Tag: elections

PHARR — The city of Pharr has decided on another four years of Ambrosio Hernandez.

McALLEN — Maintaining the city's steady trend of economic prosperity bolstered by healthy commercial and residential growth is the top priority for the three men seeking to keep their seats on the McAllen City Commission this month.

SAN BENITO — Voters head to the polls Saturday in bitter San Benito elections in which the city’s two warring political factions are backing a crowded field of candidates pushing for control of the city commission and school district administrations.

Twenty elections for cities, school districts and other entities in the Rio Grande Valley have as of Monday drawn more than 20,000 voters over the course of seven days during early voting.

SAN BENITO — A steady flow of voters cast ballots as an eight-day early voting period drew to a close in some of San Benito’s hottest city commission and school board races, pumping up the city’s two rival factions to rally last-minute support as candidates zoom in on Saturday’s elections.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has formally announced he's seeking reelection. But he's also still the president, with roughly 20 months left in his term regardless of whether he wins a second one on Election Day 2024.

The first day of early voting for the May 6 local entities election saw a slight uptick in voters when compared to the last local entities election in 2021.

True to form, Cameron County voters were slow to get to the polls on the first day of early voting in the current election for mayors, city commissioners, school board and navigation district board members.

With the future of four seats on the ballot, McAllen ISD’s May 6 school board election is proving to be a pricey affair both in terms of political and financial capital.

With the Brownsville mayoral election just around the corner on May 6, the Brownsville Herald posed a list of questions to the four candidates appearing on the ballot in order for voters to get an idea of how each would serve in office.