Lily Limon
2025 - Present
2029
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Lily Limon is a member of the El Paso City Council in Texas, representing District 7. Limon assumed office on January 7, 2025. Limon's current term ends on January 2, 2029.
Limon ran for election to the El Paso City Council to represent District 7 in Texas. Limon won in the general runoff election on December 14, 2024.
Biography
Limon earned her bachelor's degree and master's degree from the University of Texas at El Paso.[1]
At the time of her 2017 run for office, Limon was a retired educator. Her professional experience includes work as a Spanish teacher, assistant principal, and principal for the Ysleta Independent School District. She has also served as the chair of the El Paso Commission for Women and the Hispanic Leadership Institute, the vice president of the El Paso chapter of the University of Texas at El Paso Alumni Association, and an advisory member of the Sin Fronteras Organizing Project.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: City elections in El Paso, Texas (2024)
General runoff election
General runoff election for El Paso City Council District 7
Lily Limon defeated Christopher Hernandez in the general runoff election for El Paso City Council District 7 on December 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lily Limon (Nonpartisan) | 58.1 | 2,748 |
| Christopher Hernandez (Nonpartisan) | 41.9 | 1,981 | ||
| Total votes: 4,729 | |||
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General election
General election for El Paso City Council District 7
Lily Limon and Christopher Hernandez advanced to a runoff. They defeated Fabiola Campos-Lopez and Alan Serna in the general election for El Paso City Council District 7 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lily Limon (Nonpartisan) | 41.2 | 8,752 |
| ✔ | Christopher Hernandez (Nonpartisan) | 22.0 | 4,669 | |
 | Fabiola Campos-Lopez (Nonpartisan) | 21.1 | 4,482 | |
 | Alan Serna (Nonpartisan) | 15.8 | 3,350 | |
| Total votes: 21,253 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Limon in this election.
2017
The city of El Paso, Texas, held a general election for mayor and city council on May 6, 2017. Runoff elections for mayor and city council and a special election for city council were held on June 10, 2017. The filing deadline for the May election was February 17 and the filing deadline for the June special election was May 1, 2017.
Mayor Oscar Leeser did not run for re-election in 2017. His seat and the city council seats in District 2, 3, 4, and 7 were up for regular election. The June special election, which advanced to a runoff on July 15, filled the vacancy created by the resignation of District 8 Councilwoman Cortney Niland.[2] Henry Rivera defeated incumbent Lily Limon in the general election for the District 7 seat on the El Paso City Council.[3]
| El Paso City Council, District 7 General Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Henry Rivera |
62.39% | 2,797 |
| Lily Limon Incumbent | 37.61% | 1,686 |
| Total Votes | 4,483 | |
| Source: El Paso County Elections, "Official Final Election Results," accessed May 23, 2017 | ||
Endorsements
Limon received endorsements from the following in 2017:
- El Paso Green Party[4]
- El Paso Municipal Police Officers' Association[5]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Lily Limon did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2017
At a candidate forum hosted by KCOS and the El Paso League of Women Voters, Limon was asked about the most important needs in District 7. She said:
| “ | No matter what part of the city that you go to, the number one priority are our streets and our sidewalks. No matter what community meeting, no matter where I go, constituents will consistently say the condition of their streets and their sidewalks are lacking. When we look at our community, we see many streets in the valley—as you know, District 7 is split between the north side of I-10 and the south side, clearly delineated by I-10—and I'll have residents that'll say, well, everything goes to the south side, and south side residents will say everything goes to the north side. But, consistently, the issue of our streets is something that's very, very important and something that has been very lacking. We tend to put money in different areas, but as I will say always, that when people think about quality of life, quality of life begins the moment you open your door and you look at your sidewalks and you look at your streets. So, that will be the focus, one of the main things that we will continue to work on in District 7.[6] | ” |
| —Lily Limon[7] | ||
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate El Paso City Council District 7 |
Officeholder El Paso City Council District 7 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Facebook, "Lily Limon, District 7 City Representative," accessed April 20, 2017
- ↑ El Paso Times, "Mayor Oscar Leeser Will Not Seek Re-Election," July 28, 2016
- ↑ City of El Paso Municipal Clerk, "May 6, 2017 General Election," accessed February 18, 2017
- ↑ Facebook, "El Paso Green Party on April 12, 2017," accessed April 20, 2017
- ↑ El Paso Municipal Police Officers' Association, "EPMPOA & C.O.P.S. Announce Endorsements for May City Elections," March 21, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ KCOS-TV, "El Paso Election Forums," April 9, 2017
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Henry Rivera |
El Paso City Council District 7 2025-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
El Paso City Council District 7 2013-2017 |
Succeeded by Henry Rivera |
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