BREAKING: Margo and Saucedo heading for a runoff in mayoral race

Latest election results show Dee Margo and David Saucedo are heading for a runoff. Margo leads the race but was not able to secure more than 50 percent of the vote.

Margo has received 9,947 votes, 46 percent of the vote. Saucedo has received 5,42 votes, 24 percent of the vote.

Margo closely watched the early voting results come in at his watch party held at Southwest University Park’s WestStar Bank Club.

“It is very positive. The only thing that would make it more positive is if it had been over 50 percent and not 47,” Margo said.

Margo also spoke about the low voter turnout. “I don’t know, I mean, May elections are tough. People just finished the big election of 2016 and there may be some sort of burnout. I don’t know. It is still inexcusable. We are probably going to have less than 10 percent of our registered voters vote.>

Saucedo said he “represents the voice of El Paso, not special interests.”

Saucedo he anticipated the race would go to a runoff.