Elections

SAN BENITO — Election season’s cranking up in this politically charged town.

The city of South Padre Island holds a special election Feb. 3 to fill Place 5 on the City Council following the death on Dec. 1 of Eva Jean Dalton, first elected to the seat in November 2018.

After 35 years, Cameron County Tax Assessor-C0llector Tony Yzaguirre is running for reelection to the office he helped transform.

WASHINGTON — Shortly after deciding to run for Congress on a platform that supports abortion rights, Democrat Michelle Vallejo had a conversation with her grandmother.

After losing by just 10 votes, Edinburg City Council candidate Gerardo “Gerry” Lozano has filed a lawsuit in state district court seeking to nullify the election that saw Place 3 incumbent David White reelected to a second term.

By the start of 2024, Texans will be able to apply for a ballot by mail to begin the process of casting their vote in the primary election for local, state and national offices.

Juan Alvarez, who serves as municipal judge for the cities of Weslaco and Mercedes, has announced he is running for the 332nd state District Court.

A Mission attorney who announced he was running for judge of the 464th state District Court on Nov. 6 instead filed to run for the 332nd court on Monday, which was the Dec. 11 deadline for filing.

San Juan Municipal Judge Nereida Lopez-Singleterry has announced she is running to be judge of the 476th state District Court, Hidalgo County’s newest court.

U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Brownsville, announced on Monday that he will seek another term in Congress.