2018 El Paso, Texas elections

On November 6, 2018, El Paso County elected a new member of the House of Representatives of the United States, a new county judge, two county commissioners, five state representatives, four city council members.

The national, state and county elections are partisan, and the city council election is non-partisan (there is no primary election for the city, but if no candidate wins a majority there will be a run-off election). The city and county officials elected will serve four year terms, and the state representatives and Congressperson will serve two year terms.

There are several open races, as the incumbent member of Congress, Beto O'Rourke, a Democrat, unsuccessfully ran for the Senate against Ted Cruz, and the incumbent county judge, Veronica Escobar, ran successfully for O'rourke's seat in the House of Representatives. Incumbent county commissioners David Stout (Precinct 2), a Democrat, and Andrew Haggerty (Precinct 4), a Republican, ran for re-election. Stout was re-elected, and Haggerty was defeated by former city council member Carl Robinson. The five state representatives (all Democrats), Cesar Blanco, Mary Gonzalez, Joe Moody, Lina Ortega and Joe Pickett, were re-elected.

City council districts 1, 5, 6, and 8 had elections in 2018. Michiel Noe, District 5 incumbent, is term limited and could not run again. District 1 incumbent, Peter Svarzbein, District 6 incumbent, Claudia Ordaz, and Cissy Lizarraga, District 8 incumbent, were re-elected.

Candidates

 * John Cook, former mayor of El Paso (2005–2013)
 * Laura Enriquez, personal injury lawyer
 * Ricardo Samaniego, business owner, University of Phoenix instructor, and former juvenile probation officer

Declined candidates

 * Veronica Escobar, former county judge (2011–2017)
 * Andrew Haggerty, county commissioner
 * Vince Perez, county commissioner

Nominee

 * Incumbent county commissioner David Stout

Primary candidates

 * Former county commissioner Sergio Lewis

Nominee

 * Incumbent county commissioner Andrew Haggerty

Nominee

 * Former city council member Carl Robinson

Candidates

 * Richard Bonart, dentist
 * Carlos Corral, filmmaker
 * Veronica Frescas, non-profit employee
 * Peter Svarzbein, incumbent

Candidates

 * Kizito Ezechukwu, auditor
 * John Hogan, self-employed
 * Benjamin Miranda
 * Jason Osborne, security consultant
 * Isabel Salcido, self-employed

Candidates

 * Claudia Ordaz, incumbent
 * George Stoltzt

Candidates

 * Gregory Baine, U.S. Army veteran
 * Dylan Corbett, non-profit executive
 * Cissy Lizarraga, incumbent
 * Nicholas Vasquez
 * Rich Wright, blogger

Candidates

 * MarySue Femath, family counselor at the Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo reservation
 * Mary Gonzalez, incumbent representative

Candidates
Incumbent state representative Cesar Blanco

Nominee

 * Veronica Escobar, former El Paso County Judge

Primary candidates

 * John Carillo, director of development at KTEP (88.5 FM)
 * Norma Chavez, former state representative
 * Dori Fenenbock, former EPISD school board president
 * Enrique Garcia, immigration lawyer
 * Nicole LeClaire, Navy veteran and Cypress Creek high school teacher
 * Jerome Tilghman, Army veteran and Canyon Hills Middle School teacher

Declined candidates

 * Incumbent congressman Beto O'Rourke
 * State representative Cesar Blanco

Nominee

 * Rick Seeberger

Primary candidates

 * Alia Garcia-Ureste, businesswoman

Potential candidates

 * Jessica Kludt Allala, lawyer