2017 El Paso, Texas, city elections ← 2013 May 6, 2017 (2017-05-06 ) 2020 →
El Paso, Texas , held a first round ofgeneral elections on May 6, 2017, to elect themayor and city council. The runoff election took place on June 10, 2017. Incumbent mayorOscar 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]
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] [ 6] [ 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]
El Paso mayoral election, 2017 ← 2013 May 6, 2017 (2017-05-06 ) (first round) (2017-06-10 ) (runoff) 2020 →
Turnout 7.86% (first round)[ 11] [ 12]
El Paso mayoral election results, 2017 Party Candidate Votes % Nonpartisan Dee Margo 17,148 57% Nonpartisan David Saucedo 12,937 43% Total votes 30,085 100%
City council election [ edit ] Alexsandra Annello, student[ 13] [ 14] Dolores Baca, writer and housewife[ 15] [ 14] Jud Burgess, artist and activist[ 16] Alexander Burnside, veteran andBernie Sanders activist[ 17] [ 14] Jim Tolbert, city council representative (2016–2017)[ 18] Raul Valdez, UTEP teaching assistant[ 19] [ 14] First round results [ edit ] El Paso District 2 election results, 2017 Party Candidate Votes % Nonpartisan Alexsandra Annello 1,929 60.83 Nonpartisan Jim Tolbert 1,242 39.17 Total votes 3,171 100
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] El Paso District 3 election results, 2017 Party Candidate Votes % Nonpartisan Cassandra Hernandez 2,711 59.26 Nonpartisan Jaime Barceleau 1,864 40.74 Total votes 4,575 100
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 CongressmanBeto O'Rourke [ 18] El Paso District 4 election results, 2017 Party Candidate Votes % Nonpartisan Sam Morgan 2,555 54.10 Nonpartisan Shane Haggerty 2,168 45.90 Total votes 4,723 100
Lily Limon, city council representative (2013–2017)[ 18] Henry Rivera, police officer[ 14] El Paso District 7 election results, 2017 Party Candidate Votes % Nonpartisan Henry Rivera 2,797 62.39 Nonpartisan Lily Limon 1,686 37.61 Total votes 4,483 100
Trini Acevedo, health unit coordinator at University Medical Center[ 26] [ 27] Robert Cormell, businessman[ 28] Gilbert Guillen, retired businessman and anti-arena activist[ 8] Cissy Lizarraga, retired teacher[ 28] Adolfo Lopez, attorney[ 28] El Paso District 8 election results, 2017 Party Candidate Votes % Nonpartisan Cissy Lizarraga 1,833 55.38 Nonpartisan Robert Cormell 1,477 44.62 Total votes 3,310 100
^ "Mayor Leeser will not seek reelection" .KVIA . July 28, 2016. RetrievedMay 1, 2017 .^ Crowder, David (August 1, 2016)."If Leeser's not running, who should?" .El Paso Inc. RetrievedMay 1, 2017 . ^ "Partisan vs. Nonpartisan Elections" .National League of Cities . RetrievedMay 1, 2017 .^ "City Charter changes possible" .El Paso Times the original on July 2, 2013. RetrievedJanuary 3, 2015 .^ "Margo and Saucedo head to runoff for mayoral seat" .^ "Dee Margo elected mayor of El Paso - KVIA" .www.kvia.com . Archived fromthe original on June 11, 2017.^ "What 8.57% Means" . June 12, 2017.^a b Crowder, David (April 10, 2017)."City to hold June election for Niland seat" .El Paso Inc . RetrievedMay 1, 2017 . ^ "El Paso County Elections" . County of El Paso. June 23, 2013. RetrievedJune 26, 2013 .^ "Lizarraga takes City Council District 8 runoff by more than 300 votes" .^ "Election Summary Report 2017 MAY UNIFORM ELECTION Summary For Jurisdiction Wide, All Counters, All Races OFFICIAL FINAL ELECTION RESULTS" (PDF) . El Paso County. May 22, 2017. RetrievedOctober 24, 2019 .^ "Election Summary Report 2017 JUNE UNIFORM RUNOFF AND SPECIAL ELECTION OFFICIAL FINAL ELECTION RESULTS" (PDF) . El Paso County. June 28, 2017. RetrievedOctober 24, 2019 .^ "Archived copy" . Archived fromthe original on February 18, 2017. RetrievedFebruary 18, 2017 .{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )^a b c d e f g Borunda, Daniel (February 17, 2017)."El Paso mayoral race to feature 7 candidates" .El Paso Times . RetrievedMay 1, 2017 . ^ "Archived copy" . Archived fromthe original on February 18, 2017. RetrievedFebruary 18, 2017 .{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )^ Perez, Elida S. (January 18, 2017)."Ethics panel criticizes city attorney's delays" .El Paso Times . RetrievedMay 1, 2017 . ^ Cullinane, Ashley (May 22, 2016)."Vado residents: Sanders rally biggest event since 'we got a car wash' .KFOX . RetrievedMay 1, 2017 . ^a b c d e f Perez, Elida S."Candidates for May 2017 city election growing" .El Paso Times . RetrievedMay 1, 2017 . ^ "Archived copy" . Archived fromthe original on February 15, 2017. RetrievedFebruary 15, 2017 .{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )^a b Perez, Elida S. (August 29, 2016)."2 more El Paso mayoral candidates announce" .El Paso Times . RetrievedMay 1, 2017 . ^ "2nd council candidate plans run for District 3" .^ "Archived copy" . Archived fromthe original on February 18, 2017. RetrievedFebruary 18, 2017 .{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )^ https://www.facebook.com/JoseForElPaso/ [user-generated source ^ "Candidates – El Paso Green Party" . Archived fromthe original on March 3, 2017. RetrievedMarch 2, 2017 .^ "Archived copy" . Archived fromthe original on February 5, 2017. RetrievedFebruary 5, 2017 .{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )^ "The Lion Star Blog by Jaime Abeytia: D8: The Candidates" . May 18, 2017.^ "Acevedo: Employees can help shape UMC improvements" .^a b c "Four people have filed for District 8 seat" . KTSM. April 19, 2017. RetrievedMay 1, 2017 .Campaign websites
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