EL PASO, Tx., December 3, 2025: The March 3, 2026, primary elections are just around the corner with just 90 days left until most of El Paso’s countywide elections are settled. Before the election season gets underway there are two important dates for the candidates and the voters to remember. The first date is next Monday, December 8. It is the last day for candidates to file to run for office in Texas. The last day to register to vote in the primary is February 2, 2026.
For most candidates in Texas and those running for office in El Paso, the seats they are seeking have been set. But for five Texas House seats, uncertainty on which district they should file in remains.
Uncertainty In Five Texas House Seats
Candidates running for a congressional seat in El Paso do not face the problem of other congressional candidates in Texas who are not sure what the Supreme Court will do about the two competing congressional maps, the 2025 or the 2021 maps. Readers may remember that last month, a panel of three judges called the 2025 congressional maps “racially gerrymandered,” ordering Texas officials to use the previous, 2021 maps instead. There was one dissenting judge.
However, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito paused the order, reverting the maps back to the 2025 version.
No word yet if the full Court will lift the pause. The uncertainty leaves candidates in five Texas House seats uncertain over which district they should run in.
Who’s Running So Far?
We don’t know the full list of the candidates running in the two primaries yet because the deadline to file is Monday. However, several candidates have made public their intention to run for office.
U.S. Congress, Texas 16
Raul “Bullet” Castaneda (R)
Veronica Escobar (D incumbent)
Deliris Montanez (R)
U.S. Congress, Texas 23
John Cudd (D)
Gretel Enck (D)
Santos Limon (D)
Peter White (D)
Zeke Enriquez (R)
Tony Gonzalez (R)
Brandon Herrera (R)
Texas House of Representatives – 75
Mary Gonzalez (D incumbent)
Humberto Perez (R)
Texas House of Representatives – 77
Vince Perez (D incumbent)
Texas House of Representatives – 78
Joe Moody (D incumbent)
Alexander Pacheco-Luquis (D)
Texas House of Representatives – 79
Claudia Ordaz (D incumbent)
El Paso County Judge
Guadalupe Giner (I)
Ricardo Samaniego (D-incumbent)
Minerva Torres Shelton (R)
County Commissioner Precinct No. 2
David Stout (D incumbent)
In a fundraiser plea on Facebook on Monday, Stour says he has drawn an opponent. No word yet on who the opponent is.
County Commissioner Precinct No. 4
Sergio Coronado (D incumbent)
Samuel Morgan (R)
County Court Judge of County Court at Law No. 1
Ruth Reyes (D-incumbent)
County Court Judge of County Court at Law No. 2
Frances M. Maldonado
Sergio Saldivar (D)
County Court Judge of County Court at Law No. 4
Jeffrey Dean Rago
Eunice Reyes
County Court Judge of County Court at Law No. 5
Jesus Rodriguez
El Paso Probate Court No. 2
Sergio H. Enriquez
Justice of Peace No. 2
Julio Cesar Martin del Campo
Christine L. Saiz
Justice of Peace No. 5
Eileen Marlin
Lucilla “Lucy” Najera (D incumbent)
Jesus M. Olivas (D)
Dora Oaxaca Rivera (D)
Monica Terran
Justice of Peace No. 6
Dora H. Aguirre
Justice of Peace No. 6, Place 2
Nicolas Dominguez
Rosalie “Rosie” Dominguez
Justice of the Peace No. 7
Humberto Enriquez
Stephanie Frietze
Constable District 7
James E. Loftis
County Chairman
Michael A. Aboud
No Office Declared
Brian Kennedy (D)
Note: we have included party affiliation when known.
People interested in voting in the upcoming primaries where many of El Paso’s elections will be settled must register to vote by February 2, 2026.
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