By James Barragán and Zach Despart, The Texas Tribune Only a locked classroom door stood between Pete Arredondo and a chance to bring down the gunman. It was sturdily built with a steel jamb, impossible to kick in. He wanted a key. One goddamn key and he could get through that door to the kids […]
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El Paso Politics Is Now El Paso News
Welcome to the new El Paso News, a culmination of two decades of reporting on El Paso politics and border issues. El Paso News started out as El Paso Politics on March 4, 2000. We began by covering the mayoral race between Larry Francis and Ray Caballero. Caballero was elected in May 2001 and served […]
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Something New And Exciting For El Paso Politics Is Coming
Over the last 20 plus years we have been developing and incubating an open and inclusive news source publication focused on important public policy issues and Hispanic-centric cultural content that does not exist anywhere else. Along the way we have seen successes and failures but the goal of building a news outlet remains the same. […]
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The El Paso Democrats “Party Town” And The Good Government League’s Attacks On El Paso Hispanic Voters
In 1907, El Paso was the only Texas city that was considered a “party town.” A “party town” was a city dominated by one political party. In the 1900’s, El Paso like the rest of Texas, was politically dominated by the Democratic Party. El Paso’s Democrats were the only Democrats in the state organizing municipal […]
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The Winners Of The May 2022 Primary Runoff Election
The final unofficial results are in for yesterday’s primary runoff election. There were no surprises in the outcome with one incumbent losing their seat and another keeping their seat in the two country commissioners races. There were 24,553 votes cast in yesterday’s elections for a voter turnout of 4.93%. Judy Gutierrez v. David Stout Several […]
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May 2022 Primary Runoff Election Predictions Based On Early Voting
Based on the early voting returns, El Paso Politics is ready to make election predictions in today’s runoff elections. For County Commissioner, Precinct 2, El Paso Politics predicts David Stout the winner. For County Commissioner, Precinct 4, El Paso Politics predicts Sergio Coronado the winner. For the State Board of Education, District 1, El Paso […]
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Breaking News: City Council Votes To Keep Mayor’s Veto
Breaking News – City council does not override Oscar Leeser’s veto and instead deleted the item. City council will bring an item in a future meeting to reconsider extending Gonzalez’ contract because he has already withdrawn his name application for the Frisco city manager position. Last week city representatives Peter Svarzbein, Cassandra Hernandez, Isabel Salcido, […]
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City Council To Vote On Overriding Mayor’s Veto Of City Manager Tommy Gonzalez
The controversy over the extension of Tommy Gonzalez’ contract and pay raise remains ongoing. City council is scheduled to vote on Monday to override Oscar Leeser’s veto of Gonzalez’ contract. On May 16, 2022, city council voted five to three to extend Gonzalez’ contract after it was reported Gonzalez was a finalist for the Frisco, […]
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Voters Voted For Tommy Gonzalez And Oscar Leeser Vetoes Gonzalez
There is considerable debate today about city manager Tommy Gonzalez, the city’s current city manager form of government and how the city moved away from a strong-mayor form of government, not to mention the mayor’s veto yesterday. The city has had two city managers, Joyce Wilson and Tommy Gonzalez. Both have been controversial. Wilson, the […]
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Women’s Right To Vote In El Paso
The voting rights for women in America began from America’s west and expanded eastward as women began to organize themselves to demand the right to vote. Historically, women’s suffrage has been framed “mainly as the story of middle-class white women,” who demanded the right for women to vote. The movement, however, was more complex than […]