Editing El Paso, Texas (section)

==Government==
===City===
The city government is officially nonpartisan. Mayors and city council members are elected for four year terms and may not serve more than two full terms or for more than ten years total in their respective offices.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elpasotexas.gov/muni_clerk/_documents/2004_Charter_Election_Resolution.pdf |title=Resolution Canvassing Results of the 2004 City Charter Amendment Election And Declaring Adoption To Amendments of City Charter |publisher=City of El Paso |date=February 7, 2004 |access-date=May 10, 2009 |archive-date=September 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928025953/http://www.elpasotexas.gov/muni_clerk/_documents/2004_Charter_Election_Resolution.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Municipal elections were held in May in odd-numbered years until a voter-approved charter amendment changed this to November in even-numbered years, beginning in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_23223038/el-paso-city-charter-amendments-5-9-propositions |title=El Paso City Charter amendments: 6 of 9 propositions approved |newspaper=El Paso Times |date=May 12, 2013 |access-date=January 3, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630203044/http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_23223038/el-paso-city-charter-amendments-5-9-propositions |archive-date=June 30, 2013}}</ref>

The city operates under a council–manager form of government. Power is concentrated in the eight-member elected city council and mayor, who hire a manager to carry out its directives and oversee the delivery of public services. The current city manager is Dionne Mack, and the current [[List of mayors of El Paso, Texas|mayor of El Paso]] is Renard Johnson, who was elected to the office in 2024.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://elpasonews.org/2024/12/14/the-2024-city-council-election-winners/ |title=The 2024 City Council Election Winners |work=El Paso News |last=Paredes |first=Martin |date=December 14, 2024 |access-date=January 13, 2025}}</ref>

The terms of Johnson, Acevedo, Maldonado-Rocha, Boyar Trejo, and Limon will end in January 2029. The terms of Chavez, Canales, Fierro, and Nino will end in January 2027. Canales and Fierro have been on the council since 2023; Acevedo since 2024, and Maldonado-Rocha, Boyar Trejo, and Nino since 2025. Limon previously served from 2013 to 2017, and begins a new term in 2025. Due to the term limits clause of the city charter, Limon will be ineligible to run for another term. All other councilors are eligible for reelection.

===County===

The El Paso County Judge is Ricardo Samaniego, and the County Commissioners are Jackie Arroyo Butler (Precinct 1), David Stout (Precinct 2), Iliana Holguin (Precinct 3), and Sergio Coronado (Precinct 4). The commissioners and the county judge are Democrats.

Stout was first elected to his position in 2014, and was re-elected in 2018 and 2022. Samaniego was first elected in 2018, and was re-elected unopposed in 2022. Holguin was first elected to her position in 2020 and re-elected unopposed in 2024. Coronado was first elected to his position in 2022. Arroyo Butler was first elected to her position in 2024.

===State===

The El Paso metropolitan area is represented in the Texas State House by Democrats [[Eddie Morales]], [[Mary Gonzalez]], [[Joe Moody (Texas)|Joe Moody]], [[Claudia Ordaz]], and [[Vincent Perez (politician)|Vincent Perez]], and in the State Senate by [[Cesar Blanco]] (D-El Paso).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.epcounty.com/elections/current/final.htm |title=Election Summary Report |publisher=epcounty.com |access-date=May 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601222951/http://www.epcounty.com/elections/current/final.htm |archive-date=June 1, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]] operates the El Paso I District Parole Office in the city. The El Paso II District Parole Office is in an [[unincorporated area]] east of [[Horizon City, Texas|Horizon City]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/parole/parole-directory/paroledir-rgnldisparoff5.htm |title=Parole Division Region V |publisher=Texas Department of Criminal Justice |date=May 12, 2013 |access-date=March 16, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100125221343/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/parole/parole-directory/paroledir-rgnldisparoff5.htm |archive-date=January 25, 2010 }}</ref>

===Federal===

El Paso City and County vote overwhelmingly [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]], like most of the Texas–Mexico border area and urban Texas.<ref>{{Cite book | title = Texas Politics Today | first1 = William Earl | last1 = Maxwell | first2 = Ernest | last2 = Crain | first3 = Edwin S. | last3 = Davis | publisher = Thomson Wadsworth | isbn = 0-534-60211-8 | year = 2005 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/texaspoliticstod0000maxw }}</ref>

In the [[United States House of Representatives]], most of El Paso is part of {{ushr|TX|16}} represented by Democrat [[Veronica Escobar]]. A small sliver in the eastern part of the city is part of {{ushr|TX|23}}, represented by [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Tony Gonzales]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kvia.com/news/william-hurd-leads-incumbent-pete-gallego-in-us-rep-district-23-race/29533510|title=Incumbent Pete Gallego ousted in tight US Rep. District 23 race|author=KVIA|work=KVIA|access-date=July 16, 2015|archive-date=July 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716223759/http://www.kvia.com/news/william-hurd-leads-incumbent-pete-gallego-in-us-rep-district-23-race/29533510|url-status=dead}}</ref> The current U.S. senators for Texas are [[Ted Cruz]] (R-Texas) and [[John Cornyn]] (R-Texas).