Cabada projected to win Juarez mayoralty

Campaign billboards still pepper the streets of Juarez, but the elections are over. The state electoral institute is reporting more than half of eligible voters turned out, and it looks like they chose Armando Cabada, an independent candidate who ran against two-time mayor Hector Murgia to lead Juarez for the next two years.

“The mayor should be elected by a majority of the voting pool and not just a select few,” Cabada said.

Cabada, whose family owns Channel 44 our news partners in Juarez, was watching coverage of the election in his campaign offices as they waited for the result to roll in, but he already had plans for his administration

“El Paso and Juarez lives are intertwined and that’s something that can’t be ignored,” he saud.

Cabada said he plans on working closely with Mayor Leeser, trying to bring the cities closer together.

“With El Paso and Juarez depending on each other’s economy is important, and they need to be promoted together,” Cabada said.

The next local and state elections will come sooner than usual. The mayor will be chosen two years from now instead of the usual three, and the governor will be chosen five years from. Is instead of six. This is to make local and state elections lineup with the federal ones and make everything a single streamlined process.