(Editor’s note: You can watch the entire debate in the video player above. The debate is in three segments, which is how it aired on TV.) EL PASO, Texas — With just a couple of weeks left before El Pasoans decide who will lead El Paso for the next four years, the candidates debated the
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Number-one campaign focus? Look after our City’s budget, Vets, Police and businesses. What sets you apart from your opponents? What I can say with absolute, is that our candidates have never served the United States of America. Everyone is expected to serve a nation thatprotects you and your family and children. Relevant experience that qualifies
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NAME: Carlos GallinarOFFICE YOU SEEK: Mayor of El PasoAGE: 45OCCUPATION: City Planner; Small Business OwnerEDUCATION: Bel Air High School, EPCC, UTEP, and Rutgers UniversityFAMILY: Married to Janine and raising two young children in Sunset Heights Number-one campaign focus? The Brain Drain is our focus. El Paso continues to have stagnant wages and we are losing
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Name: Dee MargoOffice you seek: MayorAge: 68Occupation: Full Time Mayor Education: Vanderbilt University, BA (History/Economics)Family:· Adair Margo (Wife)· Betty Ruth Wakefield (Mother-in-law)· Wake Margo (Son)· Francesca Margo (Daughter-in-law)· Don Margo (Son)· Elizabeth Margo (Daughter-in-law)· Liliana Margo (Granddaughter)· Emma Margo (Granddaughter)· Dee Margo (Grandson) Number-one campaign focus? If re-elected, I want to continue to focus on
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA-TV) — An increasing number of El Pasoans support the construction of a downtown arena in the Duranguito district, according to an ABC-7 scientific poll conducted each of the past three years. The poll asked TV news viewers currently living in El Paso County the same question in 2018, 2019 and now
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WASHINGTON, DC — Russia and Iran have both obtained U.S. voting registration information aiming to interfere in the 2020 election, the government’s national intelligence director said at a rare news conference Wednesday evening. John Ratcliffe, the intelligence director, and FBI Director Chris Wray say the U.S. will “impose costs and consequences” on any foreign interference.
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EL PASO, Texas — Election officials in El Paso and Doña Ana County have been receiving absentee ballots for quite some time and have already begun to open them up. Elections officials in both counties say they have measures in place to keep the ballots secure. In El Paso, both Early Voting and Signature Verification
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA-TV) — A majority of TV news viewers in El Paso County believe local health and city officials have responded to the coronavirus pandemic properly, according to a scientific poll conducted by ABC-7. Six in ten of those surveyed in El Paso County said they approved of the response; at least that
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — A string of record-breaking Covid-19 daily case counts prompted New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Tuesday to announce more restrictions as officials crack down on “hotspot” businesses that may be virus spreading sites. Starting Friday, restaurants, breweries, retail stores, gyms and other businesses will be required to close for two weeks
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has been named “Best Governor In The Nation” in a new study conducted by Laffer Associates, a consulting firm run by conservative economists Arthur Laffer and Stephen Moore, and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). ABC affiliate KXXV reports that the criteria included tax policy, overall state spending levels, handling
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — A naked man dubbed the “birthday suit sign bandit” was caught on camera stealing a Biden/Harris campaign sign from an Albuquerque resident’s front yard over the weekend, KOB-TV reports. Video footage from the homeowner’s security camera shows the naked man walk up from the darkness, snatch the sign out of the
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EL PASO, Texas— Shawn Nixon says he’s been framed. Nixon, a 21-year-old candidate running for El Paso City Council District 4, spoke to ABC-7 on Monday about his recent arrest on charges of theft of services. Weststar Cleaning Services owner Salvador Espinoza said he was hired byNixon to clean his campaign office and do some
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WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden will have their microphones cut off in Thursday’s debate while their rival delivers their opening two-minute answer to each of the debate topics. The 90-minute debate is divided into six 15-minute segments, with each candidate granted two minutes to deliver uninterrupted remarks before proceeding to
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NAME: Calvin ZielsdorfOFFICE YOU SEEK: MayorAGE: 37 OCCUPATION: Swim CoachEDUCATION: Texas A&M University – Agriculture Leadership Education and CommunicationFAMILY: Single, never married, 7 month old Pitbull named Zod, yes, General Zod Number-one campaign focus? Restructuring our city departments in a way that the attrition rate picks up and to give more El Pasoan’s an opportunity to
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NAME: Veronica CarbajalOFFICE YOU SEEK: Mayor of El PasoAGE: 44OCCUPATION: Attorney at Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc.EDUCATION: Burges High School, Class of 1994; Brown University, Class of 1998, Environmental Studies (Honors, B.A.), Ethnic Studies (B.A.); University of Texas School of Law, Class of 2004. Number-one campaign focus? No more business as usual. We have
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Number-one campaign focus? Vigilant COVID monitoring …the fact is COVID is here and will be here for a while. We have an added challenge as a border community. Until we get control of COVID, it will be difficult to satisfactorily address debt, taxes and jobs. Social distancing and masks are key to saving our economy
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EL PASO, Texas — Roughly 20%, or one out of five, of all registered voters in El Paso County cast ballots during the just-concluded first week of early voting in Texas, according to newly-released data by the county elections department. In a tweet Sunday evening, the department said there were 101,993 total in-person and by-mail
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MACON, Georgia — President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden went on offense this weekend, with each campaigning in states they are trying to flip during the Nov. 3 election that is just over two weeks away. At a rally in Macon, Trump suggested he may have to “leave the country” if he were
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(Editor’s note: You can watch the entire debate in the video player above. It’s divided into three parts for your viewing convenience.) EL Paso, Texas – It is one of the largest congressional districts in the nation, stretching from east El Paso County along the border to San Antonio. Texas’ 23rd Congressional District has historically
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WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi detailed Sunday the deadline she gave the president’s coronavirus relief package negotiators if they are going to pass the legislation before the election. On ABC’s “This Week,” Pelosi explained that a agreement needs to be reached in the next 48 hours in order for a stimulus bill to be signed by
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — If you’re looking for a sign to vote, this is it. “It’s always important but it seems incredibly important now,” said Bob Diven, who created the chalk drawing on Main Street in downtown Las Cruces on Saturday. Diven teamed up with the League of Women Voters of Southern New Mexico
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SAN MARCOS, Texas — From Congress to the campaign trail and now to the classroom – former El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke plans to teach at Texas State University in the spring. University officials told ABC-affiliate KVUE that they are finalizing the hiring process and plan to have him teach a class on Texas politics. According to
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(Editor’s note: You can watch the ABC News town hall with Joe Biden in its entirety in the video player above.) PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — Democrat Joe Biden and President Donald Trump squared off, in a way, Thursday evening, their scuttled second debate replaced by dueling televised town halls. Biden on ABC and Trump on NBC
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Thursday cited “dangerous and unprecedented rates” of Covid-19 spread in her state as it set a new infections record for the second-straight day. On Thursday, there were 672 new confirmed cases statewide, up from Wednesday’s then-record 577 single-day tally. Of the added cases, 89 were
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EL PASO, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he will appoint El Paso native Rebeca Huddle as the next justice of the Texas Supreme Court. The governor made the announcement Thursday afternoon from Stephen F. Austin High School in El Paso, where Huddle was a graduate and former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Election day is less than three weeks away and early voting is already underway. Thousands of El Paso voters have already cast ballots at polling sites this week. Both the El Paso County Republican and Democratic parties are still recruiting workers to help manage the surge on the ground. “You’re
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EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO VOTE IN EL PASO EL PASO, Texas — I documented my voting experience at the Bowling Family YMCA in Northeast El Paso. It’s one of nearly three dozen early voting locations in El Paso County. At 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, a long, socially-distanced line of people snaked out the
Continue Reading WILMINGTON, Delaware — A third person tied to Joe Biden’s campaign has tested positive for the coronavirus. The news comes as Biden’s running mate, Kamala Harris, paused her in-person campaigning after finding out two others, one of her staffers and a crew member on her flight to Arizona last week, tested positive for the virus. Both
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WILMINGTON, Delaware — U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris of California has tested negative for the coronavirus. It comes the same day she canceled travel for several days after two people involved with the Democratic presidential campaign tested positive. The campaign says both Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, tested negative for the virus Thursday. Harris, Joe
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EL PASO, Texas — As election day draws nearer and early voting has already started in Texas and several other states, the FBI said it is working to prevent voter fraud. Millions of people have already voted by mail or in person, and the mail-in ballots have led to President Trump questioning the integrity of
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