ELECTION RESULTS: Here’s a rundown of races in the RGV

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U.S. Congress

(Source: Texas Secretary of State’s Office)

District 15

Michelle Vallejo: 64,276

Monica De La Cruz: 74,291

Ross Lynn Leone Jr.: 2,551

District 28

Henry Cuellar: 85,275

Cassy Garcia: 61,918

District 34

Vicente Gonzalez: 70,696

Mayra Flores: 59,346

Chris Royal: 4,073

State House and Senate

(Source: Texas Secretary of State’s Office)

Senate District 20

Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa: 72,928

Westley Wright: 48,284

Senate District 27

Morgan LaMantia: 62,559

Adam Hinojosa: 58,750

House District 35

Oscar Longoria: 11,172

Oscar Rosa: 5,943

House District 37

Luis Villarreal Jr.: 13,685

Janie Lopez: 14,451

House District 39

Armando “Mando” Martinez: 14,322

Jimmie Garcia: 7,574

House District 41

Bobby Guerra: 16,705

John “Doc” Robert Guerra: 12,384

Hidalgo County

(Source: Hidalgo County Elections Department)

County Judge

Richard Cortez: 86,704

Esmeralda Flores: 50,550

Hidalgo County County Clerk

Arturo Guajardo Jr.: 83,816

Minerva Diaz: 52,259

County JP Precinct 4, Place 2

Andre Maldonado: 25,555

Ruben Luna: 17,176

County District Attorney

Toribio “Terry” Palacios: 83,834

Juan Tijerina: 54,198

Cameron County

(Source: Hidalgo County Elections Department)

County Judge

Eddie Trevino Jr.: 40,260 or 52.77%

Carlos H. Cascos: 36,036 or 47.23% (Final)

County Clerk

Sylvia Garza-Perez: 44,042 or 58.46%

Mirla Veronica Deaton: 31,294 or 41.54% (Final)

Precinct 2 Commissioners

Joey Lopez: 13,110 or 63.38%

Erasmo Castro: 7,575 or 36.62% (Final)

Precinct 4 Commissioner

Gus Ruiz: 10,951 or 54.11%

Charles Chuck Vieh: 9,289 or 45.89% (Final)

Justice of the Peace Precinct 1

Bennie “Bo” Ochoa IV: 4,061 or 53.48%

Andrew M. Infante: 9,325 or 43.37% (Final)

Justice of the Peace Precinct 5, Place 2

Eloy Cano: 12,176 or 56.63% (Final)

Alejandro “Alex” Tores: 9,325 or 43.37%

State Board of Education

(Source: Texas Secretary of State’s Office)

District 2

Victor Perez: 43,353 or 58.10%

L.J. Francis:  31,259 or 41.90%

13th Court of Appeals

(Source: Texas Secretary of State’s Office)

Place 3

Aaron Peña: 224,209

Leticia Hinojosa: 201,444

Cities and Schools

(Sources: Hidalgo and Cameron counties elections departments)

Weslaco City Commissioner at-large

Leo Munoz: 

Israel Gonzalez Jr.: 

Weslaco City Commissioner District 4

Adrian Farias: 

Eloy De Leon: 

Alamo City Proposition A

For: 

Against: 

Alamo City Proposition A

For: 

Against: 

Edcouch City Proposition A

For: 

Against: 

Edcouch City Proposition B

For: 

Against: 

Port Isabel City Proposition A

For: 864 or 70.88% (Final)

Against: 355 or 29.12%

Port Isabel City Proposition B

For: 722 or 59.87% (Final)

Against: 484 or  40.13%

Laguna Madre District Board of Directors Position 1, Place 1

Balde C. Alaniz Sr.: 2,058 or 47.87%

Jason Starkey: 2,241 or 52.13% (Final)

Santa Rosa City Mayor:

Jaime Quiroga: 337 or 61.72 % (Final)

Ruben Ochoa Jr.: 209 or 38.28%

South Padre Island City Council Member Place 4

Reese Langston: 

Hector Ramos: 

Weslaco ISD Place 4

Jaime Rodriguez: 7,652 or 64.31%

Edith “ET” Treviño: 4,247 or 35.69%

Weslaco ISD Place 5

Benjamin “Ben” Castillo: 4,712 or 40.30%

Homer Saenz: 2,290 or 19.59%

Diana Quintanilla: 2,119 or 18.12%

Paula Mata Sanchez: 2,571 or 21.99%

Weslaco ISD Place 6

Armando “Coach” Cuellar: 7,872 or 66.01% 

Victor Hugo De La Cruz: 4,053 or 33.99%

Weslaco ISD Place 7

Isidoro Nieto: 6,551 or 55.75%

Pedro “Pedee” Abrigo: 2,765 or 23.53% 

Alfredo “Duff” Castaneda: 2,435 or 20.72%

Monte Alto ISD Place 4

Connie Villanueva: 558 or 60.78%

Gloria Garate: 360 or 39.22%

Monte Alto ISD Place 6

Raul Valdez: 438 or 48.72%

Johnny Herrera: 461 or 51.28%

Monte Alto ISD Place 7

Lucio Duque: 271 or 30.38%

Ester Cardoza-Wade: 470 or 52.69%

Paula Zapata: 151 or 16.93%

Valley View ISD Place 1

Anthony Pinal: 1,844 or 61.98%

Elizabeth Bella: 1,131 or 38.02%

Valley View ISD Place 2

Efrain Perez: 1,757 or 58.70%

Raul “Coach” Sanchez: 1,236 or 41.30%

Valley View ISD Place 3

Claudia Coronado: 2,115 or 70.59%

Francisco Santana: 881 or 29.41%

Donna ISD Place 5

David De Los Rios: 3,540 or 47.70%

Eloy Avila: 3,881 or 52.30%

Donna ISD Place 6

Roberto Perez: 2,198 or 30.38%

Ida M. Garcia: 2,867 or 39.63%

Sandra Vicencio: 2,170 or 29.99%

Donna ISD Place 7

Dr. Maricela Valdez: 4,228 or 58.24%

Jay Villarreal: 3,032 or 41.76%

Edinburg CISD Place 1

Dominga “Minga” Vela: 12,580 or 49.78%

Jaime Cavazos: 8,416 or 33.30%

Frank Lara: 4,276 or 16.92%

Edinburg CISD Place 2

Letty Flores: 12,980 or 51.30%

Oscar Salinas: 12,321 or 48.70%

Edinburg CISD Place 3

Maricela “Mari” De Leon: 6,610 or 26.48%

Leticia “Letty” Garcia: 18,353 or 73.52%

Edinburg CISD Place 5

Shelly Duffey: 12,072 or 47.84%

Xavier Salinas: 13,160 or 52.16%

Mercedes ISD Place 1

Orlando D. Rodriguez: 2,300 or 66.69%

Rachel Trevino: 1,149 or 33.31%

Mercedes ISD Place 2

Oscar “Big O” Riojas: 1,470 or 42.97%

Marcos Joaquin Garcia IV: 1,951 or 57.03%

Mercedes ISD Place 3

Oscar Hernandez: 1,868 or 54.78%

Elvia Sandoval: 1,542 or 45.22%

Mercedes ISD Place 4

Nancy E. Vallejo: 1,348 or 39.45%

Juanita “Jayni” Mariscal: 858 or 25.11%

Ricardo “Rick” Garza: 1,211 or 35.44%

Hidalgo ISD Place 3

Martin Carrasco: 861 or 52.76%

Carlos Cardoza Sr.: 771 or 47.24%

Hidalgo ISD Place 4

Trino Mancha: 766 or 46.42%

Yesenia Ayala: 884 or 53.58%

Hidalgo ISD Place 5

Ben Arjona: 873 or 52.75%

Rudy Franz: 782 or 47.25%

La Joya ISD Place 1

Homer Tijerina: 3,551 or 29.32%

Dr. Nereyda Cantu: 6,957 or 57.45%

Dr. Monica Jean Alaniz-McGinnis: 1,602 or 13.23%

La Joya ISD Place 2

Espie Ochoa: 5,694 or 47.00%

Esmeralda Solis: 6,421 or 53.00%

La Joya ISD Place 3

Mary T. Hernandez: 6,701 or 55.69%

Freddie Flores: 5,331 or 44.31%

La Joya ISD Place 5

Irma Villarreal-Veloz: 5,994 or 49.72%

Dr. Roberto Zamora: 6,061 or 50.28%

La Joya ISD Place 6

Anthony Uresti: 5,987 or 49.54%

Dr. Judy Solis: 2,847 or 23.56%

Lupe Chavez: 3,251 or 26.90%

South Texas ISD Board Precinct 2

Margarita Garcia: 17,906 or 61.28%

Fernando Castillo: 11,312 or 38.72%

South Texas ISD Board Precinct 4

Rodolfo “Rudy” Ramirez: 25,744 or 68.09%

Martin “Doc” Castillo: 12,064 or 31.91%

Edcouch-Elsa ISD Place 1

Juan Jose “JJ” Ybarra: 2,480 or 100%

Norma Linda Pena: 

Edcouch-Elsa ISD Place 4

Fernando “Nano” Torres Jr: 2,447 or 100%

Senaida Salinas Rodriguez: 

Edcouch-Elsa ISD Place 5

Dr. Ricardo “Doc” Ochoa: 2,034 or 54.46%

Bobby Peacock Jr.: 1,701 or 45.54%

La Villa ISD Place 5

Cindy M Mata: 365 or 45.63%

Yesenia Morales: 435 or 54.38%

La Villa ISD Place 6

Gilbert “Gibby” Hinojosa III: 589 or 75.71%

Cassandra A Hamirano: 189 or 24.29%

La Villa ISD Place 7

Sonia M Lopez: 426 or 50.90%

Bridget Perez: 411 or 49.10%

PSJA ISD Place 1 

Carlos Villegas: 11,219 or 61.78%

Joshua Israel Benavides: 6,941 or 38.22%

PSJA ISD Place 2

Lupe Chavez Jr: 2,826 or 15.66%

Diana Serna: 10,068 or 55.80%

Ricardo “Rick” Pedraza: 5,149 or 28.54%

PSJA ISD Place 3

Yolanda Castillo: 10,924 or 60.04%

Jorge “George” Palacios: 7,270 or 39.96%

Brownsville ISD Place 1

Carlos A. Elizondo: 13,667 or 47.33%

Drue Ellen Brown: 8,379 or 29.02%

Philip T. Cowen: 6,828 or 23.65% (Final)

Brownsville ISD Place 2

Denise Garza: 16,495 or 57.67%

Victor M. Caballero: 12,106 or 42.33% (Final)

Brownsville ISD Place 4

Prisci Roca Tipton: 12,052 or 42.08%

Frank Ortiz: 16,589 or 57.92% (Final)

La Feria ISD Place 4

Alfonso Rodriguez: 1,405 or 45%

Lisa Montalvo: 1,717 or 55% (Final)

La Feria ISD Place 5

Javier Loredo: 1,557 or 49.90%

Gloria Casas: 1,563 or 50.10% (Final)

La Feria ISD Place 6

Katie Johnson: 1,516 or 48.87%

Aurora Hinojosa: 1,094 or 35.27% 

Olga Estrada: 492 or 15.86% (Final)

Los Fresnos CISD Place 3

Juan Sierra: 4,508 or 56.24%

Kevin Michael Montes: 3,507 or 43.76% (Final)

Santa Maria ISD Place 2

Javier E. Jimenez Jr.: 275 or 51.40% (Final)

Oralia “Lala” Ortiz: 260 or 48.60%

Santa Maria ISD Place 3

Michele Garcia: 263 or 50.67 (Final)

Rambaldo “Ram” Rivera: 256 or 49.33%

Santa Maria ISD Place 4

Luis A. Cantu: 261 or 49.71 (Final)

Miguel Zavala: 264 or 50.29%