2024 El Paso mayoral election
The 2024 El Paso mayoral election took place on November 5, 2024 alongside elections for El Paso's city council, municipal court judge, and municipal court of appeals judge. The filing deadline was on August 19, 2024.
Renard Johnson was elected the first black mayor of El Paso after winning the runoff election on December 14, 2024.
General election
Candidates
Advanced to runoff
- Renard Johnson, businessman
- Brian Kennedy, former city councilor for District 1
Eliminated
- Marco Contreras, restaurant owner
- Elizabeth Cordova, owner of Herencia magazine '
- Cassandra Hernandez, city council councilor for District 3 '
- Ben Mendoza, candidate for Texas's 16th congressional district in 2018
- Isabel Salcido, city council councilor for District 5
- Steven B. Winters, retired Army command sergeant major ''''
Declined
- Veronica Carbajal, lawyer and candidate for mayor in 2020