A Quick Look at District 6 Race

The district 6 race will probably be the snoozer of the four city rep races this election.

In fact the highlight will likely be the many political pratfalls of one of the candidates, Zulema Lazarin. I'm starting to think she might be a fan of Britney Spears. Ooops I did it again! (Read on, I'll explain her latest misstep)




Lazarin is facing Gerardo Rosiles and the incumbent City Rep Eddie Holguin.

There are three names on the ballot, but this campaign will hardly be a race.

Here's why:

Gerardo Rosiles is a political new-comer. He has no base of support and there are no indications that he has a large volunteer base. I'm sure he's a nice guy, but all the fancy political science text books in the world can't prepare someone for a race in the Valley.

Plus, they don't actually TEACH grassroots campaigning in a textbook.

So far he has said he will focus on the area north of the freeway in the district. Not the strongest of strategies. Yes, its the area Holguin is weakest in, but at best Rosiles can only hope to split the area with Holguin. And that's really spotting the guy a lot.

Zulema Lazarin - pobresita. I'm really not picking on her. But can someone in the Republican Party do her a favor and pull her aside and teach her some basics before she steps out on a limb. Judge Hicks, Chris Antcliff, anybody! She really should have people look things over for her before she submits them. Here's a quick wrap-up of her previous misteps, before I reveal the latest.

#1- Tried to file to run in the wrong district. That's a really big problem. Most people will ridicule her for it and I think its a fair critique for people to ask how well can she represent a district that she didn't even know she lived in? Trust me, District 5 looks very different than District 6.

#2- Allegedly accepted a campaign contribution before she had actually filed a treasurer with the city.

#3 - When she actually did file a treasurer with the city, she committed to only raising $500. In her defense, she re-filled that paperwork 2 days later.

#4 - She wrote in the phrase "general" in the area she was supposed to indicate the name of the city in which she was going to pursue office.

And now....

#6 - Remember when I said she went back to city hall and filed the paperwork again to correct the fact that she had mistakenly committed to only raising $500 two days after making the mistake? Well it turns out I was wrong, at least according to one person at the City of El Paso. According to a source at City Hall, it was actually her spouse who tried to drop off the corrected paperwork. But nonetheless, the interesting part of the story is that the re-submitted paperwork was EXACTLY the same as the original filing!

Basically she resubmitted a new packet that committs her to raising and spending less than $500 for the entire campaign...again! Don't believe me? Check out this link and this link.

Notice, the dates are two days apart, but each packet has the additional page filled out that locks the candidate in to raising and spending no more than $500.

Yes, she did it again!

I wonder if she has realized it yet? I wonder if she has already exceeded that amount in spending or donations?

Which leads to Holguin. He has a fully staffed headquarters open and from what I am told, is looking for a place to open a second campaign headquarters in his district, north of the freeway. A volunteer also told me that there are about 350 signs up as of Sunday and he has a candidate fundraiser coming up. His 1st mailer will be going out son and the campaign is expecting to have billboards going up in the next couple of weeks.

He apparently took his sweet time making his decision to run, but has apparently decided to commit fully.

(Candidates will be selecting their spot on the ballot at 3:45 today in city hall chambers. This is for all races. I will try to swing by if I can.)