2020 El Paso, Texas, elections

2020 El Paso, Texas, elections
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On November 3, 2020 El Paso County elected the mayor of El Paso, Texas, four members of city council (districts 2, 3, 4, and 7), two county commissioners, county sheriff, state senator, and five state representatives. El Pasoans voted for members of the House of Representatives of the United States from the 16th and 23rd districts of Texas, district attorney (which also represents Hudspeth and Culberson counties), United States senator, and president of the United States.

The city elections (for mayor and council) are non-partisan, and therefore have no primary election. However, if no candidate wins a majority there will be a run-off election.[1]

Mayor

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2020 El Paso mayoral election
← 2017 November 3, 2020 (2020-11-03)
December 12, 2020 (2020-12-12) (runoff)		 2024 →
Turnout55.1% general
13.1% runoff
 
Candidate Oscar Leeser Dee Margo
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
First round vote 92,700 53,606
First round percentage 42.62% 24.65%
Runoff vote 42,895 11,034
Runoff percentage 79.54% 20.46%
 
Candidate Veronica Carbajal Carlos Gallinar
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
First round vote 47,299 16,197
First round percentage 21.75% 7.45%
Mayor before election

Dee Margo
Republican

Elected mayor

Oscar Leeser
Democratic

Candidates

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  • Veronica Carbajal, attorney with Texas RioGrande Legal Aid[2]
  • Carlos Gallinar, former El Paso city government and former EPISD official[2] (Party preference: Democratic)[3]
  • Oscar Leeser, former mayor[4] (Party preference: Democratic)
  • Dee Margo, incumbent mayor and former member of the Texas House of Representatives[4] (Party preference: Republican)
  • Dean Martinez, United States military veteran[5]
  • Calvin Zielsdorf, paramedic and high school swimming coach[6]

First round results

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2020 El Paso mayoral election[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Oscar Leeser 92,700 42.62%
Nonpartisan Dee Margo (incumbent) 53,606 24.65%
Nonpartisan Veronica Carbajal 47,299 21.75%
Nonpartisan Carlos Gallinar 16,197 7.45%
Nonpartisan Dean Martinez 4,233 1.95%
Nonpartisan Calvin Zielsdorf 3,449 1.59%
Total votes 217,484 100.00%

Runoff results

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2020 El Paso mayoral runoff election[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Oscar Leeser 42,895 79.54%
Nonpartisan Dee Margo (incumbent) 6,301 20.46%
Total votes 53,929 100.00%

City council elections

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District 2

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District 2 incumbent Alexsandra Annello won re-election for a second term in the December runoff election.

First round results

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2020 El Paso City Council District 2
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Judy Gutierrez 8,416 47.1
Nonpartisan Alexsandra Annello (incumbent) 6,618 37.0
Nonpartisan James Campos 2,844 15.9
Total votes 17,878 100.0

Runoff results

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2020 El Paso City Council District 2
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Alexsandra Annello (incumbent) 2,901 51.9
Nonpartisan Judy Gutierrez 2,692 48.1
Total votes 5,593 100.0

District 3

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District 3 incumbent Cassandra Hernandez-Brown was re-elected to a second term.

2020 El Paso City Council District 3
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Cassandra Hernandez-Brown (incumbent) 13,192 54.0
Nonpartisan Jose L. Rodriguez 7,483 30.6
Nonpartisan William Veliz 3,741 15.3
Total votes 24,416 100.0

District 4

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District 4 incumbent Sam Morgan lost re-election in a December runoff to Joe Molinar.

2020 El Paso City Council District 4
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Sam Morgan (Incumbent) 8,365 32.2
Nonpartisan Joe Molinar 7,345 28.3
Nonpartisan Dorothy Byrd 6,108 23.5
Nonpartisan Wesley Lawrence 2,727 10.5
Nonpartisan Shawn Nixon 1,401 5.4
Total votes 25,946 100.0

Runoff results

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2020 El Paso City Council District 4
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Joe Molinar 3,853 53.9
Nonpartisan Sam Morgan (Incumbent) 3,295 46.1
Total votes 7,148 100.0

District 7

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District 7 incumbent Henry Rivera was re-elected to a second term.

2020 El Paso City Council District 3
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Henry Rivera (incumbent) 13,325 56.9
Nonpartisan Aaron Montes 10,076 43.1
Total votes 23,401 100.0

County sheriff

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The incumbent Sheriff, Richard Wiles, won the Democratic primary. Because no other candidate challenged him, he was automatically re-elected.

Democratic

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2020 El Paso City Council District 3
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Richard Wiles (incumbent) 37,606 57.7
Democratic Carlos Carrillo 15,974 24.5
Democratic Raul Mendiola 6,933 10.6
Democratic Ron Martin 4,642 7.1
Total votes 65,155 100.0

County Commission elections

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Precinct 1

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The incumbent, Carlos Leon, was unopposed in the primary and general election.

Democratic

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2020 El Paso County Commission Precinct 1
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Carlos Leon (incumbent) 15,670 100.0
Total votes 15,670 100.0

Precinct 3

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The incumbent, Vincent Perez, was defeated in the primary by Illiana Holguin, who went on to win the general election.

Democratic

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2020 El Paso County Commission Precinct 3
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Vincent Perez (incumbent) 6,226 41.8
Democratic Illiana Holguin 5,686 38.2
Democratic Elia Garcia 2,125 14.3
Democratic Eduardo Romero 856 5.7
Total votes 14,895 100.0

Runoff results

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2020 El Paso County Commission Precinct 3
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Illiana Holguin 4,455 52.5
Democratic Vincent Perez (incumbent) 4,024 47.5
Total votes 7,148 100.0

Republican

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2020 El Paso County Commission Precinct 1
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Randy French 2,492 100.0
Total votes 2,492 100.0

General election

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2020 El Paso County Commission Precinct 3
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Illiana Holguin 46,342 72.9
Republican Randy French 17,216 27.1
Total votes 63,558 100.0

State senator (district 29)

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Candidates

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Potential candidates

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  • Dori Fenenbock, former EPISD school board member [10]

Declined candidates

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State representative (district 76)

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Candidates

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  • Claudia Ordaz Perez, city council member[12]
  • Elisa Tamayo, former employee of state representative Cesar Blanco[13]

Potential candidates

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Declined candidates

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State representative (district 77)

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Candidates

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State representative (district 78)

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Candidates

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Potential candidates

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  • Dori Fenenbock, former EPISD school board member[10]

State representative (district 79)

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Candidates

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Potential candidates

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District Attorney

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Candidates

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Democratic

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  • James Montoya, prosecutor[17]
  • Yvonne Rosales, lawyer[17]

Declined candidates

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U.S. Representative (TX-16)

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Republican

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Potential candidates

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  • Blanca Trout, Canutillo ISD school board trustee and El Paso County Republican Party vice chair[18]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Partisan vs. Nonpartisan Elections". National League of Cities. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Montes, Aaron. "Verónica Carbajal, Carlos Gallinar join El Paso 2020 mayoral race". El Paso Times.
  3. ^ Gallinar, Carlos (August 9, 2020). "Why I'm running as a Democrat for mayor of El Paso".
  4. ^ a b Montes, Aaron. "El Paso Mayor Dee Margo announces 2020 re-election bid after Leeser joins race". El Paso Times.
  5. ^ "El Paso mayoral candidate profile: Dean 'Dino' Martinez". KVIA. October 21, 2020.
  6. ^ "Questionnaire: Calvin Zielsdorf, candidate for mayor". El Paso Times. October 12, 2020.
  7. ^ "Election Night Reporting". results.enr.clarityelections.com. November 17, 2020.
  8. ^ "Election Results: December runoff election" (PDF). December 12, 2020.[permanent dead link‍]
  9. ^ a b c Svitek, Cassandra Pollock and Patrick (September 13, 2019). "Sen. José Rodríguez, an El Paso Democrat, announces his retirement". The Texas Tribune.
  10. ^ a b Star, The Lion (July 17, 2019). "The Lion Star Blog by Jaime Abeytia: Bursting Bubbles".
  11. ^ "Sen. José Rodríguez will be retiring". KFOX. September 13, 2019.
  12. ^ Montes, Aaron. "Mission Valley city Rep. Claudia Ordaz Perez announces candidacy for Texas House". El Paso Times.
  13. ^ Montes, Aaron. "Elisa Tamayo announces candidacy for El Paso seat in Texas House of Representatives". El Paso Times.
  14. ^ Gonzalez, Maria Cortes. "El Paso Democratic state Rep. Lina Ortega seeks reelection to District 77 House seat". El Paso Times.
  15. ^ a b Abc-7, Kvia (July 26, 2019). "Texas State Rep. Joe Moody plans to run for re-election".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ a b Dearman, Eleanor. "El Paso state representative Art Fierro seeking reelection". El Paso Times.
  17. ^ a b c Star, The Lion (July 11, 2019). "The Lion Star Blog by Jaime Abeytia: Montoya Launches Bid for District Attorney".
  18. ^ Smith, Molly. "Canutillo ISD trustee Blanca Trout explores congressional run for Veronica Escobar's seat". El Paso Times.
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Official campaign websites for mayoral candidates

Official campaign websites for City Council District 2 candidates

Official campaign websites for City Council District 4 candidates

Official campaign websites for City Council District 7 candidates

Official campaign websites for County Commission Precinct 3 candidates

Official campaign websites for State Senate District 29 candidates

Official campaign websites for State Representative District 76 candidates

Official campaign websites for State Representative District 77 candidates

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