Tuesday is the last day for early voting before the 2022 Constitutional Amendments and Local Entities Elections on Saturday.
Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday.
There are over 30 polling locations available for Hidalgo County residents to cast their votes. Those locations can be found at the Hidalgo County Elections website.
The cities of Elsa, Mercedes, Mission, Palmhurst, Palmview, and Progreso have races on the ballot, as well as Mission CISD, Sharyland ISD, South Texas College, and Engelman Irrigation District.
Edcouch-Elsa ISD also has Proposition A on the ballot, which calls for a $26 million bond. Voters will vote for or against the funds that are intended to construct, acquire and equip school buildings, purchase new school buses, and levy enough taxes to pay the bond.
Greg Rodriguez, the district’s superintendent, said the measure would not raise property taxes, despite the proposition’s language, which states “this is a tax increase.”
“Propositions are mandated to state” that, he told The Monitor in an email Tuesday morning.
A total of 13,500 ballots have been cast after seven days of early voting in Hidalgo County, including 11,428 in-person ballots and 2,072 mail-in ballots.
Below is a breakdown of each race:
City of Mission
Mayoral candidates
>> Victor Anzaldua
>> Norberto “Beto” Salinas
>> Armando O’Cana
>> Norie Gonzalez Garza
Council Place 1
>> Jessica Ortega Ochoa
>> Noel Salinas
>> Moises “Moy” Iglesias
Council Place 3
>> Abiel Flores
>> Javier “Javy” Ramon
>> Joe Vargas
City of Palmview
Mayor
>> Pamela Flores
>> Rick Villarreal
>> Linda Sarabia
Council Place 2
>> Miriam Saenz
>> Jose Luis “JL” Perez
Council Place 4
>> Benito Hernandez
>> Arlando Nacianceno
City of Palmhurst
Mayor
>> Ramiro J. Rodriguez Jr. (deceased)
>> Israel Silva
Council Place 3
>> Robert A. Salinas
>> Carlton Martin
Council Place 4
>> Hugo H. Gutierrez
>> Mary Ann Gonzalez
City of Mercedes
Commissioner Place 2
>> Armando Garcia
>> Leonel Benavidez
Commissioner Place 4
>> Ruben J. Saldana
>> Jose Gomez
>> Jovana Trevino-Garcia
City of Elsa
Mayor
>> Alonzo “Al” Perez
>> Zeke Avila
>> Mingo Rodriguez
Councilman Place 1
>> Carlos “Cory” Sanchez
>> Melissa Salinas
>> Jose Pepe Martinez
City of Progreso Lakes
Mayor
>> Harold Seiver
>> Casey J. Cavazos
Alderman
>> Wyman Birdwell
>> David Martin
South Texas College Board of Trustees District 3
>> Paul R. Rodriguez
>> Prisciliano “J.R.” Trevino
>> Lorena Saucedo Singh
South Texas College Board of Trustees District 4
>> Michael Fallek
>> Dalinda Gonzalez-Alcantar
>> Ronnie Ontiveros
Mission Consolidated Independent School District
School trustee Place 1
>> Veronica “Betty” R. Mendoza
>> Amanda Salinas O’Cana
School Trustee Place 6
>> Dolores “Loli” Reyna
>> Petra B. Ramirez
School trustee Place 7
>> J.C. Avila
>> Minnie R. Rodgers
Sharyland Independent School District
School trustee Place 5
>> Hector M. Rivera
>> Rene Morales
School trustee Place 6
>> Noe Oliveira
School trustee Place 7
>> David Keith
Editor’s note: This story was updated to correct information about the Edcouch-Elsa school district bond and to include comments from the superintendent.
