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Victor Hernandez
Victor Hernandez is a former member of the Lubbock City Council in Texas, representing District 1. He served from 1993 to 2004, and then returned to city council from 2010 to 2016. He resigned in 2016 in order to run for mayor.[1] Hernandez survived a recall election in 2013. Read more about the recall attempt here.
Hernandez was a 2016 nonpartisan candidate for mayor of Lubbock. He was defeated in the general election on May 7, 2016.
Biography
Hernandez holds a B.B.A from the University of Texas, El Paso and a J.D. from Texas Tech University. His professional experience includes working as an attorney and owning his own law practice, Victor Hernandez Law Offices.
Hernandez served in the U.S. Army and is a veteran of Operation Desert Storm.[1]
Elections
2016
The city of Lubbock, Texas, held elections for mayor and city council on May 7, 2016. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 19, 2016. Four of six council seats were up for election on the same day, the three regularly-scheduled for election and District 1, which was up for a special election. Two of them were up for runoff election on June 25, 2016, including the District 1 seat.[2] Dan Pope defeated Todd Klein, Victor Hernandez, and Ysidro Gutierrez in the Mayor of Lubbock general election.[3]
| Mayor of Lubbock, General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Dan Pope |
52.64% | 11,134 |
| Todd Klein | 31.54% | 6,672 |
| Victor Hernandez | 8.63% | 1,825 |
| Ysidro Gutierrez | 7.20% | 1,522 |
| Total Votes | 21,153 | |
| Source: Lubbock County, Texas, "General and Special Elections Official Results," accessed May 25, 2016 | ||
2014
Hernandez won re-election to the Lubbock City Council on May 10, 2014.
| Lubbock City Council, District 1, 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Victor Hernandez Incumbent |
50.7% | 645 | |
| Lana Bear Moore | 11.6% | 148 | |
| Frank Gutierrez | 37.6% | 478 | |
| Total Votes | 1,271 | ||
| Source: Lubbock County Elections - 2014 Official Election Results | |||
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Victor + Hernandez + Lubbock"
See also
External links
- Profile from the City of Lubbock
- Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, "Lubbock's municipal ballot set; Joy won't face challenger, 5 candidates compete for City Council District 2," February 19, 2016
Footnotes
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|---|---|---|
| Preceded by - |
Lubbock City Council, District 1 2010-2016 |
Succeeded by Juan Chadis |
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