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Cameron County Justice of the Peace Precinct 2, Place 2 has a new judge.
Democratic candidate Cyndi Mendiola Hinojosa defeated challenger Elizabeth Garza in the Democratic runoff primary election, unofficial election results from the Cameron County Elections Department show.
Hinojosa took the early vote garnering 2,750 votes to Garza’s 1,522. Hinojosa continued to gain momentum throughout the night pulling off the win.
In a Facebook live post Garza said the outcome of the race is not what she had hoped for but said she had made many new friends along the way. “This was not our time. I am proud of the campaign that I ran.”
With 35 of 35 precincts reporting Garza had 2,130 votes compared to Hinojosa’s 3,716.
Friends of Hinojosa posted congratulations on her Facebook page.
Hinojosa should take over the position in January 2023 since there is no Republican challenger in the November General Election.
Judge Jonathan Gracia held the seat for two terms but decided not to seek a third term in order to run for State Rep. District 38. He lost that race to Erin Hernandez who now represents District 38.
In the Democratic runoff race for Cameron County Commissioner Precinct 4 between incumbent Gustavo Ruiz and J.V. Garcia, Ruiz managed to hold onto his seat defeating Garcia.
Ruiz took the early vote receiving 1,677 votes to Garcia’s 1,310.
With 27 of the 27 precincts reporting Ruiz received 2,307 votes while Garcia received 1,942.
Ruiz will take on Republican Charles “Chuck” Vieh in the November General Election.
Ruiz and Garcia on Tuesday afternoon were busy campaigning in the cities and towns in the district reminding voters to go out and cast their ballots. Ruiz lived streamed some of his campaigning on his Facebook page.
“This is Gus Ruiz your county commissioner. We are asking for your permission to allow us to serve you another four years on the county commission. We want to continue to work on drainage improvements, we want to continue to do road projects, we want to continue to install streetlights in our communities, we want to continue to improve our communities. Folks supporting our communities have always been our priority, it has been an honor and privilege to serve you,” as your county commissioner.
Garcia showed pictures of flooded streets on his Facebook page stating he had received many reports of flooding over streets in La Feria, Harlingen and the surrounding areas.
“When I began advocating for flood victims, for better drainage for adequate infrastructure I never thought I would run for public office but with taxpayers dollars being used inappropriately and with residents continue to flood, continue to deal with pothole ridden roads, I knew it is was time for me to do something,” Garcia said on his Facebook page.
“This is precisely the reason I am running for County Commissioner. With even the slightest amount of rain, people continue to flood!,” Garcia wrote.
