2017 El Paso municipal elections
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El Paso, Texas, held a first round of general elections on May 6, 2017, to elect the mayor and city council. The runoff election took place on June 10, 2017. Incumbent mayor Oscar Leeser was eligible for another term, but announced in July 2016 that he would not seek another term. Leeser had a cancer-related surgery in 2016, but stated that his decision was not because of his health. Instead, it was because he "ran to do things I thought were really important for our community and I did that."[1][2]
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May 6, 2017
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The election was non-partisan; therefore, there was no primary election. However, if no candidate had won a majority, there would have been a runoff election.[3]
The mayor and council members elected in 2017 were to serve through December 2020. The term was shortened because of a charter amendment to move city elections from May in odd-numbered years to November in even-numbered years.[4]
Dee Margo took first place in the mayoral race, but did not win a majority of votes, so he and David Saucedo competed in a runoff election.[5] Margo defeated Saucedo in the runoff.[6] 8.57% of registered voters voted in the runoff election, one of the lowest turnouts in the city's history.[7]
Districts 2, 3, 4, 7, and 8 had elections in 2017. District 2 incumbent, Jim Tolbert, and District 7 incumbent, Lilia Limon, were eligible for re-election, but were defeated by Alexansandra Annello and Henry Rivera, respectively. Emma Acosta, District 3 incumbent, and Carl Robinson, District 4 incumbent, were term limited and could not run again; they were succeeded by Cassandra Hernandez and Sam Morgan, respectively. District 8 representative Cortney Niland, whose term was supposed to end in December 2018, resigned in April 2017. The city scheduled a June special election and July runoff election to fill the remainder of her term. The runoff election was won by Cissy Lizarraga.[8][9][10]
Mayoral election
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May 6, 2017 (first round)
June 10, 2017 (runoff) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 7.86% (first round)[11] 8.26% (runoff)[12] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Nonpartisan | Dee Margo | 14,915 | 45.32% | |
| Nonpartisan | David Saucedo | 7,883 | 23.95% | |
| Nonpartisan | Emma Acosta | 5,239 | 15.92% | |
| Nonpartisan | Elisa Morales | 1,845 | 5.61% | |
| Nonpartisan | Willie Cager | 1,388 | 4.22% | |
| Nonpartisan | Jaime Perez | 950 | 2.89% | |
| Nonpartisan | Charlie Stapler | 412 | 1.25% | |
| Nonpartisan | Jorge Artalejo | 280 | 0.85% | |
| Total votes | 32,912 | 100% | ||
Runoff results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Nonpartisan | Dee Margo | 17,148 | 57% | |
| Nonpartisan | David Saucedo | 12,937 | 43% | |
| Total votes | 30,085 | 100% | ||
City council election
Candidates
District 2
Candidates
First round results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Nonpartisan | Alexsandra Annello | 1,135 | 34.96% | |
| Nonpartisan | Jim Tolbert | 1,037 | 31.94% | |
| Nonpartisan | Dolores Garcia Baca | 440 | 13.55% | |
| Nonpartisan | Jud Burgess | 446 | 13.74% | |
| Nonpartisan | Raul Scoop Valdez | 111 | 3.42% | |
| Nonpartisan | Alexander Burnside | 78 | 2.40% | |
| Total votes | 3,247 | 100 | ||
Runoff results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Alexsandra Annello | 1,929 | 60.83 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jim Tolbert | 1,242 | 39.17 | |
| Total votes | 3,171 | 100 | ||
District 3
Candidates
- Jaime Barceleau, charitable executive director for the Paso del Norte Children's Development Center[20]
- Elias Camacho, Vietnam War veteran, retired El Paso Police Department detective, private investigator, and substitute teacher[18]
- Cassandra Hernandez-Brown, deputy director of Dynamic Workforce Solutions[21]
- Louis Pellicano, retiree[22][14]
- Antonio Williams, private practice immigration attorney, and State Democratic Executive Committeeman for Texas Senate District 29[18]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Nonpartisan | Cassandra Hernandez | 1,925 | 37.80% | |
| Nonpartisan | Jaime Barceleau | 1,514 | 29.73% | |
| Nonpartisan | Antonio Williams | 819 | 16.08% | |
| Nonpartisan | Elias Camacho | 600 | 11.78% | |
| Nonpartisan | Louis Pellicano | 235 | 4.61% | |
| Total votes | 5,093 | 100 | ||
Runoff results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Nonpartisan | Cassandra Hernandez | 2,711 | 59.26 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jaime Barceleau | 1,864 | 40.74 | |
| Total votes | 4,575 | 100 | ||
District 4
Candidates
- Shane Haggerty, retired firefighter and Ysleta Independent School District Board of Trustees president[18]
- Sam Morgan, owner of El Paso Concealed Carry[20]
- Jose Plasencia, Green Party activist, chess teacher[23][24][25][14]
- Diana Ramos, Socorro Independent School District instructional aide and former employee of Congressman Beto O'Rourke[18]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Nonpartisan | Sam Morgan | 1,969 | 41.57% | |
| Nonpartisan | Shane Haggerty | 1,711 | 36.12% | |
| Nonpartisan | Diana Ramos | 960 | 20.27% | |
| Nonpartisan | Jose Plasencia | 97 | 2.05% | |
| Total votes | 4,737 | 100 | ||
Runoff results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Nonpartisan | Sam Morgan | 2,555 | 54.10 | |
| Nonpartisan | Shane Haggerty | 2,168 | 45.90 | |
| Total votes | 4,723 | 100 | ||
District 7
Candidates
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Nonpartisan | Henry Rivera | 2,797 | 62.39 | |
| Nonpartisan | Lily Limon | 1,686 | 37.61 | |
| Total votes | 4,483 | 100 | ||
District 8
Candidates
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Nonpartisan | Robert Cormell | 1,724 | 42.25 | |
| Nonpartisan | Cissy Lizarraga | 1,030 | 25.25 | |
| Nonpartisan | Gilbert Guillen | 637 | 15.61 | |
| Nonpartisan | Adolfo Lopez | 538 | 13.19 | |
| Nonpartisan | Trini Acevedo | 151 | 3.70 | |
| Total votes | 100 | |||
Runoff results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Nonpartisan | Cissy Lizarraga | 1,833 | 55.38 | |
| Nonpartisan | Robert Cormell | 1,477 | 44.62 | |
| Total votes | 3,310 | 100 | ||