2018 El Paso, Texas elections
El Paso, Texas elections, 2018
On November 6, 2018, El Paso County elected a new member of the House of Representatives of the United States , a new county judge, two county commissioners, five state representatives, four city council members.
The national, state and county elections are partisan, and the city council election is non-partisan (there is no primary election for the city, but if no candidate wins a majority there will be a run-off election).[ 2]
There are several open races, as the incumbent member of Congress, Beto O'Rourke , a Democrat, unsuccessfully ran for the Senate against Ted Cruz , and the incumbent county judge, Veronica Escobar, ran successfully for O'rourke's seat in the House of Representatives. Incumbent county commissioners David Stout (Precinct 2), a Democrat, and Andrew Haggerty (Precinct 4), a Republican, ran for re-election. Stout was re-elected, and Haggerty was defeated by former city council member Carl Robinson. The five state representatives (all Democrats), Cesar Blanco , Mary Gonzalez , Joe Moody , Lina Ortega and Joe Pickett , were re-elected.
City council districts 1, 5, 6, and 8 had elections in 2018. Michiel Noe, District 5 incumbent, is term limited and could not run again. District 1 incumbent, Peter Svarzbein, District 6 incumbent, Claudia Ordaz, and Cissy Lizarraga, District 8 incumbent, were re-elected.[ 3]
County Judge election
Democratic Party
Candidates
John Cook , former mayor of El Paso (2005–2013)[ 4] Laura Enriquez, personal injury lawyer[ 5]
Ricardo Samaniego, business owner, University of Phoenix instructor, and former juvenile probation officer[ 6]
Declined candidates
Veronica Escobar, former county judge (2011–2017)[ 7]
Andrew Haggerty, county commissioner[ 8]
Vince Perez, county commissioner[ 9]
Republican Party
Candidates
Democratic Party primary results
Republican Party primary results
General election results
Democratic Party
Nominee
Incumbent county commissioner David Stout[ 10]
Primary candidates
Former county commissioner Sergio Lewis[ 11]
Republican Party
Candidates
Democratic Party primary results
Republican Party primary results
General election results
Republican Party
Nominee
Incumbent county commissioner Andrew Haggerty[ 12]
Democratic Party
Nominee
Former city council member Carl Robinson[ 13]
Democratic Party primary results
Republican Party primary results
General election results
City council election
District 1
Candidates
Richard Bonart, dentist[ 14]
Carlos Corral, filmmaker[ 15]
Veronica Frescas, non-profit employee[ 16]
Peter Svarzbein, incumbent[ 17]
First round results
District 5
Candidates
Kizito Ezechukwu, auditor[ 18]
John Hogan, self-employed[ 19]
Benjamin Miranda[ 20]
Jason Osborne, security consultant[ 21]
Isabel Salcido, self-employed[ 22]
Results
District 6
Candidates
Claudia Ordaz, incumbent[ 23]
George Stoltzt[ 24]
Results
District 8
Candidates
Gregory Baine, U.S. Army veteran[ 25]
Dylan Corbett, non-profit executive[ 26]
Cissy Lizarraga, incumbent[ 27]
Nicholas Vasquez[ 28]
Rich Wright, blogger[ 29]
Results
Democratic Party
Candidates
MarySue Femath, family counselor at the Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo reservation[ 30]
Mary Gonzalez, incumbent representative[ 31]
Republican Party
Candidates
Democratic Party primary results
Republican Party primary results
General election results
Candidates
Incumbent state representative Cesar Blanco[ 32]
Potential candidates
Declined candidates
Democratic Party primary results
Republican Party primary results
General election results
Potential candidates
Declined candidates
Democratic Party primary results
Republican Party primary results
General election results
Potential candidates
Declined candidates
Democratic Party primary results
Republican Party primary results
General election results
Potential candidates
Declined candidates
Democratic Party primary results
Republican Party primary results
General election results
Democratic Party
Nominee
Veronica Escobar, former El Paso County Judge[ 33]
Primary candidates
John Carillo, director of development at KTEP (88.5 FM)[ 34]
Norma Chavez , former state representative[ 35] Dori Fenenbock, former EPISD school board president[ 36]
Enrique Garcia, immigration lawyer[ 37]
Nicole LeClaire, Navy veteran and Cypress Creek high school teacher[ 38]
Jerome Tilghman, Army veteran and Canyon Hills Middle School teacher[ 39]
Declined candidates
Incumbent congressman Beto O'Rourke[ 40]
State representative Cesar Blanco[ 41]
Republican Party
Nominee
Primary candidates
Alia Garcia-Ureste, businesswoman[ 43]
Independent
Potential candidates
Jessica Kludt Allala, lawyer[ 44]
Democratic Party primary results
Republican Party primary results
General election results
References
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