Democratic runoff candidates for Nueces County Commissioner Precinct 2 are sharing their priorities for voters.<\/p>\n
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 Early voting is underway across Texas for the primary runoff election, with several high-profile statewide races on the ballot and local voters deciding who could become the next Nueces County Commissioner for Precinct 2.<\/p>\n
Candidate Isabel Noyola-Martin said she hopes to bring a new perspective to county leadership.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy hat’s off to the voters,\u201d Noyola-Martin said.<\/p>\n
Noyola-Martin, a former Nueces County adult probation officer, said public safety is one of her top priorities if elected.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am a former Nueces County adult probation officer. Public safety is at the top of my priorities,\u201d Noyola-Martin said. \u201cI can be a voice for not only the community but also the employees of Nueces County that deserve to be paid well.”<\/p>\n
She also pointed to healthcare and infrastructure improvements, particularly in rural communities, as key issues in her campaign.<\/p>\n
\u201cPart of the rural areas of Bishop and Petronilla, and those areas are always in dire need of programs and projects that will improve their quality of life, and I plan to do that,\u201d Noyola-Martin said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, incumbent Joe A. Gonzalez is seeking re-election to continue serving Precinct 2.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don’t call myself a politician. I call myself a public servant,\u201d Gonzalez said.<\/p>\n
Gonzalez said he has served his community in many different ways.<\/p>\n
\u201cPolice officer, the federal probation and parole, Department of Justice, and as a judge and as a Commissioner,\u201d Gonzalez said.<\/p>\n
The incumbent commissioner said improving quality of life in underserved communities remains a major focus of his work.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow can I help the people? It’s not so much about buildings, it’s not so much about infrastructure, it’s about the people, health and safety,\u201d Gonzalez said.<\/p>\n
Gonzalez also highlighted drainage and infrastructure projects in rural areas, saying many are already being funded through grants.<\/p>\n
\u201cWithout those projects they’re gonna continue to fight the water coming into the homes and all that. So we need to finish these projects,\u201d Gonzalez said.<\/p>\n
The runoff election also includes larger statewide races for the Democratic candidates for Lieutenant Governor and the Republican candidates for U.S. Senate.<\/p>\n
Political analyst Dr. Bill Chriss said turnout in runoff elections can play a major role in determining outcomes.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously a very consequential race. Whoever wins that runoff will face James Tallarico in the general election in what looks like it’s going to be a very close race,\u201d Chriss said.<\/p>\n
Dr. Chriss said runoff elections often favor highly motivated voters.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhoever’s the most right-wing Republican or the most left-wing Democrat is going to have the edge, and that’s because only the highest motivated voters actually turn out for these runoffs,\u201d Chriss said.<\/p>\n
Early voting is from May 18 until May 22, and the primary runoff election will be on May 26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Democratic runoff candidates for Nueces County Commissioner Precinct 2 are sharing their priorities for voters. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300864,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-300863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}