless. I grew up in Brazil, immigrated to the US in 1970 and became a Naturalized Citizen in 1983. I would like my legacy to be an example that the American dream is possible, for natural born citizens and immigrants alike. If you follow the law, apply education and training and work hard, you can achieve success. I try to contribute to my country, to give back. I would like to achieve true immigration reform, putting an end to illegal immigration, the drain on our social services and agencies and the exploitation of illegal aliens. I would like no other American to suffer the tragedy I did of losing a loved one in a preventable crime committed by someone who should not have even been in our country. A nation with more jobs, higher wages, and fewer victims of crime because we chose to enforce our immigration laws and criminal statutes is the contribution I hope to make.
The 1964 Brazilian coup d'état. I was nine years old living in Brasilia, Brazil with my parents and brother. My parents owned and operated a Hungarian restaurant with a small apartment for our living quarters. In 1964, the Brazilian military staged a coup d'état, The president was removed from office and a period of military dictatorship began. My memory is of a sudden military presence. The restaurant was on a highly traveled road and for several days there was constant travel of various types of military vehicles, including tanks. At times, tanks were parked in front of the restaurant, guarded by soldiers with machine guns. We had to stay inside and my mother told us not to go to the windows. Our restaurant was closed to the public but my parents had to serve the military while my brother and I stayed in the apartment. All businesses were closed and the bus traffic stopped. Schools were closed. As things seemed to return to normal, at least for me, my parents sold the restaurant and we moved back to Rio de Janeiro.
The tanks on the streets of Brasilia increased my mother's desire to immigrate to the U.S. It was six years later, after coming to the United States and being old enough to understand that I learned my mother's tension and fear had been so great because it reminded her of how we came to Brazil. I was just two, when we escaped communist Hungary after the 1956 Revolution. It was put down by a massive invasion of the Soviet military, including tanks.
I grew up in the Latin culture of Brazil. After coming to Southern California, I became a fan of singers such as Pepe Aguilar, Alejandro Fernandez, and Joan Sebastian, but the last song to stick in my mind is a duet from Brazil with Roberta Sa and Martinho da Vila singing "Me Faz Um Dengo".
We must start spending within our means. Congress ignores the debt ceiling it set by raising it year after year, giving us a $23 trillion-dollar national debt. Since the economic shutdown, instead of letting people go back to work, they have been throwing money (IOU's really) at the problem without any regard for who needs money and without controls. Recovery will be quicker with government policies that promote and strengthen business not promoting bigger government.
Illegal immigration costs billions of dollars every year. The federal government reimburses states and counties billions of dollars for housing illegal aliens in jails and prisons. That doesn't even include the costs associated with "non-criminal" illegal aliens: schooling, welfare, (yes, illegal alien parents of children born here are paid billions of dollars in welfare benefits), medical care, and more. We need to enforce our immigration laws and secure our borders. Even the last president of Mexico, Enrique Pena Nieto, said both our countries would be safer if our border was more secure. Making E-Verify mandatory and sanctioning employers who hire illegal aliens would help stop illegal immigration.
Our nation's founders gave us a Republic, recognizing God given rights never acknowledged before by a government, supported by free enterprise. This system evolved into the most prosperous nation in the world where people around the world seek to come. Today, it is under attack from within, by politicians who want to fundamentally change our country and create a system where ever larger government provides minimal care for everyone which would result in a country of mediocrity instead of excellence. At the same time, they are attacking our time-honored rights to free speech, assembly, and religion, and our right to bear arms. Many people are openly promoting socialism and communism. Keeping our Republic and our Constitution will be a most important challenge.
The public's approval rating of Congress is just 30%, but that's high considering it was just 17% last summer. Americans see Congress as a group of ineffectual politicians who are out of touch with their constituents. Many lawmakers view their work as a career and not a temporary assignment and end up spending much of their time posturing and raising money for their re-election campaigns, running for office instead of focusing on the important issues of the day.
Congress was meant to be a citizen legislature. Our representatives were supposed to go to Washington, serve for a short time, then return to their lives under the laws they made. This vision has been lost. Many consider Congress like a resort for career politicians who with a 95% re-election rate due to the nearly unbreakable power of incumbency, put their own power, perks and privileges ahead of public service.
Americans are tired of the political games and power politics. Term limits would provide fresh faces with fresh ideas to Congress. They would reduce lobbyist and special interest influence and make room in Congress for a return to the citizen legislator focused on action and policy. Term limits would help prevent corruption and exploitation of the office.
A real story that impacted and touched me was the terrorist attack at the San Bernardino Regional Center on December 2, 2015. Just the week before, I was there for a meeting. Tragically, 14 innocent people were killed. One of the victim's was the son of someone I know from when I was leading support groups for families who have lost a loved one to murder. Their business provided dove release for memorial services and they always volunteered the dove release at the vigils I did. The mother of the victim of this terrorist attack used to always ask me: "Agnes, I don't know how you do it. How do you go on without your son?" I was heartbroken when I learned she too had lost a son to murder and she faced a journey ahead of pain and grief.
The attack and knowing someone directly affected reminds me of the great importance of vetting people who want to come to this country to live or even visit and the need for law enforcement, including the FBI to have the tools and personnel to be able to do adequate investigations into leads that come from the public recommendation to "see something, say something".
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