Apodaca Likely Candidate for Democratic Party Chair

Despite only being in his 30's Michael Apodaca has years of experience as a party activist for the El Paso Democratic Party and sources indicate that he is ready to run for chair of the El Paso Democratic Party.

Apodaca probably has more street cred within the Democratic Party this side of Queta Fierro. 

There was a sense of urgency to draft a good candidate since rumors first surfaced of former city rep Eddie Holguin considering a run for Party Chair. 

Holguin was elected chair of the Tejano Democrats recently. The original information I had received was that he narrowly defeated former city rep/county commissioner/JP Barbara Perez. A couple of people closely aligned with Holguin - Dr. Anna Perez and Othon Medina - took issue with my characterization of the narrow defeat and sent me an email regarding the issue. Dr. Perez was (mostly) polite but Medina was his usual confrontational self. But he quickly backs down whenever anyone shows those tactics don't work.

Good luck trying to bully me Medina, that has never worked for the countless number of people who've tried it before you pal. 

Speaking of Medina, word around the campfire is he is going to try to run to be the state head honcho of the Tejano Democrats at their upcoming convention. 

Getting back to Apodaca, he is a strong candidate because he knows how to run campaigns. The race is a down-ballot race and Holguin won't have the advantage of being the only Hispanic surname on the ballot. 

Apodaca will likely have a strong presence of support from El Paso's elected officials since he's helped many of them and has a good rapport with basically all of them.