Ben Mendoza
Ben Mendoza ran for election for Mayor of El Paso in Texas. Mendoza lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: Mayoral election in El Paso, Texas (2024)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Mayor of El Paso
Renard Johnson defeated Brian Kennedy in the general runoff election for Mayor of El Paso on December 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Renard Johnson (Nonpartisan)  | 56.1 | 19,630 |
 | Brian Kennedy (Nonpartisan) | 43.9 | 15,343 | |
| Total votes: 34,973 | |||
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General election
General election for Mayor of El Paso
The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of El Paso on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Renard Johnson (Nonpartisan) | 32.5 | 59,698 |
| ✔ | | Brian Kennedy (Nonpartisan) | 24.2 | 44,516 |
 | Cassandra Hernandez (Nonpartisan) | 10.3 | 19,025 | |
| Steven Winters (Nonpartisan) | 8.6 | 15,843 | ||
 | Isabel Salcido (Nonpartisan) | 7.4 | 13,631 | |
| Marco Contreras (Nonpartisan) | 6.5 | 11,925 | ||
 | Elizabeth Cordova (Nonpartisan) | 5.9 | 10,773 | |
 | Ben Mendoza (Nonpartisan) | 4.6 | 8,462 | |
| Total votes: 183,873 | |||
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Endorsements
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2023
See also: City elections in El Paso, Texas (2023-2024)
General runoff election
Special general runoff election for El Paso City Council District 2
Joshua Acevedo defeated Veronica Carbajal in the special general runoff election for El Paso City Council District 2 on January 20, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joshua Acevedo (Nonpartisan) | 55.6 | 1,527 | |
 | Veronica Carbajal (Nonpartisan) | 44.4 | 1,220 | |
| Total votes: 2,747 | |||
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General election
Special general election for El Paso City Council District 2
Veronica Carbajal and Joshua Acevedo advanced to a runoff. They defeated Judy Gutierrez and Ben Mendoza in the special general election for El Paso City Council District 2 on December 9, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Veronica Carbajal (Nonpartisan) | 35.9 | 781 |
| ✔ | Joshua Acevedo (Nonpartisan) | 35.6 | 775 | |
| Judy Gutierrez (Nonpartisan) | 24.3 | 528 | ||
| Ben Mendoza (Nonpartisan) | 4.1 | 90 | |
| Total votes: 2,174 | |||
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Endorsements
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2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 16
Veronica Escobar defeated Rick Seeberger and Ben Mendoza in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 16 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Veronica Escobar (D) | 68.5 | 124,437 |
 | Rick Seeberger (R) | 27.0 | 49,127 | |
| Ben Mendoza (Independent) | 4.5 | 8,147 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 43 | ||
| Total votes: 181,754 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 16
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 16 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Veronica Escobar | 61.4 | 30,630 |
 | Dori Fenenbock | 22.0 | 10,992 | |
 | Norma Chavez | 6.7 | 3,325 | |
 | Enrique Garcia | 5.3 | 2,661 | |
 | Jerome Tilghman | 3.0 | 1,489 | |
 | John Carrillo | 1.5 | 771 | |
| Total votes: 49,868 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 16
Rick Seeberger defeated Alia Garcia-Ureste in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 16 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rick Seeberger | 69.3 | 7,273 |
 | Alia Garcia-Ureste | 30.7 | 3,216 | |
| Total votes: 10,489 | |||
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2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Beto O'Rourke (D) defeated Jaime Perez (L) and Mary Gourdoux (G) in the general election on November 8, 2016. O'Rourke defeated Ben Mendoza in the Democratic primary on March 1, 2016. No Republicans filed to run in the race.[1][2]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Beto O'Rourke Incumbent |
85.7% | 150,228 | |
| Libertarian | Jaime Perez | 10% | 17,491 | |
| Green | Mary Gourdoux | 4.3% | 7,510 | |
| Total Votes | 175,229 | |||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Beto O'Rourke Incumbent |
85.6% | 40,051 | ||
| Ben Mendoza | 14.4% | 6,749 | ||
| Total Votes | 46,800 | |||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State |
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2014
Elections for all 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on March 4, 2014. Those candidates who did not receive 50 percent or more of the vote in their party primary on March 4 faced an additional May 27 primary runoff. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in these elections was December 9, 2013. Incumbent Marisa Marquez defeated Lyda Ness-Garcia in the Democratic primary and was unchallenged in the general election. Ben Mendoza (I) was defeated by Marquez in the general election.[3][4][5][6]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Marisa Marquez Incumbent |
78.2% | 11,324 | |
| Independent | Ben Mendoza | 21.8% | 3,166 | |
| Total Votes | 14,490 | |||
2012
Mendoza ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House, representing Texas' 16th District. He was defeated by Beto O'Rourke in the Democratic primary on May 29, 2012.[7][8]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Ben Mendoza did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2023
Ben Mendoza did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed December 15, 2015
- ↑ The New York Times, "Texas Primary Results," March 1, 2016
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current ELECTION HISTORY," accessed December 2, 2014
- ↑ The Libertarian Party of Texas, "2014 Texas Representative Candidate List," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ Green Party of Texas, "Greens Release Candidate List," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ Texas Tribune, "The 2014 Election Brackets," accessed July 31, 2014
- ↑ Texas Democrats, "2012 Candidate list," accessed May 10, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Unofficial Democratic primary results," May 29, 2012
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