The city of Socorro started a new era Thursday night as two new City Council members and a new mayor were sworn into office. Thursday evening was the city's first council meeting since a judge ruled that former city representatives Jesse Gandara Jr. and Willie Madrid had illegally extended their ...
Two long-time incumbent town council members in Anthony, Texas have been voted out of office and replaced by newcomers. Unofficial election results show that Luis Vela, a 14-year incumbent, lost to Jose G. Garcia by 15 votes, and 16-year incumbent Demetrio Cuellar lost to Joanna Rivera by 178 votes. But ...
A quick look at voter turnout numbers for Saturday's election may scream voter apathy, but Gregory Rocha, a political science professor at University of Texas, El Paso, told KFOX14 the numbers are actually fairly standard for a local election. According to the El Paso County Elections website, there are 357,837 ...
After Saturday night's unofficial election results were tallied, mayoral candidates Oscar Leeser and Steve Ortega had two very different reactions. "It's incredible, I'm excited, I'm at a loss for words," Leeser said. "The numbers obviously aren't as high as we would've liked them to be," said Ortega. Unofficial results show ...
The unofficial results for the Mayoral race for the City of Socorro shows mayor-elect Jesus Ruiz is the new leader. Jesus Ruiz has won the mayoral seat with 52 percent of the votes. Ruiz ran against Gume Cardoso, Gama Mendez and Igor Flores. Rene Rodriguez beat out Joe Bob Martinez ...
It appears there is no victory yet for District 7, instead there will be a runoff election between Tania Chozet and Lily Limon. Chozet leads the race with 49 percent of votes, while Limon carries 22 percent of the vote. Chozet raised the most money during the campaign and was ...
One of the closely watched races in the city is the one for the next mayor of El Paso. Unofficial results show business man and Hyandai of El Paso owner Oscar Leeser is leading the race with a vote of 47.4 percent. But that is shy of the 50 percent ...
Early Voting Results for may 2013
Socorro residents will choose a new mayor Saturday, and the candidates spoke to KFOX14 about their visions for the troubled city. Each candidate was asked what makes them a better fit for the job than the other candidates. "I've been involved with Socorro politics for the last couple of years. ...
A special election for the city of Socorro is two days away, and KFOX14 spoke to candidates running for city council to find out what they'd do if they were elected. The seats that are open are for District 4 representative and representative-at-large. Joseph Bowling, who is running for District ...
Candidates running for the El Paso Independent School District Board of Trustees District 1 spoke with KFOX14. KFOX14 asked each candidate the following questions: Why are you running? What are your qualifications? How do you restore trust to the district? What is your plan to be more transparent? How do ...
Early voting numbers are in for Saturday's local elections in El Paso County. Between May 29 and the end of early voting Tuesday, 23,482 people voted. In the 2009 mayoral election, County Elections Administrator Javier Chacon said more than 15,300 voters cast early ballots. On the ballot are El Paso City Council races, along ...
Candidates running for the El Paso Independent School District Board of Trustees District 5 spoke with KFOX14. KFOX14 asked each candidate the following questions: Why are you running? What is take on STAAR testing? How do you restore trust to the district? What is your plan to be more transparent? ...
When El Paso voters head to the polls, they'll cast ballots on nine proposed amendments to the city charter. KFOX14 spoke to City Manager Joyce Wilson about what each of the amendments mean. Every two years the city can go through the charter and amend things that don't work anymore ...
As part of KFOX14's election coverage, we asked all the candidates for mayor to tell us about their vision for El Paso and the biggest challenges they see facing the Sun City. "People are very upset that we overturn their vote. They are very upset that we don't listen to their vote," said ...
Four more of the candidates for mayor of El Paso take KFOX14 to their favorite place in El Paso and tell us what the Sun City means to them. "When I decided to run for mayor, I wasn't looking for a new job. I was looking to make a difference and change the way ...
KFOX14 asked the candidates about their vision for El Paso and what they see as the biggest challenges facing the Sun City and if elected mayor, how they would solve them. "My vision for El Paso is to bring back and to move into greatness. We have wonderful assets here ...
Election Day for El Paso County is less than a month away -- a new website launched before Election Day. The El Paso County Department now has a user-friendly website for web users to get voter information. Epcountyvotes.com is available on mobile devices. Election Day is May 11.
It's arguably the most important right in the country: the right to vote. But some in El Paso believe some might be tampering with the voting system. Poll watchers told KFOX14 they have serious concerns about a list of election judges and alternates given to City Council on Tuesday for ...
El Paso mayoral candidates took the podium Thursday night to let voters know why they were the best candidate for the job. The debate was hosted by the University of Texas at El Paso's student government association. El Pasoans will head to the polls May 11 and choose either Jorge ...
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