Mayoral Buzz Picking Up
Since Sunday I have been hearing more and more people in political circles start talking about who is going to run for mayor in the upcoming Mayoral Election, which is actually next year.
But the names are already being thrown around. People are talking about who should run, or who is running, or who is considering, a run for Mayor of El Paso.
The names I keep hearing the most about are City Representative Steve Ortega and former Senator Eliot Shapleigh.
First things first people...if one runs, the other won't. There is no scenario in which one would run against the other.
But those are the names I keep hearing the most about so far. I've spoken about a possible Ortega mayoral bid a while back and even called to get comment from him about once. He told me then that he was not interested in running for the position and that only under the most extreme circumstance would he ever run for the job. That was a while back though. Maybe a couple of years.
Lots of things change in a couple of years.
Shapleigh still has a lot of political life left in him. The whole Garcia scandal at EPISD should galvanize the former senator. He's already won county wide in races and has been good at bridging the gap between the Old Guard of the Democratic Party and the "Progressives".
Even people who were critical of Shapleigh about the EPISD thing, including Yours Truly, had to begrudgingly admit Shapleigh was right.
There are a host of other names being mentioned as well including Oscar Leeser, though his name comes up regularly. I don't think he'll do it though.
Three city rep names keep coming up as well. City Reps Eddie Holguin, Emma Acosta, and Cortney Niland. Holguin and Acosta will not run against each other. Acosta has expressed interest in running for mayor in the past but since Niland was able to take on the electric company, Niland has been getting more attention for the position. Holguin's name keeps coming up because he's young, has experience, and has a political future that is going to be bigger than city council.
I'm sure there are going to be a host of other names that pop up at some point, like Gus Haddad and others. But for right now, other than Shapleigh, the mayors race rumors seem focused around city council.
But the names are already being thrown around. People are talking about who should run, or who is running, or who is considering, a run for Mayor of El Paso.
The names I keep hearing the most about are City Representative Steve Ortega and former Senator Eliot Shapleigh.
First things first people...if one runs, the other won't. There is no scenario in which one would run against the other.
But those are the names I keep hearing the most about so far. I've spoken about a possible Ortega mayoral bid a while back and even called to get comment from him about once. He told me then that he was not interested in running for the position and that only under the most extreme circumstance would he ever run for the job. That was a while back though. Maybe a couple of years.
Lots of things change in a couple of years.
Shapleigh still has a lot of political life left in him. The whole Garcia scandal at EPISD should galvanize the former senator. He's already won county wide in races and has been good at bridging the gap between the Old Guard of the Democratic Party and the "Progressives".
Even people who were critical of Shapleigh about the EPISD thing, including Yours Truly, had to begrudgingly admit Shapleigh was right.
There are a host of other names being mentioned as well including Oscar Leeser, though his name comes up regularly. I don't think he'll do it though.
Three city rep names keep coming up as well. City Reps Eddie Holguin, Emma Acosta, and Cortney Niland. Holguin and Acosta will not run against each other. Acosta has expressed interest in running for mayor in the past but since Niland was able to take on the electric company, Niland has been getting more attention for the position. Holguin's name keeps coming up because he's young, has experience, and has a political future that is going to be bigger than city council.
I'm sure there are going to be a host of other names that pop up at some point, like Gus Haddad and others. But for right now, other than Shapleigh, the mayors race rumors seem focused around city council.
Were Emma and Sergio Lewis chosen by the same voters?Those two have already ruin El Paso's reputation and they make a good couple.
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