{"id":80317,"date":"2025-12-08T13:44:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T13:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/80317\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T13:44:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T13:44:09","slug":"filing-deadline-to-run-for-office-is-today-get-the-latest-candidate-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/80317\/","title":{"rendered":"Filing Deadline To Run For Office Is Today: Get The Latest Candidate List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/eph_1-1-980x551.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A picture of people wearing election buttons waiting in line to file documents.\" decoding=\"async\"  \/>  <\/p>\n<p>EL PASO, Tx., December 8, 2025: Today is the last day to file to run for office in 2026. Anyone wanting to run in the March 3, 2026, primaries have until today to declare their candidacy.<\/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 a complete list of candidates, visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/elpasoheraldpost.com\/el-paso-elections-resource-page\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Election Resource Page<\/a> for the latest information on who is running. We are monitoring who is filing throughout the day and we will be updating our list as information arrives.<\/p>\n<p>Those seeking office in the Democratic Party ticket can file to run at the Democratic Party headquarters at 1401 Montana Ave., suite E. The Democrats will be taking applications until 6 tonight. Check the El Paso Democratic Party <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elpasodemocrats.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a> for the latest updates or call them at (915) 600-5040.<\/p>\n<p>Those seeking to run in the Republican primary can file at the Republican Party headquarters located at 7717 Lockheed, suite D. The Republicans will be taking applications until 6 tonight. Check the El Paso Republican Party <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elpasorepublicans.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a> for the latest information, or call them at (915) 219-9045, (915) 842-8255 or text them at (888) 534-5541.<\/p>\n<p>Important Dates For 2026 Primary Elections<\/p>\n<p>January 1, 2026: First day to apply for a Ballot by Mail.<br \/>February 2, 2026: Last day to register to vote.<br \/>February 17, 2026: First day of Early Voting.<br \/>February 27, 2026: Last day to apply for a Ballot by Mail.<br \/>February 17, 2026: Last day of Early Voting<br \/>March 3, 2026: Primary Election Day.<br \/>Note: dates are subject to change.<\/p>\n<p>We have created an <a href=\"https:\/\/elpasoheraldpost.com\/el-paso-elections-resource-page\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Election Resource Page<\/a> where you can get the latest information about the candidates seeking office and important upcoming dates. Bookmark the page or look for it under the Government &amp; Politics tab.<\/p>\n<p>The political office several political observers are monitoring is whether Ricardo Saminego will draw a Democratic Party challenger for the primary. No word yet on Brian Kennedy\u2019s plans for office in 2026. Kennedy filed a treasurer\u2019s report earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Like Us and Follow Us On Our Social Media!<\/p>\n<p>Visited 5 times, 5 visit(s) today<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Tx., December 8, 2025: Today is the last day to file to run for office in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80318,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[36890,138,19056,39156,140,139,288,3485,36911],"class_list":["post-80317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-brian-kennedy","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-county-democratic-party","tag-el-paso-county-republican-party","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-elections","tag-elections-2026","tag-ricardo-samaniego"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80317","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=80317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}