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Joe McComb
Joe McComb was the Mayor of Corpus Christi in Texas. McComb assumed office in 2017. McComb left office on January 12, 2021.
McComb ran for re-election for Mayor of Corpus Christi in Texas. McComb lost in the general runoff election on December 15, 2020.
At the time of his 2017 run for mayor, McComb was an at-large member of the Corpus Christi City Council. He won the seat in the general election on November 8, 2016, and was sworn in on December 13, 2016.[1] McComb previously served as the District 5 representative on the Corpus Christi City Council from 1983 to 1987 and 1989 to 1993 and as the Precinct 4 representative on the Nueces County Commission from 1995 to 2002 and 2011 to 2014.[2]
Mayoral elections in Corpus Christi are officially nonpartisan. McComb was identified by the Nueces County Republican Party as a member of the Republican Party.[3]
Biography
McComb attended Del Mar College and earned a business degree from Stephen F. Austin State University.[2]
At the time of his 2017 run for office, McComb was the owner of McComb Relocation Services. He has also served as the founder of the volunteer house painting and repair organization Operation Paintbrush, the president of the Schanen Estates Elementary School PTA and the Southside Rotary Club, the director of Texas Commerce Bank, and a member of the board of trustees of the Christus Sphon Health System, the South Central Texas Advisory Board for the Edwards Aquifer Authority, the board of Texas Search and Rescue, and the Christian education coordinating board of the Baptist General Convention of Texas.[2]
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 Mayor of Corpus Christi
Incumbent Joe McComb defeated Michael Hall in the general runoff election for Mayor of Corpus Christi on December 18, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joe McComb (Nonpartisan) | 60.0 | 10,992 |
| Michael Hall (Nonpartisan) | 40.0 | 7,336 | ||
| Total votes: 18,328 | |||
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General election
General election for Mayor of Corpus Christi
Incumbent Joe McComb and Michael Hall advanced to a runoff. They defeated Aislynn Campbell, Ray Madrigal De Pancho Villa, and Dan McQueen in the general election for Mayor of Corpus Christi on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joe McComb (Nonpartisan) | 49.7 | 36,152 |
| ✔ | Michael Hall (Nonpartisan) | 19.6 | 14,279 | |
| Aislynn Campbell (Nonpartisan) | 18.2 | 13,235 | ||
| Ray Madrigal De Pancho Villa (Nonpartisan) | 8.6 | 6,264 | |
 | Dan McQueen (Nonpartisan) | 3.8 | 2,800 | |
| Total votes: 72,730 | |||
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2017
Corpus Christi, Texas held a special election for mayor on May 6, 2017. Former Mayor Dan McQueen, who won election to the position on November 8, 2016, and was sworn in on December 13, 2016, resigned from office in January 2017. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in the special election was March 27, 2017.[4][5] The following candidates ran in the special election for mayor of Corpus Christi.[6]
| Mayor of Corpus Christi, Special Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Joe McComb |
52.22% | 11,112 |
| Nelda Martinez | 30.29% | 6,445 |
| Larry White | 7.13% | 1,518 |
| Mark Di Carlo | 3.47% | 738 |
| Jonathan Garison | 2.99% | 636 |
| James Hernandez | 1.81% | 385 |
| Ray Madrigal | 1.59% | 339 |
| Margareta Fratila | 0.50% | 107 |
| Total Votes | 21,280 | |
| Source: Ballotpedia staff, Email correspondence with Nueces County Elections Department, July 17, 2017 | ||
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2016The city of Corpus Christi, Texas, held elections for mayor and city council on November 8, 2016. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was August 22, 2016. All eight city council seats were up for election.[7] The following candidates ran in the Corpus Christi City Council general election for the three at-large seats.[8]
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Joe McComb did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2017
On his campaign website, McComb said:
| “ | Voters in November indicated to me through their votes that they want to see change. They want:
I think I have shown that you can trust me to achieve your goals and that is why I am running for Mayor of Corpus Christi in the May 6th election.[9] |
” |
| —Joe McComb's campaign website, (2017)[10] | ||
In response to a question from KRIS-TV about his campaign priorities, McComb said, "I think it'd be to create and give the community some stability in the leadership, [to] show that you've got a team working together for the benefit of the community. We're not puppets up there, it's not a one man operation. The council that is there now, I think, is very committed to moving the city forward. They're not shy about expressing their opinions on an issue, whether we agree or disagree. At the end of the day, I think we all come together and say this decision's got to be in the best interest of the community."[11]
Noteworthy events
Events and activity following the death of George Floyd
McComb was mayor of Corpus Christi during the weekend of May 29-31, 2020, when events and activity took place in cities across the U.S. following the death of George Floyd. Events in Corpus Christi, Texas, began on Saturday, May 30, 2020, at the downtown Art Center of South Texas.[12] No curfews were issued. The national guard was not deployed.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ KZTV, "New City Council Members Sworn In," December 13, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 McComb for Mayor, "About Joe," accessed April 12, 2017
- ↑ Nueces County Republican Party, "Joe McComb," accessed May 18, 2017
- ↑ The Charlotte Observer, "Mayor Resigns After One Month in Office, Via Facebook," January 19, 2017
- ↑ City of Corpus Christi, "Special Election 2017," accessed March 28, 2017
- ↑ Ballotpedia staff, "Email correspondence with the office of the Corpus Christi city secretary," March 28, 2017
- ↑ Nueces County Elections, "2016 Election Dates," accessed January 27, 2016
- ↑ City of Corpus Christi, "General Election - November 2016 Candidate List," accessed August 23, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ McComb for Mayor, "Home," accessed April 12, 2017
- ↑ KRIS-TV, "Candidate Profile for Joe McComb," accessed April 12, 2017
- ↑ KRIS 6 News, "Protest held at City Hall in response to Floyd death," May 31, 2020
- ↑ Washington Post, "The death of George Floyd: What video and other records show about his final minutes," May 30, 2020
- ↑ The New York Times, "8 Minutes and 46 Seconds: How George Floyd Was Killed in Police Custody," May 31, 2020
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 USA Today, "Medical examiner and family-commissioned autopsy agree: George Floyd's death was a homicide," June 1, 2020
- ↑ Associated Press, "Chauvin guilty of murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death," April 20, 2021
- ↑ CNN, "Protests across America after George Floyd's death," accessed June 2, 2020
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Dan McQueen |
Mayor of Corpus Christi 2017 - 2021 |
Succeeded by Paulette Guajardo |
| Preceded by Chad Magill |
Corpus Christi City Council, At-large 2016-2017 |
Succeeded by Debbie Lindsey-Opel |
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