2024 El Paso mayoral election

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2024 El Paso mayoral election
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←  2020 November 5, 2024 (general)
December 14, 2024 (runoff)
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Candidate Renard Johnson Brian Kennedy
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Alliance Democratic
Popular vote19,63015,343
Percentage(56.1%)(43.9%)
Mayor before election

Oscar Leeser
Democratic

Elected mayor

Renard Johnson
Democratic

The 2024 El Paso mayoral election took place on November 5, 2024 alongside elections for El Paso's city council, municipal court judge, and municipal court of appeals judge. [1] The filing deadline was on August 19, 2024. [1]

Contents

Renard Johnson was elected the first black mayor of El Paso after winning the runoff election on December 14, 2024. [2]

General election

Candidates

Advanced to runoff

Eliminated

Declined

Endorsements

Renard Johnson
U.S. representatives
Organizations
  • Protect and Serve Texas PAC [9] [a]
Brian Kennedy
Organizations
Trade unions

Results

2024 El Paso mayoral election [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Renard Johnson 59,658 32.5
Nonpartisan Brian Kennedy 44,516 24.2
Nonpartisan Cassandra Hernandez19,02510.3
Nonpartisan Steven Winters15,8438.6
Nonpartisan Isabel Salcido13,6317.4
Nonpartisan Marco Contreras11,9256.5
Nonpartisan Elizabeth Cordova10,7735.9
Nonpartisan Ben Mendoza8,4624.6
Total votes183,873 100.00

Runoff

Endorsements

Renard Johnson
State legislators
Local officials
Individuals
Trade unions
Brian Kennedy
Local officials
Trade unions
Organizations
  • Texas Federation of Republican Women [13]
  • Eastside Democrats [13]
  • Tejano State Democrats [13]
  • Tejano Democrats of El Paso [13]
Newspapers & media
  • El Paso Taxpayer Revolt [13]
Political parties

Results

2024 El Paso mayoral runoff election [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Renard Johnson 19,630 56.1
Nonpartisan Brian Kennedy15,43443.9
Total votes34,973 100.00

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. ↑ Moore, Robert (January 30, 2024). "Businessman Renard Johnson announces run for El Paso mayor". El Paso Matters. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  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 3 https://www.ktsm.com/local/el-paso-news/city-rep-brian-kennedy-announces-run-for-el-paso-mayor/
  6. 1 2 Flores, Jocelyn (August 15, 2024). "City Rep. Isabel Salcido running for El Paso Mayor". KTSM.com. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
  7. 1 2 Mata III, Reyes (February 4, 2024). "Who's in, who's out as El Paso mayor's race heats up". El Paso Inc.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Renard Johnson Endorsements".
  9. 1 2 Perez, Elida (October 31, 2024). "PAC ads intensify attacks between Renard Johnson, Brian Kennedy in El Paso mayoral race". El Paso Matters. Retrieved September 24, 2025.
  10. 1 2 3 "Blue Voter Guide El Paso 2024".
  11. 1 2 "El Paso mayor election results". Ballotpedia.
  12. ↑ "Renard Johnson gets endorsements from former rivals in El Paso mayor race". KFOX. November 7, 2024.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Brian Kennedy Endorsements".

Notes

  1. ↑ Protect and Serve Texas PAC is funded almost entirely by Project RedTX, a conservative organization
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