May 10, 2018 500 AM
Presidio quartet
in 3 events at
state track meet Friday in Austin
PRESIDIO – Four Presidio Lady Blue Devils student athletes will compete at the state track and field meet in Austin on Friday.
And one Presidio student athlete, Daniela Soto Valenzuela, will compete in three events.
She’s a medalist in the triple jump, and will join her teammates Katelynn Valenzuela, Jennifer Flores, and Alondra Olivas in the 4×100-meter relay and the 4×200-meter relay.
The UIL state track and field meet will be held at Mike A. Myers Staduim on the UT Austin campus.
Here’s Friday’s schedule for the Presidio girls:
noon – triple jump
5pm – 4×100 relay
6:25pm – 4×200 relay
Early voting starts Monday in county, state runoff elections
PRESIDIO COUNTY – Early voting begins Monday in the Presidio County Democratic Party primary runoff election.
Voting will take place from 8am to 5pm Monday-Friday at the Presidio County Courthouse in Marfa and the Presidio County Courthouse Annex in Presidio. In the race for Presidio County judge, incumbent Judge Cinderela Guevara and Presidio Mayor John Ferguson will appear on a county-wide ballot.
Guevara led the primary election with 567 votes – or 38 percent of the electorate – while Ferguson received 513 votes. A third candidate, Dina Jo Losoya Marquez polled 380 votes. A runoff was called since none of the candidates received more than 50 percet of the vote.
A second runoff election – in south county only – for another county office will see Presidio police officer Jose Cabezuela and Presidio resident Edgar Ramirez vying for the Precinct 3 Commissioner’s seat, which was left vacant last year following the resignation of embattled Commissioner Lorenzo Hernandez, who was arrested and indicted on federal felony bribery and public corruption charges.
Cabezuela earned 119 votes – or 49 percent of the precinct’s voters – against Ramirez’s 111 votes. A third candidate, Roberto Lujan, took enough votes to force a runoff.
The winners of the runoff election will be sworn into office in January 2019, as there will be no Republican challengers for the November 6 General Election. Also on the primary runoff ballot are San Antonio-based politicians Gina Ortiz Jones and Rick Treviño, who are seeking their party’s nomination to challenge Republican U.S. 23rd Congressional District Representative Will Hurd in November. Democrats will also be able to cast their votes in the gubernatorial race, which sees former Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez and businessman Andrew White running to challenge Texas Governor Gregg Abbott in November. There are no runoffs for statewide Republican candidates. Early voting will run from Monday, May 14 – Friday, May 18, with Election Day being held on Tuesday, May 22.
