Cody Smith Wins Uvalde Mayor Race Cody Smith, who twice held the mayor’s post, defeated two other candidates, including Kimberly Mata-Rubio, whose daughter died in a mass shooting last year.
‘We Still Don’t Have Answers’: A Uvalde Mother Is Running for Mayor After her daughter was killed in a mass shooting in Uvalde, Kimberly Mata-Rubio figured it was time to get answers and help her city heal.