EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Headlining the local races in the Texas primary are two seats on the El Paso County Commissioners Court.
Two incumbent County commissioners are facing challenges in the Texas primary on Tuesday, March 3.
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In Precinct 2, incumbent David Stout is facing a challenge within his party from Miguel “Mike” Teran.
Stout has been in office since 2015. He previously served as a staffer for former Texas state Sen. Jose Rodriguez and has a background in broadcast journalism.
Teran has served as director for El Paso County Water Improvement District 1 since 2005.
Matt Sistrunk is running unopposed in Precinct 2 on the GOP side.
The Precinct 2 race has been getting heated.
Stout called a news conference on Monday, the day before the election, to say that his opponent, Teran, had espoused conducting a campaign of accountability and transparency but “has a difficult time living up to those words.”
“His campaign finance reports are rife with misrepresentations of his income and expenditures. He has been photographed illegally electioneering at polling stations and he has made numerous false and misleading statements to the press as well as his campaign propaganda regarding my record,” Stout said.
Stout said that Teran used a fake AI-generated image “of me on campaign materials which is something that is increasingly done by anti-Democratic actors like President Trump and his ilk.”
“Across the nation, we have seen how disinformation and dishonesty are breaking the rules in politics and really damages public trust,” Stout said.
Teran responded to Stout’s claims by arguing he’s ran a clean campaign centered on facts.
“I’ve always carried a clean campaign. Now, if the truth hurts, there’s nothing I can do about it. The facts are the facts. He increased taxes and he’s running away from that. He got a pay raise three times, he can’t run away from that. He gave a $1.5 million pay raise to the CEO of University Medical Center,” Teran said.
Precinct 2 represents parts of West El Paso, Downtown El Paso and Central El Paso.
In Precinct 4, incumbent Sergio Coronado is also facing a challenge in the Democratic primary from Annette Griego.
Coronado is finishing his first term in office. Griego is a family nurse practitioner and business owner. Leo Arcos is running unopposed in the Republican primary.
Coronado said despite challenges the current Commissioner’s Court has successfully balanced taxpayer burdens with community upgrades.
“Well, I think we’ve proven to the public that we are concerned about everything. Both the taxes, the services that the state requires us to do, and provide some amenities in terms of what the community has told us that are important to them, including the water infrastructure, the parks. And we’ve done that. And I think we’ve taken a very balanced approach,” Coronado said.
Griego, meanwhile, argues Precinct 4 needs a watchdog to fight rising taxes and invest in critical in infrastructure.
“We need to address the budgeting. We need to take care of unnecessary expenses. We need to monitor the cost. We really need to go department by department and analyze the budgeting. That’s really going to help significantly with our property taxes,” Griego said.
Precinct 4 represents West and Northeast El Paso, Westway, Canutillo and Anthony.
Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday. You can vote at any election center in El Paso County. Here is a link to find one that is convenient for you.
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