{"id":470035,"date":"2026-10-18T22:40:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T22:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/470035\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T22:40:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T22:40:44","slug":"early-voting-begins-monday-in-el-paso-county-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/470035\/","title":{"rendered":"Early voting begins Monday in El Paso County, Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM<\/a>) — Early voting in El Paso County and the rest of Texas begins on Monday, Oct. 19 and lasts through Friday, Oct. 30.<\/p>\n

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3.<\/p>\n

The ballot will feature a slew of local, state and federal races.<\/p>\n

Top races include a heated battle for U.S. Senate in Texas, pitting Democrat James Talarico and Republican Ken Paxton. Incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott is seeking a fourth term and is facing off with Democrat Gina Hinojosa.<\/p>\n

Locally, there are four contested races for El Paso City Council.<\/p>\n

Ysleta, Socorro and Tornillo ISDs are all having tax-rate elections. Canutillo, Fabens and Tornillo districts are voting on trustees.<\/p>\n

In El Paso County, incumbent County Judge Ricardo Samaniego, a Democrat, is facing off with Republican Minerva Torres Shelton. Samaniego is seeking a third term.<\/p>\n

In County Commissioner Precinct 2, Democrat Miguel “Mike” Teran is facing Republican Matt Sistrunk. Teran beat incumbent David Stout in the Democratic Primary earlier this year.<\/p>\n

In County Commissioner Precinct 4, Democrat Annette Griego is facing Republican Leo Arcos. Griego beat incumbent Sergio Coronado in the Democratic Primary.<\/p>\n

Voters can vote at any of the 39 Early Voting Locations throughout El Paso County. Voters can find voting locations, hours of operation and real time wait times by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When voting in person, voters can cast a regular ballot by presenting one of the seven acceptable forms of photo identification. You can click here<\/a> to learn about the types of IDs that are accepted.<\/p>\n

Voters can visit the Voter Dashboard by clicking here<\/a> to find a whole range of information.<\/p>\n

Voters with questions can contact the El Paso County Elections Department at (915) 273-3597 or
at epelections@epcountytx.gov.<\/p>\n

Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Early voting in El Paso County and the rest of Texas begins on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-470035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470035","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=470035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}