El Paso, Texas El Paso (; "the pass") is a city in and the county seat, seat of El Paso County, Texas, El Paso County in the western corner of the U.S. state of Texas. The 2020 population of the city from the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau w ...

, held a first round of general elections on May 6, 2017, to elect the

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and city council. The run-off election was June 10, 2017. Incumbent Mayor

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was eligible for another term, but announced in July 2016 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." The election was non-partisan; therefore there was no primary election. However, if no candidate won a majority there will be a run-off election. The mayor and council members elected in 2017 will serve through December 2020. The term is shortened because of a charter amendment to move city elections from May in odd-numbered years to November in even-numbered years.

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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. Margo defeated Saucedo in the run-off election. 8.57% of registered voters voted in the run-off election, one of the lowest turnouts in the city's history. 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.

Mayoral election

Candidates

* Emma Acosta (2008–present), city council representative * Jorge Artalejo, perennial candidate *

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, YISD basketball coach, director of the Willy Cager Foundation, and member of the 1966 UTEP Basketball team *

, former Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives * Elisa Morales, health science researcher, medical device salesperson, Health Graduate Fellow for Congressman

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and Senator

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, and legislative aide to Senator

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* Jaime Perez, perennial candidate * David Saucedo, owner of Saucedo Lock Company and former president of the board of direct of the Boys & Girls Club of El Paso * Charles Stapler, member of the El Paso County Historical Commission board

Declined candidates

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, KVIA news anchor *

, incumbent mayor * Cortney Niland, city council representative (2011–2017) * Emma Schwartz, president and CEO of the Medical Center of the Americas Foundation *

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, former mayor of El Paso (2003-2005)

First round results

Runoff results

City council election

Candidates

District 2

=Candidates

= * Alexsandra Annello, student * Dolores Baca, writer and housewife * Jud Burgess, artist and activist *Alexander Burnside, veteran and Bernie Sanders activist * Jim Tolbert, city council representative (2016–2017) * Raul Valdez, UTEP teaching assistant

=First round results

=Runoff results

District 3

=Candidates

= * Jaime Barceleau, charitable executive director for the Paso del Norte Children's Development Center * Elias Camacho, Vietnam War veteran, retired El Paso Police Department detective, private investigator, and substitute teacher * Cassandra Hernandez-Brown, deputy director of Dynamic Workforce Solutions * Louis Pellicano, retired person * Antonio Williams, private practice immigration attorney, and State Democratic Executive Committeeman for Texas Senate District 29

=Results

=Runoff results

District 4

=Candidates

= * Shane Haggerty, retired firefighter and Ysleta Independent School District Board of Trustees president * Sam Morgan, owner of El Paso Concealed Carry * Jose Plasencia, Green Party activist, chess teacher * Diana Ramos, Socorro Independent School District instructional aide and former employee of Congressman

=Results

=Runoff results

District 7

=Candidates

= * Lily Limon, city council representative (2013–2017) * Henry Rivera, police officer

=Results

District 8

=Candidates

= * Trini Acevedo, health unit coordinator at University Medical Center * Robert Cormell, businessman * Gilbert Guillen, retired businessman and anti-arena activist * Cissy Lizarraga, retired teacher * Adolfo Lopez, attorney

=Results

=Runoff results

References

External links

;Campaign websites
Dee Margo for Mayor

David Saucedo for Mayor

Elisa Morales for Mayor

Jaime Perez for Mayor
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El Paso El Paso (; "the pass") is a city in and the seat of El Paso County in the western corner of the U.S. state of Texas. The 2020 population of the city from the U.S. Census Bureau was 678,815, making it the 23rd-largest city in the U.S., the s ...

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