2018 El Paso, Texas elections

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El Paso, Texas elections, 2018
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 2022November 6, 2018 (2018-11-06)2020 

County Judge before election

Veronica Escobar
Democratic

Elected County Judge

TBD

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.

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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). [1] The city and county officials elected will serve four year terms, and the state representatives and Congressperson will serve two year terms.

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. [2]

County Judge election

Democratic Party

Candidates

  • John Cook, former mayor of El Paso (2005–2013) [3]
  • Laura Enriquez, personal injury lawyer [4]
  • Ricardo Samaniego, business owner, University of Phoenix instructor, and former juvenile probation officer [5]

Declined candidates

  • Veronica Escobar, former county judge (2011–2017) [6]
  • Andrew Haggerty, county commissioner [7]
  • Vince Perez, county commissioner [8]

Republican Party

Candidates

Democratic Party primary results

El Paso County Judge Democratic primary results, 2018
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Republican Party primary results

El Paso County Judge Republican primary results, 2018
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General election results

El Paso County Judge election results, 2018
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County Commissioner, precinct 2 election

Democratic Party

Nominee

  • Incumbent county commissioner David Stout [9]

Primary candidates

  • Former county commissioner Sergio Lewis [10]

Republican Party

Candidates

Democratic Party primary results

El Paso County Commissioner Democratic primary results, 2018
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Republican Party primary results

El Paso County Commissioner Republican primary results, 2018
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General election results

El Paso County Commissioner election results, 2018
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County Commissioner, precinct 4 election

Republican Party

Nominee

  • Incumbent county commissioner Andrew Haggerty [11]

Democratic Party

Nominee

  • Former city council member Carl Robinson [12]

Democratic Party primary results

El Paso County Commissioner Democratic primary results, 2018
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Republican Party primary results

El Paso County Commissioner Republican primary results, 2018
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General election results

El Paso County Commissioner election results, 2018
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City council election

District 1

Candidates

  • Richard Bonart, dentist [13]
  • Carlos Corral, filmmaker [14]
  • Veronica Frescas, non-profit employee [15]
  • Peter Svarzbein, incumbent [16]

First round results

El Paso District 1 election results, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
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Total votes

District 5

Candidates

  • Kizito Ezechukwu, auditor [17]
  • John Hogan, self-employed [18]
  • Benjamin Miranda [19]
  • Jason Osborne, security consultant [20]
  • Isabel Salcido, self-employed [21]

Results

El Paso District 5 election results, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
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District 6

Candidates

  • Claudia Ordaz, incumbent [22]
  • George Stoltzt [23]

Results

El Paso District 6 election results, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
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Total votes

District 8

Candidates

  • Gregory Baine, U.S. Army veteran [24]
  • Dylan Corbett, non-profit executive [25]
  • Cissy Lizarraga, incumbent [26]
  • Nicholas Vasquez [27]
  • Rich Wright, blogger [28]

Results

El Paso District 8 election results, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
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Nonpartisan
Total votes

State representative, District 75 election

Democratic Party

Candidates

  • MarySue Femath, family counselor at the Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo reservation [29]
  • Mary Gonzalez, incumbent representative [30]

Republican Party

Candidates

Democratic Party primary results

District 75 state representative Democratic primary results, 2018
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Republican Party primary results

District 75 state representative Republican primary results, 2018
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General election results

District 75 state representative election results, 2018
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State representative, District 76 election

Candidates

Incumbent state representative Cesar Blanco [31]

Potential candidates

Declined candidates

Democratic Party primary results

District 76 state representative Democratic primary results, 2018
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Republican Party primary results

District 76 state representative Republican primary results, 2018
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General election results

District 76 state representative election results, 2018
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State representative, District 77 election

Potential candidates

Declined candidates

Democratic Party primary results

District 77 state representative Democratic primary results, 2018
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Republican Party primary results

District 77 state representative Republican primary results, 2018
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General election results

District 77 state representative election results, 2018
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State representative, District 78 election

Potential candidates

Declined candidates

Democratic Party primary results

District 78 state representative Democratic primary results, 2018
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Republican Party primary results

District 78 state representative Republican primary results, 2018
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General election results

District 78 state representative election results, 2018
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State representative, District 79 election

Potential candidates

Declined candidates

Democratic Party primary results

District 79 state representative Democratic primary results, 2018
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Republican Party primary results

District 79 state representative Republican primary results, 2018
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General election results

District 79 state representative election results, 2018
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Member of Congress, 16th Congressional district of Texas election

Democratic Party

Nominee

  • Veronica Escobar, former El Paso County Judge [32]

Primary candidates

  • John Carillo, director of development at KTEP (88.5 FM) [33]
  • Norma Chavez, former state representative [34]
  • Dori Fenenbock, former EPISD school board president [35]
  • Enrique Garcia, immigration lawyer [36]
  • Nicole LeClaire, Navy veteran and Cypress Creek high school teacher [37]
  • Jerome Tilghman, Army veteran and Canyon Hills Middle School teacher [38]

Declined candidates

  • Incumbent congressman Beto O'Rourke [39]
  • State representative Cesar Blanco [40]

Republican Party

Nominee

  • Rick Seeberger [41]

Primary candidates

  • Alia Garcia-Ureste, businesswoman [42]

Independent

Potential candidates

  • Jessica Kludt Allala, lawyer [43]

Democratic Party primary results

District 16 Democratic primary results, 2018
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Republican Party primary results

District 16 Republican primary results, 2018
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General election results

District 16 election results, 2018
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