EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Early voting for the March 2024 primary begins tomorrow, February 20, and ends Friday, March 1. During this period, residents can choose their preferred candidate for U.S. President, U.S. Senate, congressional and legislative offices, the State Board of Education, the Railroad Commission, Judicial, local, and political party seats. A comprehensive
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — This Sunday on ABC-7 Xtra, ABC-7’s Stephanie Valle sat down with three democratic candidates eyeing the democratic nomination in the El Paso district attorney race. Nancy Casas, James Montoya and Alma Trejo explain, why they’re the best choice.
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Editor’s Note: The story has been updated to include a response from Judge Marlene Gonzalez to ABC-7’s inquiry regarding redaction vs. sealing of records. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The divorce case of current City Representative and mayoral candidate Cassandra Hernandez may be closed, but it raised questions of transparency and resulted in her endorsement
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by Elida S. Perez, El Paso MattersFebruary 15, 2024 The city may be violating its contract with MountainStar Sports, which operates Southwest University Park, if it builds an indoor-outdoor amphitheater at Union Depot. City officials have not mentioned the ballpark contract clause in public discussions about the amphitheater proposal, and it’s unclear if City Council
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CNN By Edward-Isaac Dovere and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced Friday that he is running for US Senate this year, providing Republicans with a strong candidate in their bid to flip a seat in a deep-blue state. “I am running for the United States Senate – not to
Continue Reading CNN By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump won Nevada’s Republican presidential caucuses Thursday, a victory that was effectively guaranteed when his lone remaining well-known rival, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, chose not to compete for the state’s delegates. The former president has now won all three Republican contests so far — adding
Continue Reading CNN By Jeff Zeleny, Kaitlan Collins and Daniel Strauss, CNN (CNN) — Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel has offered to leave her position following the South Carolina primary later this month to allow former President Donald Trump to install his own party chair, two party advisers told CNN. She has also discussed those plans with Trump, according
Continue Reading CNN By John King, CNN Pawleys Island, South Carolina (CNN) — Joy Rendulic was hesitant when her husband first suggested a move to South Carolina. Then she visited a small ice cream shop for sale near the spectacular coast of this barrier island town. Rendulic cashed in her 401(k) to buy it, and left Erie,
Continue Reading CNN By Ebony Davis, CNN (CNN) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Sunday walked back her previous comment that Texas could secede from the US if it decided to do so. “No. According to the Constitution, they can’t,” Haley told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union” when asked whether she thought the Lone
Continue Reading CNN By Curt Devine, Donie O’Sullivan and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Days before a pivotal election in Slovakia to determine who would lead the country, a damning audio recording spread online in which one of the top candidates seemingly boasted about how he’d rigged the election. And if that wasn’t bad enough, his voice
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso City Councilwoman Cassandra Hernandez started the paperwork to join the race to become the city’s next mayor. Hernandez and her campaign treasurer filed paperwork this week for the mayoral race. Hernandez has served District 3 for two terms. Her current term is up in December 2024. Hernandez serves
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The race for El Paso’s next mayor is heating up. With current Mayor Oscar Leeser at his term limit, candidates are starting to throw their hats in the ring. Businessman Renard Johnson formally announced his candidacy in November’s election Tuesday evening. “I am running for Mayor because I believe El
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by Robert Moore, El Paso MattersJanuary 30, 2024 El Paso businessman Renard Johnson on Tuesday will become the first person to formally announce that he’s running for El Paso mayor in the November 2024 election. “El Paso has given me so much. It’s given me and my family a number of successful businesses here. It’s
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Interim El Paso City Manager Cary Westin will not seek the position permanently. Mayor Oscar Leeser and City Council will look to hire an executive recruitment service and start the city manager search soon. Westin has served as interim city manager since 2023 when former City Manager Tommy Gonzalez parted
Continue Reading Originally Published: 28 JAN 24 13:31 ET Updated: 28 JAN 24 13:32 ET By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump engaged in the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol but should stay on the ballot in Illinois, a retired judge told the state election board, which is set to vote Tuesday on his recommendation.
Continue Reading CNN By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Joe Manchin says he “absolutely” can see himself as president. Privately, the West Virginia Democrat has told people that a Joe Biden health scare or a Donald Trump conviction could give him an opening to run as an independent this year. In public, during stops in states such as New Hampshire,
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By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Members of New Mexico’s Legislature are the only state lawmakers in the country who aren’t paid a salary for their service, but voters might change that as a referendum on giving legislators a steady paycheck gains traction. A Democratic-sponsored initiative to provide New Mexico legislators
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CNN, POOL, NIKKI HALEY FOR PRESIDENT, GETTY IMAGES By Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden officially turned the page Wednesday to the general election, looking ahead to a race against former President Donald Trump that will test his ability to reenergize key corners of his winning coalition in a race his team
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso businessman Renard U. Johnson is running for mayor. ABC-7 obtained his paper work filed with the city clerk’s office. Johnson currently serves as president and CEO of Management and Engineering Technologies International, Inc. (METI), a position he has held since 1994. “Under his leadership, METI experienced steady growth
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVIA) — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), along with the non-profit advocacy group March Fourth, hosted a roundtable at the U.S. Capitol building Wednesday to discuss new gun legislation introduced by Heinrich and three other U.S. senators. Doña Ana County Sheriff Kim Stewart also spoke at the event, along with a New Mexico
Continue Reading CNN By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump took a huge step toward winning a third consecutive Republican presidential nomination Tuesday, winning the New Hampshire primary in a one-on-one matchup with his last challenger standing, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. Haley vowed to remain in the Republican race, saying she’ll now
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By Alexandra Hutzler January 23, 2024, 6:11 PM New Hampshire is home to the first-in-the-nation presidential primary, which took place on Tuesday. ABC News projects that Trump will win the Republican race over rival Nikki Haley, based on an analysis of the vote, while President Joe Biden will win the Democratic race, based on an exit
Continue Reading Originally Published: 22 JAN 24 12:13 ET Updated: 22 JAN 24 17:44 ET By Em Steck and Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — A robocall that appears to be an AI voice resembling President Joe Biden is reaching out to New Hampshire residents, advising them against voting in Tuesday’s presidential primary and saving their vote for the November general election. Audio
Continue Reading By STEVE PEOPLES, MICHELLE L. PRICE, HOLLY RAMER and JILL COLVIN Associated Press LACONIA, N.H. (AP) — As the last major challenger in Donald Trump ‘s way to the Republican nomination, Nikki Haley is hoping New Hampshire voters feel so strongly about keeping the former president away from the White House that they turn out
Continue Reading CNN By John King, CNN Portsmouth, New Hampshire (CNN) — Andrew Konchek has a long list of complaints about Donald Trump. But there’s one reason he is ready, again, to set all those worrisome things aside. “I’m with Trump because he supports fishermen, you know, and obviously it’s my livelihood,” Konchek said in an interview
Continue Reading CNN Opinion by Ilene Prusher (CNN) — From the New York Post cover that questioned whether we were looking at “DeFuture” to the more high-brow Financial Times dubbing him “Donald Trump with brains and without the drama,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was touted as a rising star with a clear path leading to the Republican nomination in 2024 and
Continue Reading CNN Analysis by Ronald Brownstein, CNN Manchester, New Hampshire (CNN) — And then there was one. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ withdrawal from the GOP presidential race Sunday placed former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in the kind of one-on-one match-up with Donald Trump that his Republican opponents have been thirsting for since the 2016 primary
Continue Reading CNN By Steve Contorno, Jessica Dean and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — In the days leading up to the Iowa caucuses, top advisers to Ron DeSantis steeled themselves for a grim result. The polling that for months told them enough Republicans there were ready to move on from Donald Trump was now predicting that most
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Update (8:00 p.m.): Josh Acevedo won El Paso City Council’s District 2 seat against Veronica Carbajal. The El Paso County Elections Department’s unofficial election results show that Acevedo garnered 56.33% of the vote. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Josh Acevedo is leading opponent Veronica Carbajal for El Paso City Council’s District 2 seat, according to
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