El Paso and Socorro independent school districts each have four school board seats up for grabs this spring. El Pasoans wanting to participate in the May 1 election have until Thursday, April 1 to register ...
Voters living within the Ysleta school district boundaries won’t cast a ballot this spring to fill four seats on the seven-member school board. On Wednesday, the Ysleta Independent School District Board of Trustees canceled its ...
Election season isn’t over yet in El Paso. A handful of local races weren’t decided on Nov. 3 and will be settled in the Dec. 12 runoff election. At the top of the ballot is ...
Alexsandra Annello has represented District 2 for one term on El Paso City Council, with challengers Judy Gutierrez and James Campos looking to oust the incumbent in the Nov. 3 election. Annello, 36, a native ...
El Paso’s next mayor will be elected amid the global COVID-19 pandemic that has not only jeopardized the health and safety of residents, but has severely strained the local economy with potentially long-lasting effects. The ...
The El Paso County Elections Department provides important dates and tips if you plan to vote by mail. Learn more about who’s eligible to vote by mail, and how to request a mail ballot, by ...
Former Vice President Joe Biden is a near-lock to carry El Paso in November, but President Donald Trump has a substantial fundraising advantage in the Sun City, according to Federal Election Commission records. Trump has ...
For the first time in a generation, national Democrats are targeting a general election presidential television advertisement at an El Paso audience. The Democratic National Committee on Friday began running an ad called “Wolves,” aimed ...
The nationwide calls for criminal justice reform are having little if any impact on the Democratic runoff race for El Paso’s next district attorney. The two candidates, Yvonne Rosales and James Montoya, say they’ve been ...
The El Paso County Elections office has undertaken significant steps to promote safety during upcoming local elections, including added precautions for COVID-19 prevention. Competing statewide rulings regarding voting by mail and conflict over mail-in ballot ...
El Paso is showing signs of partisan realignment since the election of President Trump, according to an El Paso Matters analysis of early voting data for Tuesday’s primary elections. Early voting ran Feb. 18-28. The ...
Early voting in the March 3 Texas primary elections is underway and continues through Friday, Feb. 28. El Paso Matters is tracking the demographic profile of El Paso voters and will update the turnout details ...
Early voting in the March 3 Texas primary elections is underway and continues through Friday, Feb. 28. El Paso Matters is tracking the demographic profile of El Paso voters and will update the turnout details ...
Throughout the early voting period, El Paso Matters is providing updates on who is voting in the March 3 Democratic and Republican primaries. El Paso County Elections Administrator Lisa Wise is predicting a possible record ...
Claudia Ordaz Perez and Elisa Tamayo, candidates running in the March 3 Democratic primary for the Texas House District 76 seat, will talk about education issues at a candidate forum Tuesday in the Bel Air High ...
The El Paso County elections office is preparing for a possible record number of voters in the March 3 primary elections. “Turnout is always a tough one for me to predict. We’re operating as if ...
El Paso voters will face some major changes when they go to the polls next fall to elect a president, mayor and other officials. Straight-ticket voting will no longer be an option, and voters could ...
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