Peter Svarzbein
Peter Svarzbein was a member of the El Paso City Council in Texas, representing District 1. Svarzbein assumed office in 2015. Svarzbein left office on January 3, 2023.
Svarzbein ran for re-election to the El Paso City Council to represent District 1 in Texas. Svarzbein won in the general runoff election on December 15, 2018.
Elections
2018
General runoff election
General runoff election for El Paso City Council District 1
Incumbent Peter Svarzbein defeated Veronica Fresca in the general runoff election for El Paso City Council District 1 on December 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Peter Svarzbein (Nonpartisan) | 63.6 | 2,810 |
| Veronica Fresca (Nonpartisan) | 36.4 | 1,609 | ||
| Total votes: 4,419 | |||
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General election
General election for El Paso City Council District 1
Incumbent Peter Svarzbein and Veronica Fresca advanced to a runoff. They defeated Richard Bonart and Carlos Corral in the general election for El Paso City Council District 1 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Peter Svarzbein (Nonpartisan) | 30.6 | 8,115 |
| ✔ | Veronica Fresca (Nonpartisan) | 28.1 | 7,448 | |
| Richard Bonart (Nonpartisan) | 24.8 | 6,585 | ||
| Carlos Corral (Nonpartisan) | 16.5 | 4,387 | ||
| Total votes: 26,535 | |||
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2015
The city of El Paso, Texas, held elections for mayor and city council on May 9, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was February 27, 2015. Five of the eight city council seats were up for election, including Districts 1, 5, 6 and 8. In District 1, candidates included Richard C. Bonart, Manuel J. Hinojosa, Peter Svarzbein, Bertha A. Gallardo, Daniel Lopez and Albert Weisenberger. Because no candidate received a majority in the general election, the top-two candidates — Svarzbein and Weisenberger — advanced to a runoff election on June 13.[1] Svarzbein was the winner.[2] Incumbent Ann Morgan Lilly did not run for re-election.[3]
| El Paso City Council, District 1, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
 Peter Svarzbein |
55.3% | 2,249 | |
| Albert Weisenberger | 44.7% | 1,819 | |
| Total Votes | 4,068 | ||
| Source: El Paso County Elections, "Official runoff election results," accessed September 15, 2015 | |||
| El Paso City Council, District 1, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Albert Weisenberger |
31.8% | 2,009 | |
| Peter Svarzbein |
25.1% | 1,585 | |
| Richard C. Bonart | 18.1% | 1,144 | |
| Bertha A. Gallardo | 13.4% | 849 | |
| Manuel J. Hinojosa | 5.9% | 371 | |
| Daniel Lopez | 5.8% | 367 | |
| Total Votes | 5,958 | ||
| Source: El Paso County Elections, "Official general election results," accessed May 28, 2015 | |||
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