{"id":74353,"date":"2025-12-03T13:44:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T13:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/74353\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T13:44:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T13:44:15","slug":"important-2026-election-deadlines-and-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/74353\/","title":{"rendered":"Important 2026 Election Deadlines and Dates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/eph_2-980x551.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A picture of a hand writing &quot;Vote!&quot; on a November calendar.\" decoding=\"async\"  \/>  <\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/el-paso-news-llc.fundjournalism.org\/ephp\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"970\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fund_jurnlist_lgad_1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-687\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Uncertainty In Five Texas House Seats<\/p>\n<p>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/elpasoheraldpost.com\/2025\/11\/21\/update-one-of-two-judges-disagreed-with-congressional-map-ruling-labelling-it-naked-procedural-abuse\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">called<\/a> the 2025 congressional maps \u201cracially gerrymandered,\u201d ordering Texas officials to use the previous, 2021 maps instead. There was one dissenting judge.<\/p>\n<p>However, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito <a href=\"https:\/\/elpasoheraldpost.com\/2025\/11\/24\/update-the-u-s-supreme-court-pauses-el-paso-case-over-congressional-maps-order\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">paused<\/a> the order, reverting the maps back to the 2025 version.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Who\u2019s Running So Far?<\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t 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.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Congress, Texas 16<br \/>Raul \u201cBullet\u201d Castaneda (R)<br \/>Veronica Escobar (D incumbent)<br \/>Deliris Montanez (R)<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Congress, Texas 23<br \/>John Cudd (D)<br \/>Gretel Enck (D)<br \/>Santos Limon (D)<br \/>Peter White (D)<br \/>Zeke Enriquez (R)<br \/>Tony Gonzalez (R)<br \/>Brandon Herrera (R)<\/p>\n<p>Texas House of Representatives \u2013 75<br \/>Mary Gonzalez (D incumbent)<br \/>Humberto Perez (R)<\/p>\n<p>Texas House of Representatives \u2013 77<br \/>Vince Perez (D incumbent)<\/p>\n<p>Texas House of Representatives \u2013 78<br \/>Joe Moody (D incumbent)<br \/>Alexander Pacheco-Luquis (D)<\/p>\n<p>Texas House of Representatives \u2013 79<br \/>Claudia Ordaz (D incumbent)<\/p>\n<p>El Paso County Judge<br \/>Guadalupe Giner (I)<br \/>Ricardo Samaniego (D-incumbent)<br \/>Minerva Torres Shelton (R)<\/p>\n<p>County Commissioner Precinct No. 2<br \/>David Stout (D incumbent)<br \/>In a fundraiser plea on Facebook on Monday, Stour says he has drawn an opponent. No word yet on who the opponent is.<\/p>\n<p>County Commissioner Precinct No. 4<br \/>Sergio Coronado (D incumbent)<br \/>Samuel Morgan (R)<\/p>\n<p>County Court Judge of County Court at Law No. 1<br \/>Ruth Reyes (D-incumbent)<\/p>\n<p>County Court Judge of County Court at Law No. 2<br \/>Frances M. Maldonado<br \/>Sergio Saldivar (D)<\/p>\n<p>County Court Judge of County Court at Law No. 4<br \/>Jeffrey Dean Rago<br \/>Eunice Reyes<\/p>\n<p>County Court Judge of County Court at Law No. 5<br \/>Jesus Rodriguez<\/p>\n<p>El Paso Probate Court No. 2<br \/>Sergio H. Enriquez<\/p>\n<p>Justice of Peace No. 2<br \/>Julio Cesar Martin del Campo<br \/>Christine L. Saiz<\/p>\n<p>Justice of Peace No. 5<br \/>Eileen Marlin<br \/>Lucilla \u201cLucy\u201d Najera (D incumbent)<br \/>Jesus M. Olivas (D)<br \/>Dora Oaxaca Rivera (D)<br \/>Monica Terran<\/p>\n<p>Justice of Peace No. 6<br \/>Dora H. Aguirre<\/p>\n<p>Justice of Peace No. 6, Place 2<br \/>Nicolas Dominguez<br \/>Rosalie \u201cRosie\u201d Dominguez<\/p>\n<p>Justice of the Peace No. 7<br \/>Humberto Enriquez<br \/>Stephanie Frietze<\/p>\n<p>Constable District 7<br \/>James E. Loftis<\/p>\n<p>County Chairman<br \/>Michael A. Aboud<\/p>\n<p>No Office Declared<br \/>Brian Kennedy (D)<\/p>\n<p>Note: we have included party affiliation when known.<\/p>\n<p>People interested in voting in the upcoming primaries where many of El Paso\u2019s elections will be settled must register to vote by February 2, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Like Us and Follow Us On Our Social Media!<\/p>\n<p>Visited 11 times, 11 visit(s) today<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Tx., December 3, 2025: The March 3, 2026, primary elections are just around the corner with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74354,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[36889,36890,36891,19737,20747,36892,36893,36894,36895,138,140,139,3485,36896,36897,36898,36899,36900,36901,36902,36903,11101,19740,36904,36905,19741,36906,36907,36908,36909,36910,36911,36912,36913,36914,36915,36916,36917,36918,2566,2569,19062],"class_list":["post-74353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-alexander-pacheco-luquis","tag-brian-kennedy","tag-christine-l-saiz","tag-claudia-ordaz","tag-david-stout","tag-deliris-montanez","tag-dora-h-aguirre","tag-dora-oaxaca-rivera","tag-eileen-marlin","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-elections-2026","tag-eunice-reyes","tag-frances-m-maldonado","tag-guadalupe-giner","tag-humberto-enriquez","tag-humberto-perez","tag-james-e-loftis","tag-jeffrey-dean-rago","tag-jesus-m-olivas","tag-jesus-rodriguez","tag-joe-moody","tag-julio-cesar-martin-del-campo","tag-lucilla-lucy-najera","tag-mary-e-gonzalez","tag-michael-a-aboud","tag-minerva-torres-shelton","tag-monica-terran","tag-nicolas-dominguez","tag-raul-bullet-castaneda","tag-ricardo-samaniego","tag-rosalie-rosie-dominguez","tag-ruth-reyes","tag-samuel-morgan","tag-sergio-coronado","tag-sergio-h-enriquez","tag-sergio-saldivar","tag-stephanie-frietze","tag-tony-gonzales","tag-veronica-escobar","tag-vince-perez"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74353","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=74353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}