Rep Gonzalez Awarded Freshman Legislator of the Year
Representative Naomi Gonzalez was awarded Freshman Legislator of the Year by the Mexican American Legislative Caucus, which marks the second time in a row that the award went to a member of the El Paso delegation.
Joe Moody won the award last time.
That is a big sign of support from her colleagues and will likely be something that any possible challengers, even former seat-holders, will have to consider when making a decision to take on Gonzalez or not.
Contrast that with the performance of Dee Margo, who has only passed a couple of pieces of legislation, one of which was written by the County. Margo has basically done nothing, despite being in the majority and having a Republican in the delegation, according to Margo, was supposed to be a good thing for El Paso.
So far, it hasn't amounted to anything.
The one thing both legislators have in common now is that they now have a record to run on, or for an opponent to run against.
Dee Margo has made some really bad votes for El Pasoans. Gonzalez really hasn't made a bad vote this session and has done much better than expected. Margo is vulnerable in a primary and dead meat in a general. Gonzalez might have to face the ghost of politics past, but I think she'd win a re-match fairly handily and I haven't heard rumblings of anyone else stepping up to run against her. General elections in the valley are a non-factor.
Joe Moody won the award last time.
That is a big sign of support from her colleagues and will likely be something that any possible challengers, even former seat-holders, will have to consider when making a decision to take on Gonzalez or not.
Contrast that with the performance of Dee Margo, who has only passed a couple of pieces of legislation, one of which was written by the County. Margo has basically done nothing, despite being in the majority and having a Republican in the delegation, according to Margo, was supposed to be a good thing for El Paso.
So far, it hasn't amounted to anything.
The one thing both legislators have in common now is that they now have a record to run on, or for an opponent to run against.
Dee Margo has made some really bad votes for El Pasoans. Gonzalez really hasn't made a bad vote this session and has done much better than expected. Margo is vulnerable in a primary and dead meat in a general. Gonzalez might have to face the ghost of politics past, but I think she'd win a re-match fairly handily and I haven't heard rumblings of anyone else stepping up to run against her. General elections in the valley are a non-factor.
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