EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – Incumbent city representative for District 4 Joe “Chief” Molinar finds himself in a tight race after early voting results were released at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
Molinar has the early lead but does not have a majority of the votes in District 4.
Molinar leads with 39.11 percent or 5,970 votes. In second is business owner Cynthia Boyar Trejo with 26.55 percent or 4,053 votes. They are followed by consultant Wesley Lawrence with 18.62 percent or 2,843 votes and then retired insurance specialist Dorothy “Sissy” M. Byrd with 15.72 percent or 2,400 votes.
If no one gets more than 50 percent of the vote, that would trigger a runoff between the top two finishers.
District 4 represents parts of Northeast El Paso, roughly north of Hondo Pass Drive.
In District 5, chief of staff for Rep. Isabel Salcido Ivan Niño is leading with 37.74 percent or 4,912 votes, followed by social services worker and consultant Amanda Cunningham with 25.34 percent or 3,298 votes and close behind is retired from the Federal Bureau of Prisons Felix J. Muñoz with 21.32 percent or 2,775 votes.
Other candidates with less than 10 percent are: self-employed Tamara Lantigua Davis with 8.72 percent or 1,135 votes and finally security guard supervisor Sean “Kowalski” Orr with 6.88 percent or 895 votes.
The candidates are seeking to replace Salcido, who is vacating her District 5 seat to run for mayor.
District 5 represents most of the El Paso Upper Eastside east of Joe Battle Boulevard and roughly north of Montwood Drive.
In District 7, retired educator and former District 7 representative Lily Limón is leading the race to take incumbent City Rep. Henry Rivera’s position against three other candidates.
Limón is leading with 42.02 percent or 6,498 votes, second is political consultant and Ysleta Independent School District trustee Chris Hernandez with 21.81 percent or 3,373 votes, followed by chair of the El Paso Neighborhood Coalition Fabiola Campos Lopez with 20.63 percent or 3,190 votes and then businessman and environmentalist Alan Serna with 15.53 percent or 2,402 votes.
Because of term limits, Rivera could not run for re-election. He will complete his time in office in January.
District 7 covers most of the El Paso Lower Valley and parts of the Eastside and has about 55,000
registered voters.
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