A campaign finance report filed earlier today with the Texas Ethics Commission reveales that Sun City Coalition Inc., a company registered just last month spent $63,744.57 supporting three city council incumbents running for reelection and opposing a fourth candidate. The campaign report, known as the Direct Campaign Expenditures Daily Pre-Election Report, is required to be filed by individuals or companies who spend more than $32,280 supporting or opposing a group of candidates. Beginning nine days before an election, the report must be filed the day after a qualifying expenditure is made.
According to the report filed today, The Sun City Coalition, Inc., spent $20,336.12 in advertising in support of Alejandra Chávez who is running to keep her District 1 seat. Chávez faces Sam Armijo, Daniela Garcia and Matthew James Kozik on the November 3rd election.
The company also spent $11,636.06 in support of Ivan Niño, who is also running to keep his District 5 seat. Richard Genera is running against Niño.
Another incumbent supported by the company is Art Fierro who is also running to keep his District 6 seat. The company reported spending $13,336.21 in support of Fierro. Fierro is being challenged by Hector Alva, Pedro Fernandez, Jr., Jesse Moreno and Claudia Contreras Sillar Motta.
The company also spent $18,436.18 on mailers urging voters to vote against District 8 incumbent Chris Canales. Running for Canales’ seat are Arturo Alluin, Johhny Gonzalez, Matthew Guzman and Laura Ochoa-Todd.
The company has not disclosed why it is supporting Chávez, Fierro and Niño and opposing Canales with mailers to El Paso voters. However, a controversial vote in June links the expenses to the controversial META datacenter in northeast El Paso.
Tied to META Datacenter
In June, the city council voted on a measure calling for cancellation of the controversial 380 Agreement behind the Meta datacenter. The measure was defeated after Chávez, Fierro and Niño voted against cancelling the contract. Canales was the only candidate seeking re-election to vote in favor of canceling the datacenter contract. Several groups organized to campaign against the city representatives that voted against cancelling the contract.
Over 100 people spoke in favor of cancelling the contract with a few, mostly members of unions tied to construction or construction company employees arguing against cancelling the contract. Among the speakers who spoke in favor of META was a union leader named Eddie Trevizo, who argued that canceling the contract would “hurt the working-class people.”
Although spending close to $64,000 on the four open city council seats, the people behind the company have not publicly spoken about their reasons for their political expenditures.
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Who Is Behind The Sun City Coalition?
El Paso News reviewed incorporation documents to learn more about the people behind The Sun City Coalition, Inc., the company sending out the mailers.
According to the corporate documents, the company was formed on September 16, 2026. The management team is comprised of Angelica Rosales, Odette De Leon and Eddie Trevizo. Trevizo is the union leader who spoke in favor of the Meta datacenter.
Rosales is the project director for Sundt, a construction company that earlier this year told the El Paso Inc., that it was “eyeing the region’s data center boom,” including the META datacenter under construction.
According to its corporate filing, the company is organizing into a Section 501(c)(4), a social welfare company “dedicated to securing a prosperous, modern, and vibrant future for all El Paso families.”
The corporate document adds that the company will “advocate for responsible commercial investment that benefits the El Paso community, support the protection and improvement of vital public infrastructure, and support the expansion and stability of the local tax base in a manner that funds first-class public schools and enhances public services.”
Under the rules of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), a 501(c)(4) is a “tax-exempt nonprofit organization operated exclusively to promote social welfare and the common good of the community.” Donations made to a 501(c)(4) are not tax-deductible. Unlike 501(c)(3) non-profits, a 501(c)(4) can support or oppose political candidates provided that this activity is not their primary activity. Typically, political advocacy must be less than 50% of their normal activities.
The company’s website says that it “is a non-partisan alliance of local residents, businesses, and labor leaders working to foster robust job growth, protect taxpayers, and build world-class infrastructure for El Paso.”
The IRS does not offer an online tool to review the IRS Form 8976 used to form the 501(c)(4) non-profit.
There is no record of the company coordinating with any of the candidates running for office.
Election Day is next Tuesday, October 3rd. Early voting ends on Friday.