Henry Rivera
Henry Rivera is a member of the El Paso City Council in Texas, representing District 7. He assumed office on June 27, 2017. His current term ends on January 7, 2025.
Rivera ran for re-election to the El Paso City Council to represent District 7 in Texas. He won in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Biography
At the time of his 2017 run for office, Rivera was a senior patrolman with the El Paso Police Department. He joined the force in 1982 and has served as a school resource officer and the first vice president and chair of the El Paso Municipal Police Officers Association Political Action Committee.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: City elections in El Paso, Texas (2020)
General election
General election for El Paso City Council District 7
Incumbent Henry Rivera defeated Aaron Montes in the general election for El Paso City Council District 7 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Henry Rivera (Nonpartisan) | 56.9 | 13,325 |
 | Aaron Montes (Nonpartisan)  | 43.1 | 10,076 | |
| Total votes: 23,401 | |||
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2017
The city of El Paso, Texas, held a general election for mayor and city council on May 6, 2017. Runoff elections for mayor and city council and a special election for city council were held on June 10, 2017. The filing deadline for the May election was February 17 and the filing deadline for the June special election was May 1, 2017.
Mayor Oscar Leeser did not run for re-election in 2017. His seat and the city council seats in District 2, 3, 4, and 7 were up for regular election. The June special election, which advanced to a runoff on July 15, filled the vacancy created by the resignation of District 8 Councilwoman Cortney Niland.[2] Henry Rivera defeated incumbent Lily Limon in the general election for the District 7 seat on the El Paso City Council.[3]
| El Paso City Council, District 7 General Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Henry Rivera |
62.39% | 2,797 |
| Lily Limon Incumbent | 37.61% | 1,686 |
| Total Votes | 4,483 | |
| Source: El Paso County Elections, "Official Final Election Results," accessed May 23, 2017 | ||
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2017
At a candidate forum hosted by KCOS and the El Paso League of Women Voters, Rivera was asked about the most important needs in District 7. He said:
| “ | As numerous candidates have expressed, streets in this community are terrible. Potholes are a menace to drivers, their cars and everything else. James Watt [Drive] alone is a land mine, hasn't been taken care of for months, and when they do, it's a patchwork and only the next rainfall will come along and remove that repair. The other issue is lighting. Under certain situations, neighborhoods have to exist without lighting. And, as we all know, in the darkness, crime breeds very significantly. The other issue I would like to address is that of parks and recreation, trails along the community itself, and taxes. But most importantly, what I would like to do is repair the streets for the citizens of the community.[4] | ” |
| —Henry Rivera[5] | ||
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Henry Rivera for City Council, "Biography," accessed April 20, 2017
- ↑ El Paso Times, "Mayor Oscar Leeser Will Not Seek Re-Election," July 28, 2016
- ↑ City of El Paso Municipal Clerk, "May 6, 2017 General Election," accessed February 18, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ KCOS-TV, "El Paso Election Forums," April 9, 2017
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