# 2017 El Paso, Texas, city elections

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El Paso, Texas, held a first round of general elections on May 6, 2017, to elect the mayor and city council. The runoff election took place on June 10, 2017. Incumbent mayor Oscar Leeser was eligible for another term, but announced in July 2016 that he would not seek another term. Leeser had a cancer-related surgery in 2016, but stated that his decision was not because of his health. Instead, it was because he "ran to do things I thought were really important for our community and I did that."
The election was non-partisan; therefore, there was no primary election. However, if no candidate had won a majority, there would have been a runoff election.
The mayor and council members elected in 2017 were to serve through December 2020. The term was shortened because of a charter amendment to move city elections from May in odd-numbered years to November in even-numbered years.
Dee Margo took first place in the mayoral race, but did not win a majority of votes, so he and David Saucedo competed in a runoff election. Margo defeated Saucedo in the runoff. 8.57% of registered voters voted in the runoff election, one of the lowest turnouts in the city's history.
Districts 2, 3, 4, 7, and 8 had elections in 2017. District 2 incumbent, Jim Tolbert, and District 7 incumbent, Lilia Limon, were eligible for re-election, but were defeated by Alexansandra Annello and Henry Rivera, respectively. Emma Acosta, District 3 incumbent, and Carl Robinson, District 4 incumbent, were term limited and could not run again; they were succeeded by Cassandra Hernandez and Sam Morgan, respectively. District 8 representative Cortney Niland, whose term was supposed to end in December 2018, resigned in April 2017. The city scheduled a June special election and July runoff election to fill the remainder of her term. The runoff election was won by Cissy Lizarraga.

## Mayoral election
### Candidates

* Emma Acosta (2008–present), city council representative
* Jorge Artalejo, perennial candidate
* Willie Cager, YISD basketball coach, director of the Willy Cager Foundation, and member of the 1966 UTEP Basketball team
* Dee Margo, former Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives
* Elisa Morales, health science researcher, medical device salesperson, Health Graduate Fellow for Congressman Beto O'Rourke and Senator Lamar Alexander, and legislative aide to Senator Tom Udall
* Jaime Perez, perennial candidate
* David Saucedo, owner of Saucedo Lock Company and former president of the board of direct of the Boys & Girls Club of El Paso
* Charles Stapler, member of the El Paso County Historical Commission board

### Declined candidates

* Estela Casas, KVIA news anchor
* Oscar Leeser, incumbent mayor
* Cortney Niland, city council representative (2011–2017)
* Emma Schwartz, president and CEO of the Medical Center of the Americas Foundation
* Joe Wardy, former mayor of El Paso (2003–2005)

### First round results

El Paso mayoral election results, 2017 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Nonpartisan | Dee Margo | 14,915 | 45.32% |
| | Nonpartisan | David Saucedo | 7,883 | 23.95% |
| | Nonpartisan | Emma Acosta | 5,239 | 15.92% |
| | Nonpartisan | Elisa Morales | 1,845 | 5.61% |
| | Nonpartisan | Willie Cager | 1,388 | 4.22% |
| | Nonpartisan | Jaime Perez | 950 | 2.89% |
| | Nonpartisan | Charlie Stapler | 412 | 1.25% |
| | Nonpartisan | Jorge Artalejo | 280 | 0.85% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 32,912 | 100 |

### Runoff results

El Paso mayoral election results, 2017 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Nonpartisan | Dee Margo | 17,148 | 57 |
| | Nonpartisan | David Saucedo | 12,937 | 43 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 30,085 | 100 |

## City council election
### Candidates
#### District 2
##### Candidates

* Alexsandra Annello, student
* Dolores Baca, writer and housewife
* Jud Burgess, artist and activist
* Alexander Burnside, veteran and Bernie Sanders activist
* Jim Tolbert, city council representative (2016–2017)
* Raul Valdez, UTEP teaching assistant

##### First round results

El Paso District 2 election results, 2017 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Nonpartisan | Alexsandra Annello | 1,135 | 34.96% |
| | Nonpartisan | Jim Tolbert | 1,037 | 31.94% |
| | Nonpartisan | Dolores Garcia Baca | 440 | 13.55% |
| | Nonpartisan | Jud Burgess | 446 | 13.74% |
| | Nonpartisan | Raul Scoop Valdez | 111 | 3.42% |
| | Nonpartisan | Alexander Burnside | 78 | 2.40% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 3,247 | 100 |

##### Runoff results

El Paso District 2 election results, 2017 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Nonpartisan | Alexsandra Annello | 1,929 | 60.83 |
| | Nonpartisan | Jim Tolbert | 1,242 | 39.17 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 3,171 | 100 |

#### District 3
##### Candidates

* Jaime Barceleau, charitable executive director for the Paso del Norte Children's Development Center
* Elias Camacho, Vietnam War veteran, retired El Paso Police Department detective, private investigator, and substitute teacher
* Cassandra Hernandez-Brown, deputy director of Dynamic Workforce Solutions
* Louis Pellicano, retiree
* Antonio Williams, private practice immigration attorney, and State Democratic Executive Committeeman for Texas Senate District 29

##### Results

El Paso District 3 election results, 2017 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Nonpartisan | Cassandra Hernandez | 1,925 | 37.80% |
| | Nonpartisan | Jaime Barceleau | 1,514 | 29.73% |
| | Nonpartisan | Antonio Williams | 819 | 16.08% |
| | Nonpartisan | Elias Camacho | 600 | 11.78% |
| | Nonpartisan | Louis Pellicano | 235 | 4.61% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,093 | 100 |

##### Runoff results

El Paso District 3 election results, 2017 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Nonpartisan | Cassandra Hernandez | 2,711 | 59.26 |
| | Nonpartisan | Jaime Barceleau | 1,864 | 40.74 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,575 | 100 |

#### District 4
##### Candidates

* Shane Haggerty, retired firefighter and Ysleta Independent School District Board of Trustees president
* Sam Morgan, owner of El Paso Concealed Carry
* Jose Plasencia, Green Party activist, chess teacher
* Diana Ramos, Socorro Independent School District instructional aide and former employee of Congressman Beto O'Rourke

##### Results

El Paso District 4 election results, 2017 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Nonpartisan | Sam Morgan | 1,969 | 41.57% |
| | Nonpartisan | Shane Haggerty | 1,711 | 36.12% |
| | Nonpartisan | Diana Ramos | 960 | 20.27% |
| | Nonpartisan | Jose Plasencia | 97 | 2.05% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,737 | 100 |

##### Runoff results

El Paso District 4 election results, 2017 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Nonpartisan | Sam Morgan | 2,555 | 54.10 |
| | Nonpartisan | Shane Haggerty | 2,168 | 45.90 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,723 | 100 |

#### District 7
##### Candidates

* Lily Limon, city council representative (2013–2017)
* Henry Rivera, police officer

##### Results

El Paso District 7 election results, 2017 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Nonpartisan | Henry Rivera | 2,797 | 62.39 |
| | Nonpartisan | Lily Limon | 1,686 | 37.61 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,483 | 100 |

#### District 8
##### Candidates

* Trini Acevedo, health unit coordinator at University Medical Center
* Robert Cormell, businessman
* Gilbert Guillen, retired businessman and anti-arena activist
* Cissy Lizarraga, retired teacher
* Adolfo Lopez, attorney

##### Results

El Paso District 8 election results, 2017 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Nonpartisan | Robert Cormell | 1,724 | 42.25 |
| | Nonpartisan | Cissy Lizarraga | 1,030 | 25.25 |
| | Nonpartisan | Gilbert Guillen | 637 | 15.61 |
| | Nonpartisan | Adolfo Lopez | 538 | 13.19 |
| | Nonpartisan | Trini Acevedo | 151 | 3.70 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | | 100 |

##### Runoff results

El Paso District 8 election results, 2017 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Nonpartisan | Cissy Lizarraga | 1,833 | 55.38 |
| | Nonpartisan | Robert Cormell | 1,477 | 44.62 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 3,310 | 100 |