Ray Madrigal De Pancho Villa

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Ray Madrigal De Pancho Villa

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 3, 2020

Education

Bachelor's

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Other

Del Mar College

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Army

Ray Madrigal De Pancho Villa (Democratic Party) ran for election for President of the United States. Madrigal De Pancho Villa lost as a write-in in the Democratic convention on August 18, 2020.

Madrigal De Pancho Villa also ran for election for Mayor of Corpus Christi in Texas. Madrigal De Pancho Villa lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Madrigal was a candidate for mayor of Corpus Christi, Texas, in 2017. He was defeated in the special election on May 6, 2017. Madrigal previously ran for mayor of Corpus Christi in 2012. In 2016, he was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in Texas' 27th Congressional District in the U.S. House and for an at-large seat on the Corpus Christi City Council. Madrigal was also a 2014 Democratic candidate for governor of Texas and a 2002 Democratic candidate for state land commissioner.

Biography

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Madrigal graduated from Del Mar College and Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.

Madrigal is a veteran of the U.S. Army. His professional experience includes work as a business owner and a Seadrift municipal court judge. Madrigal has also served on the traffic advisory committee and the sister city committee and at the Nueces County Dispute Resolution Center.

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

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	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
	Submit photo	Joe Michael Perez (Nonpartisan)	2.7	2,793
	Submit photo	John Medina (Nonpartisan)	2.7	2,775
	Submit photo	Roberto Seidner (Nonpartisan)	0.3	284

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 103,504
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2018

Mayor

See also: Mayoral election in Corpus Christi, Texas (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
	Submit photo	Michael Hall (Nonpartisan)	40.0	7,336

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	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
✔	Submit photo	Michael Hall (Nonpartisan)	19.6	14,279
	Submit photo	Aislynn Campbell (Nonpartisan)	18.2	13,235
		Ray Madrigal De Pancho Villa (Nonpartisan)	8.6	6,264
		Dan McQueen (Nonpartisan)	3.8	2,800

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 72,730
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District Clerk

See also: Municipal elections in Nueces County, Texas (2018)

General election

General election for Nueces County District Clerk

Incumbent Anne Lorentzen defeated Gerald Garza in the general election for Nueces County District Clerk on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Anne Lorentzen (R)	52.9	48,666
	Submit photo	Gerald Garza (D)	47.1	43,346

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 92,012
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Nueces County District Clerk

Gerald Garza defeated Ray Madrigal De Pancho Villa in the Democratic primary for Nueces County District Clerk on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Gerald Garza	55.2	6,265
		Ray Madrigal De Pancho Villa	44.8	5,087

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,352
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Nueces County District Clerk

Incumbent Anne Lorentzen advanced from the Republican primary for Nueces County District Clerk on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Anne Lorentzen	100.0	9,314

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2017 See also: Municipal elections in Corpus Christi, Texas (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. The following candidates ran in the special election for mayor of Corpus Christi. 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 2016 Corpus Christi City Council See also: Municipal elections in Corpus Christi, Texas (2016) The 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. The following candidates ran in the Corpus Christi City Council general election for the three at-large seats. Corpus Christi City Council, 3 At-Large Seats, General Election, 2016 Candidate Vote % Votes Joe McComb 21.42% 31,404 Michael Hunter Incumbent 17.27% 25,325 Paulette Guajardo 16.51% 24,215 Chad Magill Incumbent 16.37% 24,000 Reynaldo Madrigal 8.99% 13,190 John Garcia 7.46% 10,934 Jimmy Owsley 7.07% 10,363 Margareta Fratila 4.92% 7,208 Total Votes 146,639 Source: "Nueces County Elections", "Nueces County 2016 General Election", accessed November 8, 2016 U.S. House See also: Texas' 27th Congressional District election, 2016 Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Blake Farenthold (R) defeated Raul (Roy) Barrera (D) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Farenthold defeated Gregg Deeb in the Republican primary on March 1, 2016, while Barrera defeated Ray Madrigal and Wayne Raasch to win the Democratic primary. U.S. House, Texas District 27 General Election, 2016 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Republican Blake Farenthold Incumbent 61.7% 142,251      Democratic Raul (Roy) Barrera 38.3% 88,329 Total Votes 230,580 Source: Texas Secretary of State U.S. House, Texas District 27 Republican Primary, 2016 Candidate Vote % Votes Blake Farenthold Incumbent 55.9% 42,195 Gregg Deeb 44.1% 33,280 Total Votes 75,475 Source: Texas Secretary of State U.S. House, Texas District 27 Democratic Primary, 2016 Candidate Vote % Votes Raul Barrera 50.3% 15,939 Ray Madrigal 35.2% 11,157 Wayne Raasch 14.4% 4,570 Total Votes 31,666 Source: Texas Secretary of State 2014 See also: Texas gubernatorial election, 2014 and Corpus Christi, Texas municipal elections, 2014 Madrigal ran for election to the office of Governor of Texas. Madrigal lost the Democratic nomination in the primary on March 4, 2014. Texas Gubernatorial Democratic Primary, 2014 Candidate Vote % Votes Wendy Davis 78.1% 432,595 Reynaldo "Ray" Madrigal 21.9% 121,419 Total Votes 554,014 Election results via Texas Secretary of State. The city of Corpus Christi, Texas held elections for city council on November 4, 2014. The candidate filing deadline was August 18, 2014. Eight council seats - three at-large and districts one through five - were up for election. In the at-large race, incumbents Lillian Riojas and Mark Scott and candidate Chad Magill defeated Reynaldo “Ray” Madrigal, Margareta Fratila and Gil Hernandez. Corpus Christi City Council, At-large, 2014 Candidate Vote % Votes Mark Scott Incumbent 23.7% 19,305 Lillian Riojas Incumbent 23% 18,784 Chad Magill 23.3% 18,974 Reynaldo “Ray” Madrigal 9.9% 8,103 Margareta Fratila 5.7% 4,643 Gil Hernandez 14.4% 11,746 Total Votes 69,809 Source: Nueces County Clerk's Office - Official 2014 Election Results

Campaign themes

2020

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2017

In response to a question from KRIS-TV about his campaign priorities, Madrigal said, "I think the community of Corpus Christi wants to make sure that we have safe water for everybody. And this past year, we've seen where we've had, I think, four or five water boils, and one of them was for two weeks. Nobody wants to come to a community where they can't drink the water, so we've got to make sure that our citizens and the people that come and visit Corpus Christi are going to be able to stay here and enjoy Corpus Christi like we do and have safe drinking water."

Madrigal also called for a restraining order against endorsements by public safety unions and the Corpus Christi Caller-Times in the mayoral race.

Campaign finance summary

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Ray Madrigal De Pancho Villa campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2020	President of the United States	Lost convention	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$0	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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