Ben Medina

Nonpartisan

Ben Medina was a2016nonpartisan candidate for District 1 of theLubbock City Council inTexas. He was defeated in thespecial election on May 7, 2016.

Elections

2016

See also:Municipal elections in Lubbock, Texas (2016)

The city ofLubbock, Texas, held elections formayor and city council on May 7, 2016. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 19, 2016. Four of six council seats were up for election on the same day, the three regularly-scheduled for election and District 1, which was up for a special election. Two of them were up for runoff election on June 25, 2016, including the District 1 seat.^[1]Juan Chadis andFrank Gutierrez defeatedBen Medina andTristan Ramirez in the Lubbock City Council District 1 special election.^[2]

Lubbock City Council District 1, Special Election, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Juan Chadis	39.57%	641
Frank Gutierrez	36.73%	595
Ben Medina	13.77%	223
Tristan Ramirez	9.94%	161
Total Votes		1,620
Source:Lubbock County, Texas, "General and Special Elections Official Results," accessed May 25, 2016

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See also

• Lubbock, Texas
• Municipal elections in Lubbock, Texas (2016)
• United States municipal elections, 2016

External links

Suggest a link

• Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, "2 new candidates enter District 1 race on filing deadline," March 8, 2016
• Ben Medina on Facebook

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