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Eric Rodriguez (Texas)
Eric Rodriguez ran for election for Mayor of Corpus Christi in Texas. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Biography
As of 2019, Rodriguez was pursuing a bachelor's degree in political science from Texas A&M Corpus Christi. His professional experience includes working in environmental management from the Department of Defense. He has served as the NAVFAC vice president for AFGE Local 1005, as vice president of the Coastal Bend Young Democrats, as the Texas Congressional District 27 liaison for the Citizens Climate Lobby, and as a Nueces County delegate.[1][2] Rodriguez has worked with Big Brothers Big Sisters, the Coastal Bend Sierra Club, Texas Sierra Club Political Committee, South Texas World Affairs Council, and served the NAACP as Environmental and Climate Justice Chair.[3]
Elections
2020
See also: Mayoral election in Corpus Christi, Texas (2020)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Mayor of Corpus Christi
Paulette Guajardo defeated incumbent Joe McComb in the general runoff election for Mayor of Corpus Christi on December 15, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Paulette Guajardo (Nonpartisan) | 56.1 | 15,889 |
 | Joe McComb (Nonpartisan) | 43.9 | 12,453 | |
| Total votes: 28,342 | |||
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General election
General election for Mayor of Corpus Christi
The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of Corpus Christi on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joe McComb (Nonpartisan) | 33.0 | 34,118 |
| ✔ | | Paulette Guajardo (Nonpartisan) | 32.2 | 33,366 |
 | Carolyn Vaughn (Nonpartisan) | 16.6 | 17,198 | |
 | Priscilla Gonzalez (Nonpartisan) | 5.2 | 5,427 | |
 | Eric Rodriguez (Nonpartisan) | 4.2 | 4,330 | |
 | Ray Madrigal De Pancho Villa (Nonpartisan) | 3.1 | 3,213 | |
| Joe Michael Perez (Nonpartisan) | 2.7 | 2,793 | ||
| John Medina (Nonpartisan) | 2.7 | 2,775 | ||
| Roberto Seidner (Nonpartisan) | 0.3 | 284 | ||
| Total votes: 103,504 | |||
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2018
General runoff election
General runoff election for Corpus Christi City Council District 5
Gil Hernandez defeated Paul Thurman in the general runoff election for Corpus Christi City Council District 5 on December 18, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Gil Hernandez (Nonpartisan) | 65.6 | 3,065 |
 | Paul Thurman (Nonpartisan) | 34.4 | 1,605 | |
| Total votes: 4,670 | |||
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General election
General election for Corpus Christi City Council District 5
Gil Hernandez and Paul Thurman advanced to a runoff. They defeated Carlos Torres and Eric Rodriguez in the general election for Corpus Christi City Council District 5 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gil Hernandez (Nonpartisan) | 28.6 | 4,659 |
| ✔ | | Paul Thurman (Nonpartisan) | 25.0 | 4,080 |
| Carlos Torres (Nonpartisan) | 24.4 | 3,974 | ||
| Eric Rodriguez (Nonpartisan) | 22.1 | 3,604 | |
| Total votes: 16,317 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Eric Rodriguez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia biographical submission form
The candidate completed Ballotpedia's biographical information submission form:
| “ | Is there anything you would like to add?
I ran my first ever Campaign this year of 2018. One hundred percent grass roots and headed it as the CO- Campaign Manager.[4] |
” |
| —Eric Rodriguez[1] | ||
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Information submitted on Ballotpedia’s biographical information submission form on December 11, 2018
- ↑ Ballotpedia staff, "Email communication with Eric Rodriguez," November 19, 2019]
- ↑ Ballotpedia staff, "Email communication with Eric Rodriguez," February 4, 2022]
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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