2024 El Paso, Texas elections

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The city of El Paso, Texas held elections for mayor, city council, municipal court judge, and municipal court of appeals judge on November 5, 2024. [1] The filing deadline was on August 19, 2024. [1]

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Renard Johnson was elected the first black mayor of El Paso. [2]

Mayoral election

Candidates

Declared

Candidates in this section publicly declared their candidacy

  • Jacob Chavira [3]
  • Marco Antonio Contreras [3] [4]
  • Elizabeth Cordova [5] owner of Herencia magazine [4]
  • Cassandra Hernandez, City Council Representative for District 3 (2017–present) [6]
  • Ryan Houle [3]
  • Renard U. Johnson, businessman [7] [4]
  • Brian Kennedy, City Council Representative for District 1 (2022–present) [3]
  • Ben Mendoza [4]
  • Isabel Salcido, City Council Representative for District 5 (2019–present) [5]
  • Steven B. Winters, retired Army command sergeant major [3] [4]

Potential candidates

Candidates in this section were subject to speculation on if they'd announce a campaign

Declined

Candidates in this section declined to run

  • Veronica Carbajal, lawyer [6]

2024 special election

On January 20, 2024, school board member Joshua Acevedo defeated lawyer Veronica Carbajal in a city council runoff special election by a margin of 10.2%. [8] Acevedo assumed office on January 30, 2024. [9]

References

  1. 1 2 "City elections in El Paso, Texas (2024)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  2. ↑ Perez, Elida S. (December 15, 2024). "Renard Johnson elected El Paso mayor, easily defeating city Rep. Brian Kennedy". El Paso Matters. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 https://www.ktsm.com/local/el-paso-news/city-rep-brian-kennedy-announces-run-for-el-paso-mayor/
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Q&A: City of El Paso mayoral candidates in Nov. 5 general election". El Paso Matters. October 11, 2024. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  5. 1 2 Flores, Jocelyn (August 15, 2024). "City Rep. Isabel Salcido running for El Paso Mayor". KTSM.com. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
  6. 1 2 3 Mata III, Reyes (February 4, 2024). "Who's in, who's out as El Paso mayor's race heats up". El Paso Inc.
  7. ↑ Moore, Robert (January 30, 2024). "Businessman Renard Johnson announces run for El Paso mayor". El Paso Matters. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  8. ↑ "City elections in El Paso, Texas (2023-2024)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Joshua Acevedo". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
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