Meet the Candidate



Agnes Gibboney was born in Budapest, in Soviet controlled communist Hungary. Her family fled soon after the 1956 Hungarian Revolution which was crushed by a massive Soviet invasion. They lived in a refugee camp in the former Yugoslavia for ten months. Agnes’ parents hoped to go to the United States, but they were not allowed that choice. They eventually immigrated to Brazil, waiting thirteen years for the family’s US immigration application to be accepted.



Agnes’ father had a job contract in the US and her parents had to sign a document promising not to apply for or accept public assistance. After background and medical examinations were completed, they were eventually accepted as legal permanent residents of the United States. A few years later, Agnes was raising a young son, Ronald, as a single mother, after a short lived marriage that ended due to physical abuse. When she became eligible, Agnes chose to become a citizen of the United States. This was the country that had become home to her immediate family, and Agnes was eager to join her son as a citizen of the United States. The day Agnes passed her citizenship test with a perfect score and was sworn in as a naturalized citizen was an occasion of personal and family pride.



Agnes and Ronald lived with her parents while Agnes worked to help support themselves. She studied English as a second language and learned Spanish at the same time, as most students were Spanish speaking. Agnes started what would become a practice of using her own experience and talents to help people and make a contribution to her community. She became a volunteer translator for the police department in her hometown of El Monte, California. She would meet Detective Mark Gibboney, marry, move to Rancho Cucamonga and create a blended family with their sons. As a homemaker, Agnes continued working part-time, and became a volunteer for the House of Ruth, a shelter for battered women, drawing upon her own experience to counsel and provide support for women going through similar circumstances that Agnes had managed to remove herself from.



In her spare time, Agnes attended and graduated from Chaffey College. When she learned the Rancho Cucamonga Police Department was asking for volunteers for the Citizen Patrol unit, Agnes completed the training, including the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) and spent several years in the unit.


Agnes endured the hardship of being a battered wife, and having a premature baby, but it didn’t prepare her for the ultimate tragedy she would have to face. Her first born child, Ronald, at 29 years of age with two sons of his own, was murdered by a previously deported illegal alien gang member. The loss of a child creates despair no one should have to endure. Knowing it was an intentional act by someone who should not have even been present in our country made it even worse.


Agnes again turned her volunteerism toward what she had personal experience with. She accepted leadership of a support group for relatives and friends of murder victims. With publicity efforts and community outreach, the group grew and eventually became a chapter of the national organization, Parents of Murdered Children (POMC). Agnes did this for thirteen years. Learning of the thousands of survivors of people killed by illegal aliens, she wanted to change the focus of her activism. She turned leadership of the POMC chapter over to others and withdrew from that organization to become an advocate of securing our border and enforcing immigration laws. Many like Agnes have chosen to speak out about what happened to their family members and call for a secure border and an end to illegal immigration. They have become known as Angel Moms and Angel Families.



Agnes and Mark have been married thirty-six years and still make their home in Rancho Cucamonga. When Agnes became a citizen, she swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Agnes took her citizenship oath seriously and is ready to stand against the threats and challenges we are facing. That’s why she is running for the United States Congress from California’s 31 st Congressional District.



Agnes is not a politician. She is a strong woman, driven, accomplished, and has faced adversity and kept going. She is a person like you. She knows what hurts and what helps the people of our communities. She will be a voice of reason and a vote for advancing the ideals and values that have made it possible for so many to pursue and live the American dream, which is why she will make such a fine representative. But she needs your help and support. Send a representative to Washington, not a politician!


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