3 incumbent El Paso City Council candidates face runoff elections

Nina Gallegos

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – Three incumbent candidates for El Paso City Council are facing runoff elections after Tuesday’s election results.

Incumbent District 8 Representative Chris Canales led 34% of the vote with 5,715 votes. He’ll face Matthew Guzman, who reached 25% of the vote, in a runoff.

El Paso City Council – Dist. 8

24/24 | 100% Precincts Candidate Party Votes % Chris Canales (i) NON 5,715 34%

Matthew Guzman NON 4,174 25%

Laura Ochoa-Todd NON 3,436 21%

Arturo_R. Alluin NON 2,026 12%

Johnny_J. Gonzalez NON 1,294 8%

16,645 total votes Updated: 2026-11-04 02:44:25 pm

Incumbent District 6 Rep. Art Fierro won 34% of the vote. Fierro will face candidate Jesse Moreno. Moreno won 27% of the vote, with 5,681 votes.

El Paso City Council – Dist. 6

20/20 | 100% Precincts Candidate Party Votes % Art Fierro (i) NON 7,191 34%

Jesse Moreno NON 5,681 27%

Claudia Contreras_Siller NON 4,668 22%

Pedro Fernandez_Jr. NON 1,784 9%

Hector Alba NON 1,632 8%

20,956 total votes Updated: 2026-11-04 02:44:25 pm

In District 1, incumbent Rep. Alejandra Chavez won 47% of the vote with 12,053 votes. She’ll face Sam Armjio in a runoff election. Armijo won 20% of the vote.

El Paso City Council – Dist. 1

20/20 | 100% Precincts Candidate Party Votes % Alejandra_’Ale’ Chávez (i) NON 12,053 47%

Sam Armijo NON 5,070 20%

‘MJK’_Matthew James_Kozik NON 5,005 20%

Daniela Garcia NON 3,372 13%

25,500 total votes Updated: 2026-11-04 02:44:25 pm

Armijo denied a request for an interview, but he sent ABC-7 the following statement:

First, I want to acknowledge the challengers in the race for District 1 Representative and their supporters. They were professional, worked hard and presented their views and plans to solve El Paso’s many serious problems. I respect and admire Matthew Kozik’s and Daniela Garcia’s courage to take on the El Paso political machine and wish them well. We all opposed the city council’s policy of raising El Paso’s already crushing property taxes at every opportunity, while ignoring the conditions of our streets, and the chronic flooding of our neighborhoods . The voters have spoken, and I will now focus on winning the race for District 1 Representative in the upcoming runoff.

ABC-7 has reached out to all city council runoff candidates for interviews.

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