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Municipal elections in Webb County, Texas (2018)

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2018 Webb County elections
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Election dates
Filing deadline: December 11, 2017
Primary election: March 6, 2018
General election: November 6, 2018
Election stats
Offices up: County commissioner, County judge, District clerk, County clerk, Treasurer, Tax assessor-collector, Local courts
Total seats up: 11
Election type: Partisan
Other municipal elections
U.S. municipal elections, 2018
Webb County, Texas, held general elections for county commissioner, county judge, district clerk, county clerk, treasurer, tax assessor-collector, and local judicial positions on November 6, 2018. If a race had multiple candidates for a party nomination, a primary was held on March 6, 2018. The deadline for candidates to file to run in this election was December 11, 2017.

Elections

County commission

General election

Webb County Commission

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
Precinct 2

Green check mark transparent.pngWawi Tijerina (i)

Precinct 4

Green check mark transparent.pngCindy Liendo

Webb County Judge

Green check mark transparent.pngTano Tijerina (i)

Alfonso Casso

Primary runoff

Webb County Commission

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
Precinct 4

Green check mark transparent.pngCindy Liendo
Felix Velasquez

Primary election

Webb County Commission

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
Precinct 2

Green check mark transparent.pngWawi Tijerina (i)
Alejandro Perez

Precinct 4

Jaime Canales (i)
Runoff Arrow.jpgCindy Liendo
Runoff Arrow.jpgFelix Velasquez

Webb County Judge

Green check mark transparent.pngTano Tijerina (i)
Patricia Barrera

Green check mark transparent.pngAlfonso Casso


County clerk

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Margie Ramirez Ibarra (i)
Arturo Santos Jr.

Republican primary Republican Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

District clerk

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Esther Degollado (i)

Republican primary Republican Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

Treasurer

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Raul Reyes
Jaime Velasquez

Republican primary Republican Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

Tax assessor-collector

Tax assessor-collector Patricia Barrera (D) resigned in November 2017 in order to run for Webb County judge. Candidates for tax assessor-collector ran for an unexpired term that ended in 2020.

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary runoff Democratic Party

Rosie Cuellar
Horacio Lopez

Democratic primary Democratic Party

RunoffArrow.jpg Rosie Cuellar
Norma Farabough
Jorge Ibarra
RunoffArrow.jpg Horacio Lopez

Republican primary Republican Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

Judicial

District courts

General election

District Courts

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
Texas 49th District Court

Green check mark transparent.pngJoe Lopez (i)

Texas 111th District Court

Green check mark transparent.pngMonica Zapata Notzon (i)

Primary election

District Courts

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
Texas 49th District Court

Green check mark transparent.pngJoe Lopez (i)

Texas 111th District Court

Green check mark transparent.pngMonica Zapata Notzon (i)


Webb County Court at Law

General election

Webb County Court at Law

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
Webb County Court at Law No. 1

Green check mark transparent.pngHugo D. Martinez (i)

Webb County Court at Law No. 2

Green check mark transparent.pngVictor Villarreal (i)

Primary election

Webb County Court at Law

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
Webb County Court at Law No. 1

Green check mark transparent.pngHugo D. Martinez (i)

Webb County Court at Law No. 2

Green check mark transparent.pngVictor Villarreal (i)
Melissa Joy Hinojosa-Garcia


Justice of the Peace Courts

General election

Webb County Justice of the Peace Courts

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
Precinct 1 Place 2

Green check mark transparent.pngOscar Rene Liendo (i)

Precinct 2 Place 1

Green check mark transparent.pngBobby Quintana

Precinct 2 Place 2

Green check mark transparent.pngDanny Dominguez (i)

Precinct 3

Green check mark transparent.pngSalvador Johnson Sr.

Precinct 4

Green check mark transparent.pngPepe Salinas (i)

Primary runoff election

Webb County Justice of the Peace Courts

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
Precinct 2 Place 1

Ramiro Veliz Jr. (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngBobby Quintana

Precinct 3

Green check mark transparent.pngSalvador Johnson Sr.
Homero Maldonado

Primary election

Webb County Justice of the Peace Courts

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
Precinct 1 Place 2

Green check mark transparent.pngOscar Rene Liendo (i)
Margarito Benavides Jr.

Precinct 2 Place 1

Runoff Arrow.jpgRamiro Veliz Jr. (i)
Runoff Arrow.jpgBobby Quintana
Elda Cookie Rivera

Precinct 2 Place 2

Green check mark transparent.pngDanny Dominguez (i)
Ricardo Rangel
Ricardo Rodriguez
Victor Schunior

Precinct 3

Juanita Davila
Runoff Arrow.jpgSalvador Johnson Sr.
Runoff Arrow.jpgHomero Maldonado
Martha Marshall
Manuel Benny Vidaurri III

Precinct 4

Green check mark transparent.pngPepe Salinas (i)


Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Texas elections, 2018

About the county

Demographics

The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.

Demographic Data for Webb County, Texas
Webb County Texas
Population 250,304 25,145,561
Land area (sq mi) 3,361 261,266
Race and ethnicity**
White 95.9% 74%
Black/African American 0.4% 12.1%
Asian 0.5% 4.8%
Native American 0.2% 0.5%
Pacific Islander 0% 0.1%
Two or more 0.5% 2.7%
Hispanic/Latino 95.5% 39.3%
Education
High school graduation rate 67.6% 83.7%
College graduation rate 18.9% 29.9%
Income
Median household income $46,475 $61,874
Persons below poverty level 27.5% 14.7%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019).
**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.


Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

One of 254 Texas counties—0.4 percent—is a Pivot County. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
County Trump margin of victory in 2016 Obama margin of victory in 2012 Obama margin of victory in 2008
Jefferson County, Texas 0.48% 1.61% 2.25%

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Texas with 52.2 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 43.2 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Texas cast votes for the winning presidential candidate 66.7 percent of the time. In that same time frame, Texas supported Democratic candidates slightly more often than Republicans, 53.3 to 46.7 percent. The state, however, favored Republicans in every presidential election between 2000 and 2016.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Texas. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[1][2]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 54 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 37.4 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 65 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 36.4 points. Clinton won 10 districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 96 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 36.2 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 85 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 34.5 points.

See also

Webb County, Texas Texas Municipal government Other local coverage
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