Tuesday was the last day to cast a ballot in the runoff election for the open city council seats and the mayor’s office. Election Day is on Saturday. The latest campaign reports were also due last Friday. Here is everything we know about the finances and the voters for the runoff election. As of Tuesday, […]
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Who Are The El Paso Early Voters In The Runoff Election?
This article was corrected on December 7, 2024. Cassandra Hernandez vacated her District 3 seat, not 5 as originally published. This is what we know about the voters with three days left to go in the 2024 El Paso city council election runoff. As of yesterday, Friday, December 6, 15,990 voters have cast a ballot […]
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Two El Paso Voters With The Same ID Voted On November 5 – Elections Says Not Possible But Data Shows Otherwise
With early voting entering its second day, the candidates running for office and the voters are expecting that all ballots are counted fairly and accurately. However an El Paso News exclusive review of the ballots cast by El Paso’s voters on November 5 shows that two people voted using the same voter identification number. What […]
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What The Democrats Got Wrong About Latino Voters Especially In El Paso
There has been an argument for years now that the so-called Latino vote was becoming the voting bloc that would change the American political landscape. In 2020 the Democrats targeted America’s Hispanic voters hoping they would make the difference on Election Day. They did not. Furthermore, it never will because neither the Republicans nor the […]
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The Politics Of Campaign Financing Per The Renard Johnson “Biggest Donor”
Yesterday a forum was held featuring mayoral candidates Renard Johnson and Brian Kennedy at the El Paso Community College Administrative Services Center. The candidate forum was sponsored by El Paso Matters and Fitfam. The runoff election is scheduled for December 14. During the closing comments, the issue of special interests was brought up by Kennedy […]
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Analysis: The El Paso Democratic Party Proxy War
This article was corrected to make clear that Anchondo was a supporter of Clinton and not Obama. Behind the scenes of the election in El Paso’s mayoral race is a proxy war among the Democrats for control of the party apparatus. Infighting for political power among party operatives is not new, but the race for […]
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The Premeditated Ignorance Of The El Paso Democratic Party
An uncontested reality has creeped into El Paso’s local non-partisan elections, and it has the local Democrats struggling to contain inconvenient truths. El Paso’s city council races, including the mayor’s race, are supposed to be non-partisan, meaning that candidates running for those offices do not have a party affiliation next to their names. However, that […]
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The El Paso County Democratic Party Chair Michael Apodaca Tax Lien
A reader brought to our attention a tax lien for unpaid taxes filed against the El Paso Democratic Party chair Michael Apodaca recently. This is what our investigation found. According to the tax lien, Kenny Michael Apodaca owes $89,590.59 in unpaid sales taxes for his business Marquis Wireless. The tax lien filed on October 28, […]
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How Much Did Each Candidate Spend Per Vote In Latest El Paso City Council Election?
As we reported, last Tuesday’s city council election drew over $1 million in campaign contributions and campaign expenditures. One of the useful metrics to see is how much each candidate spent for each vote they received. This metric helps understand the impact money has in an election. The most important thing to keep in mind […]
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El Paso Election Projections Based On Early Voting Count
El Paso elections have historically been decided during the early voting period. The reason for this is that more than half of El Paso’s voters tend to vote during the early voting period. This makes the early voting period the determining factor in most political contests in the city. Unless early voting numbers are too […]