Municipal elections in El Paso County, Texas (2018)

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2018 El Paso County elections
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Election dates
Filing deadline: December 11, 2017
Primary election: March 6, 2018
General election: November 6, 2018
Election stats
Offices up: County judge, County commissioner, District clerk, County clerk, Justices of the peace
Total seats up: 13
Election type: Partisan
Other municipal elections
U.S. municipal elections, 2018
El Paso County, Texas, held general elections for county judge, county commissioner, district clerk, county clerk, and justices of the peace on November 6, 2018. If a race had multiple candidates for a party nomination, a primary was held on March 6, 2018. The deadline for candidates to file to run in this election was December 11, 2017.


In primary races where no candidate received a majority of the vote, a primary runoff between the top two candidates was held on May 22, 2018.

Elections

County commission

Judge

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary runoff

John Cook
Ricardo Samaniego

Democratic primary Democratic Party

RunoffArrow.jpg John Cook
Laura Enriquez
RunoffArrow.jpg Ricardo Samaniego

Precinct 2

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

David Stout (i)
Sergio Lewis

Precinct 4

General election

General election candidates


Republican primary Republican Party

Andrew Haggerty (i)

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Carl L. Robinson

County clerk

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Delia Briones (i)

District clerk

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Norma Favela Barceleau (i)

Judicial

District Courts

120th District Court

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Maria Salas-Mendoza (i)

Republican primary Republican Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

168th District Court

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Marcos Lizarraga (i)

Republican primary Republican Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

171st District Court

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Bonnie Rangel (i)

Republican primary Republican Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

205th District Court

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Francisco X. Dominguez (i)

Republican primary Republican Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

210th District Court

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Alyssa Perez
Monique Velarde

Republican primary Republican Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

243rd District Court

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

RunoffArrow.jpg Luis Aguilar (i) (Aguilar dropped out of the race prior to the runoff)
Feliciano Castanon
Roberto Ramos
RunoffArrow.jpg Selena Solis

Republican primary Republican Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

327th District Court

General election

General election candidates

  • Linda Chew  (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Linda Chew (i)

Republican primary Republican Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

El Paso County Court at Law

Number 1

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Ruben Nunez
Ruth Reyes

Republican primary Republican Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

Number 2

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Julie Gonzalez (i)

Republican primary Republican Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

Number 3

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Javier Alvarez (i)

Republican primary Republican Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

Number 4

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Alejandro Gonzalez (i)

Republican primary Republican Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

Number 5

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary runoff Democratic Party

Jesus Rodriguez
Kristin Raquel Romero

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Danny Razo
RunoffArrow.jpg Jesus Rodriguez
RunoffArrow.jpg Kristin Raquel Romero
Mike Herrera

Republican primary Republican Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

Number 6

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

M. Sue Kurita (i)

Republican primary Republican Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

Number 7

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Patsy Lopez
Ruben Morales

Republican primary Republican Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

El Paso County Criminal Court

Number 1

General election

General election candidates

  • Alma Trejo  (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Alma Trejo (i)

Republican primary Republican Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

Number 2

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Robert S. Anchondo (i)

Republican primary Republican Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

El Paso County Probate Court

Number 1

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Patricia Chew (i)
Darron Powell

Republican primary Republican Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

Number 2

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Eduardo A. Gamboa (i)

Republican primary Republican Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

Justice of the Peace Courts

Precinct 1

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Robert Pearson (i)

Republican primary Republican Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

Precinct 2

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Brian Haggerty (i)

Republican primary Republican Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

Precinct 3

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary runoff Democratic Party

Josh Herrera
Patricia Juarez Estrada

Democratic primary Democratic Party

RunoffArrow.jpg Josh Herrera
Maria Dolores Lucas
RunoffArrow.jpg Patricia Juarez Estrada
Spanky Sanchez

Republican primary Republican Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

Precinct 4

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary runoff Democratic Party

Jesus Urenda (i)
Rebeca Bustamante

Democratic primary Democratic Party

RunoffArrow.jpg Jesus Urenda (i)
Patsy Patino
RunoffArrow.jpg Rebeca Bustamante

Republican primary Republican Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

Precinct 5

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary runoff Democratic Party

John Chatman (i)
Lucilla Najera

Democratic primary Democratic Party

RunoffArrow.jpg John Chatman (i)
Kathryn Lucero
RunoffArrow.jpg Lucilla Najera

Republican primary Republican Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

Precinct 6, Place 1

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Ruben Lujan (i)

Republican primary Republican Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

Precinct 6, Place 2

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary runoff Democratic Party

Enedina Nina Serna (i)
Rosalie Dominguez

Democratic primary Democratic Party

RunoffArrow.jpg Enedina Nina Serna (i)
Ray Rocha
RunoffArrow.jpg Rosalie Dominguez

Republican primary Republican Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

Precinct 7

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

James W. Wolff
Stephanie Frietze

Republican primary runoff Republican Party

Kelly Dickson (i)
Ida Gardner

Republican primary Republican Party

RunoffArrow.jpg Kelly Dickson (i)
RunoffArrow.jpg Ida Gardner
Crystal Urquidi

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Texas elections, 2018

About the county

Demographics

The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.

Demographic Data for El Paso County, Texas
El Paso County Texas
Population 800,647 25,145,561
Land area (sq mi) 1,013 261,266
Race and ethnicity**
White 79.7% 74%
Black/African American 3.3% 12.1%
Asian 1.2% 4.8%
Native American 0.6% 0.5%
Pacific Islander 0.1% 0.1%
Other (single race) 12.3% 5.8%
Multiple 2.7% 2.7%
Hispanic/Latino 82.6% 39.3%
Education
High school graduation rate 78.5% 83.7%
College graduation rate 23.3% 29.9%
Income
Median household income $46,871 $61,874
Persons below poverty level 20.2% 14.7%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

One of 254 Texas counties—0.4 percent—is a Pivot County. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
County Trump margin of victory in 2016 Obama margin of victory in 2012 Obama margin of victory in 2008
Jefferson County, Texas 0.48% 1.61% 2.25%

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Texas with 52.2 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 43.2 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Texas cast votes for the winning presidential candidate 66.7 percent of the time. In that same time frame, Texas supported Democratic candidates slightly more often than Republicans, 53.3 to 46.7 percent. The state, however, favored Republicans in every presidential election between 2000 and 2016.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Texas. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[1][2]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 54 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 37.4 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 65 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 36.4 points. Clinton won 10 districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 96 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 36.2 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 85 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 34.5 points.

See also

El Paso County, Texas Texas Municipal government Other local coverage
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External links

Footnotes