City elections in Laredo, Texas (2024)
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| 2024 Laredo elections |
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| Election dates |
| Filing deadline: August 19, 2024 |
| General election: November 5, 2024 Runoff election: December 14, 2024 |
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| Offices up: City council |
| Total seats up: 4 |
| Election type: Nonpartisan |
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| U.S. municipal elections, 2024 |
The city of Laredo, Texas, held general elections for city council on November 5, 2024. One of the city council seats went to a general runoff election on December 14, 2024. The filing deadline for this election was August 19, 2024.
Elections
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Candidates and results
City council
General runoff election
Laredo City Council general runoff election, 2024 | |
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| Office | Candidates |
| District 4 |
Tannya Benavides  Ricardo Garza |
General election
Laredo City Council general election, 2024 | |
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| Office | Candidates |
| District 4 |
Tannya Benavides Ricardo Garza Osbaldo Guzman Ismael Lozano Manfredo Salinas Priscilla Treviño (Write-in) |
| District 5 |
Ruben Gutierrez Jr. (i) Jose Ovando Jesse Perez |
| District 7 |
Vanessa Perez (i) Michelle Molina Felipe Ramirez |
| District 8 |
Alyssa Cigarroa (i) Jose Sergio Dorantes Luxsandra Guerra Horacio Palacios |
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- See also: Texas elections, 2024
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About the city
- See also: Laredo, Texas
Laredo is a city in Webb County, Texas. As of 2020, its population was 255,205.
City government
- See also: Council-manager government
The city of Laredo uses a council-manager system. In this form of municipal government, an elected city council, which includes the mayor and serves as the city's primary legislative body, appoints an executive called a city manager to oversee day-to-day municipal operations and implement the council's policy and legislative.[1]
Demographics
The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.
| Demographic Data for Laredo, Texas | ||
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| Laredo | Texas | |
| Population | 255,205 | 29,145,505 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 106 | 261,267 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 81% | 69.2% |
| Black/African American | 0.5% | 12.1% |
| Asian | 0.5% | 4.9% |
| Native American | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| Pacific Islander | 0% | 0.1% |
| Two or more | 14.8% | 7% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 95.5% | 39.4% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 69% | 84.4% |
| College graduation rate | 19.3% | 30.7% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $51,120 | $63,826 |
| Persons below poverty level | 23.9% | 14.2% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
See also
| Laredo, Texas | Texas | Municipal government | Other local coverage |
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