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Tom Handy
Tom Handy ran in a special election to the El Paso City Council to represent District 1 in Texas. He lost in the special general election on November 5, 2024.
Handy completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Tom Handy was born in Yeadon, Pennsylvania. He served in the U.S. Army from 1996 to 2016. He graduated from Ridley High School. He earned a bachelor's degree from Norwich University in 1996 and a graduate degree from Central Michigan University in 2004. His career experience includes working as an entrepreneur. Handy has been affiliated with Fort Bliss ROCKS, EP BUILD, and the Veteran Business Association.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: City elections in El Paso, Texas (2024)
General runoff election
Special general runoff election for El Paso City Council District 1
Alejandra Chávez defeated Monica Reyes in the special general runoff election for El Paso City Council District 1 on December 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Alejandra Chávez (Nonpartisan) | 63.3 | 4,765 | |
| Monica Reyes (Nonpartisan) | 36.7 | 2,766 | ||
| Total votes: 7,531 | |||
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General election
Special general election for El Paso City Council District 1
Alejandra Chávez and Monica Reyes advanced to a runoff. They defeated Tom Handy and Sam Armijo in the special general election for El Paso City Council District 1 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Alejandra Chávez (Nonpartisan) | 37.4 | 10,605 | |
| ✔ | Monica Reyes (Nonpartisan) | 27.2 | 7,729 | |
| Tom Handy (Nonpartisan) | 20.7 | 5,878 | ||
 | Sam Armijo (Nonpartisan) | 14.7 | 4,158 | |
| Total votes: 28,370 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Tom Handy completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Handy's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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While in the Army, he graduated from the basic and advanced military intelligence school, counterintelligence school, and a graduate of the Army’s Command and General Staff College. While stationed in Hawaii Tom gave up his weekends to earn his Masters in Public Administration from Central Michigan University. Tom recently completed Managing Happiness from Harvard Business School.
In 2013, Tom was hand-picked to come to Fort Bliss as the Executive Officer for Headquarters, 1st Armor Division. With deployments to Afghanistan, Iraq twice, Jordan, and three assignments to South Korea, Tom has served as the senior intelligence officer, providing analysis against threats to the unit. While in Iraq as a human intelligence company commander, he led 16 teams that helped transform military operations while managing over $7 million in equipment. Tom was awarded: 2 Meritorious Service Medals 8 Army Commendations Medals Army Achievement Medal Purple Heart Combat Action Badge Afghanistan Campaign Medal with 2 campaign stars
Upon leaving the military, Tom quickly joined the Hispanic and El Paso Chambers of Commerce and worked with local business owners.- Lower property taxes - the city needs to find other ways to generate income instead of tax residents.
- Make sure the roads are fixed and not half way completed. Empower supervisors to ensure workers do their job.
- Keep people accountable who work for the city. They are elected or picked to serve the people and not their own pockets.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate El Paso City Council District 1 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 30, 2024
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