Dan Longoria Website:"I'm in!"

Prominent El Paso businessman Dan Longoria is making it official. He launched a website today that declares "I'm in".

He now joins Peter Svarzbein in the race for District 1 that will soon be vacated by City Rep Ann Morgan Lily.

Longoria owns the Mattress Firm stores here in El Paso.

The campaign website URL is www.DanforDistrict1.com

The website features pictures of Longoria and his family and touts his business and philanthropic endeavors in the community, which are substantial. Several worthwhile charities and events were mentioned in the website including the Susan B. Kohmen Race for the Cure. "El Paso has made great progress these last four years, and its imperative we elect leaders with not only the vision but the experience to keep our city moving forward.", states Longoria on his website.

According to the El Paso Times Longoria was arrested for Assault Family Violence in April 2014. Last week court records indicate Longoria agreed to perform community service in exchange for a dismissal of the charge.

Ironically Longoria's company, The Mattress Firm, was one of the major sponsors for the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event that is run by the El Paso YWCA. This link shows the sponsors for the event. They sponsored this event while Longoria was facing domestic violence charges. The Mattress Firm has also been a sponsor to that event in years prior to Longoria's arrest.

According to the YMCA website the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event is "an International Men's March to stop rape, sexual assault and gender violence in our community...gentlemen symbolically put themselves in the place of women for the purpose of raising awareness of the dire effects of sexual and domestic assault in our community."

The website indicates that funds raised go to funding programs to help women and children that are left homeless due to domestic violence.

Sponsorship of the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event was not listed among his philanthropic work on his campaign website.

Election Day is May 9th, 2015. Early voting is from April 27th through May 5th.

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