Richard C. Bonart
Richard Bonart ran for election to the El Paso City Council to represent District 1 in Texas. Bonart lost in the general election on November 6, 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 | |||
 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
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 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
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 | |||
Recent news
The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms Richard Bonart El Paso. These results are automatically generated from Google. Ballotpedia does not curate or endorse these articles.
See also
External links
Footnotes
 |
State of Texas Austin (capital) |
|---|---|
| Elections |
What's on my ballot? | Elections in 2025 | How to vote | How to run for office | Ballot measures |
| Government |
Who represents me? | U.S. President | U.S. Congress | Federal courts | State executives | State legislature | State and local courts | Counties | Cities | School districts | Public policy |
