Analysis: El Paso City Council District Two Election By The Numbers
Saturday’s upcoming election for the recently vacated District 2 seat has low voter turn out and the voters are overwhelmingly older educated voters. Running for the open seat are Josh Acevedo, Verónica Carbajal, Judy Gutierrez and Ben Mendoza. At the start of the election cycle, Carbajal had significant name recognition and engaged canvassers talking to…
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