PRESIDIO COUNTY — The candidate filing period for the May 4 General Election, in which voters cast their ballots for local city council and school board representatives, closed last week.
This year, no school board races will appear on the ballot in Marfa or Presidio. Only incumbents filed for Marfa ISD’s board of trustees, meaning its election will be canceled. Terms for Presidio ISD School Board members will not be up until 2025. Early voting runs from Monday, April 22, to Tuesday, April 30, 2024.
Marfa City Council
Current council members Eddie Pallarez, Mark Cash and Mark Morrison have all filed to run for re-election. If re-elected, Pallarez — who was sworn into council in 2020 — will begin his third term, while Cash begins his second term. Morrison was filling in for a one-year unexpired term of previous Councilmember Jason Ballmann. If re-elected this will be his first full, two-year term.
Also joining the race for city council is Marfa resident Tony Georges, partner of current Councilmember Travis Acreman. City council members are “at large,” and do not serve in specific seats, meaning the top three of four candidates who receive the most votes will be elected.
Presidio City Council
Three seats were up for grabs this spring in Presidio: Steve “Nicky” Alvarez, Joe Andy Mendoza and John Razo. The terms of fellow council members Arian Velázaquez-Ornelas and Nancy Arevalo will expire next year.
Three candidates filed for three seats, so there will be no formal election. Alvarez and Mendoza filed to run again and will keep their seats; Cristian Montoya filed to run and will replace Razo.
