By ALEXANDREA BAILEY
editor@sbnewspaper.com
Less than five days into Early Voting, close to 30,000 voters countywide have cast their ballots for the Nov. 5 General Election, according to the Cameron County Elections Administration Office.
The San Benito Community Building on Heywood ranks among the county’s top three most popular voting locations with 2,394 votes casted at that location through newspaper deadline Wednesday. Los Fresnos voters casted 1,685 ballots at the Los Fresnos Community Center while Rio Hondo recorded 698 ballots casted at the community’s Municipal Center through Wednesday. Meanwhile, Los Indios reported 116 ballots casted. Leading the pack countywide was the Brownsville Public Library location with 4,773 ballots casted, almost double the county’s second most popular voting location, the Harlingen Public Library.
While the relatively high turnout is encouraging, the tallies have teetered off as early voting progressed through the week.
The first day of Early Voting by Personal Appearance was Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. The last day to apply for ballot by mail is Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. The last day of early voting by personal appearance is Friday, Nov. 1, 2024 and the last day to receive ballot by mail is the following Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024 (Election Day) at 7 p.m. However, if the carrier envelope is not postmarked, the last day will be Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024.
At the county level, in Cameron County, Democratic candidate Estela Chavez Vasquez is running unopposed for County Court at Law No. 5. Other Democratic candidates running unopposed are Sheila Garcia Bence and Luis V. Saenz for Probate Court No. 1 and County Attorney, respectfully.
Cameron County Pct. 3 Commissioner David A. Garza is also going unchallenged, as is District 35 State Representative Oscar Longoria.
Ricardo M. Adobabati, David A. Sanchez and Gloria M. Rincones, District Judges for the 404th, 444th, and 445th Judicial Districts, respectfully, are all unopposed.
In other area races of note, Republican candidate Santiago “Jimmy” Manrrique is facing off against Democratic candidate Manuel “Manny” Trevino for Cameron County Sheriff. Democratic incumbent Adrian Gonzalez is looking to keep his spot as Constable, Precinct No. 3, against little-known Republican challenger Gilbert Garcia.
In the race for County Tax Assessor-Collector, Republican candidate Jesus “Rami” Martinez is vying for the majority vote against Democratic candidate Eddie Garcia.
In the Court of Appeals district race, Republican candidate Jaime Tijerina is facing off against Democrat Gina Benavides for Chief Justice. Republican Jenny Cron is facing off against Democrat Nora Longoria for Place 2. For Place 4, Republican Ysmael D. Fonseca is vying against Democrat Joe Martinez. Finally, Republican Jon West is facing Democrat Regi Compian Richardson for Place 5.
There are three candidates in the race for Texas State Senator for District 27: Republican candidate Adam Hinojosa, Democratic incumbent Morgan LaMantia, and Green Party Member Robin Lee Vargas.
Republican incumbent Janie Lopez is facing off with Democratic challenger Jonathan Gracia for State Representative, District 37.
At the Federal level, in the District 34 House of Representatives race, Republican challenger Mayra Flores is facing off with incumbent Democrat Vicente Gonzalez.
In San Benito, voters have an opportunity to vote of a series of controversial amendments to the City Charter. See page 12 of last week’s edition of the San Benito News for details to those amendments.
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