2020 El Paso, Texas, elections

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2020 El Paso, Texas, elections
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  2017 November 3, 2020 (2020-11-03)2024 

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.

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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

2020 El Paso mayoral election
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  2017 November 3, 2020 (2020-11-03)
December 12, 2020 (2020-12-12) (runoff)
2024 
Turnout55.1% general
13.1% runoff
  Mayor oscar leeser.jpg Dee Margo by Shealah Craighead.jpg
Candidate Oscar Leeser Dee Margo
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
First round vote92,70053,606
First round percentage42.62%24.65%
Runoff vote42,89511,034
Runoff percentage79.54%20.46%

 
CandidateVeronica CarbajalCarlos Gallinar
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
First round vote47,29916,197
First round percentage21.75%7.45%

Mayor before election

Dee Margo
Republican

Elected Mayor

Oscar Leeser
Democratic

Candidates

First round results

2020 El Paso mayoral election [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Oscar Leeser 92,700 42.62%
Nonpartisan Dee Margo (incumbent) 53,606 24.65%
Nonpartisan Veronica Carbajal47,29921.75%
Nonpartisan Carlos Gallinar16,1977.45%
Nonpartisan Dean Martinez4,2331.95%
Nonpartisan Calvin Zielsdorf3,4491.59%
Total votes217,484 100.00%

Runoff results

2020 El Paso mayoral runoff election [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Oscar Leeser 42,895 79.54%
Nonpartisan Dee Margo (incumbent)6,30120.46%
Total votes53,929 100.00%

City council elections

District 2

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

First round results

2020 El Paso City Council District 2
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Judy Gutierrez 8,416 47.1
Nonpartisan Alexsandra Annello (incumbent) 6,618 37.0
Nonpartisan James Campos2,84415.9
Total votes17,878 100.0

Runoff results

2020 El Paso City Council District 2
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Alexsandra Annello (incumbent) 2,901 51.9
Nonpartisan Judy Gutierrez2,69248.1
Total votes5,593 100.0

District 3

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

2020 El Paso City Council District 3
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Cassandra Hernandez-Brown (incumbent) 13,192 54.0
Nonpartisan Jose L. Rodriguez7,48330.6
Nonpartisan William Veliz3,74115.3
Total votes24,416 100.0

District 4

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

2020 El Paso City Council District 4
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Sam Morgan (Incumbent) 8,365 32.2
Nonpartisan Joe Molinar 7,345 28.3
Nonpartisan Dorothy Byrd6,10823.5
Nonpartisan Wesley Lawrence2,72710.5
Nonpartisan Shawn Nixon1,4015.4
Total votes25,946 100.0

Runoff results

2020 El Paso City Council District 4
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Joe Molinar 3,853 53.9
Nonpartisan Sam Morgan (Incumbent)3,29546.1
Total votes7,148 100.0

District 7

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

2020 El Paso City Council District 3
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Henry Rivera (incumbent) 13,325 56.9
Nonpartisan Aaron Montes10,07643.1
Total votes23,401 100.0

County sheriff

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

Democratic

2020 El Paso City Council District 3
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Richard Wiles (incumbent) 37,606 57.7
Democratic Carlos Carrillo15,97424.5
Democratic Raul Mendiola6,93310.6
Democratic Ron Martin4,6427.1
Total votes65,155 100.0

County Commission elections

Precinct 1

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

Democratic

2020 El Paso County Commission Precinct 1
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Carlos Leon (incumbent) 15,670 100.0
Total votes15,670 100.0

Precinct 3

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

Democratic

2020 El Paso County Commission Precinct 3
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Vincent Perez (incumbent) 6,226 41.8
Democratic Illiana Holguin 5,686 38.2
Democratic Elia Garcia2,12514.3
Democratic Eduardo Romero8565.7
Total votes14,895 100.0

Runoff results

2020 El Paso County Commission Precinct 3
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Illiana Holguin 4,455 52.5
Democratic Vincent Perez (incumbent)4,02447.5
Total votes7,148 100.0

Republican

2020 El Paso County Commission Precinct 1
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Randy French 2,492 100.0
Total votes2,492 100.0

General election

2020 El Paso County Commission Precinct 3
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Illiana Holguin 46,342 72.9
Republican Randy French17,21627.1
Total votes63,558 100.0

State senator (district 29)

Candidates

Potential candidates

Declined candidates

State representative (district 76)

Candidates

Potential candidates

Declined candidates

State representative (district 77)

Candidates

State representative (district 78)

Candidates

Potential candidates

State representative (district 79)

Candidates

Potential candidates

District Attorney

Candidates

Democratic

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

Declined candidates

  • Jaime Esparza, incumbent district attorney [17]
  • Joe Moody, state representative [15]

U.S. Representative (TX-16)

Republican

Potential candidates

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

See also

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