El Paso Central Labor Union 2026 General Election Endorsements
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No action means that a vote was taken and the voting body decided not to endorse a specific candidate, allowing union affiliates to endorse at-will in that race. If a race is not listed, there was no recommendation from the delegates.
Statewide Endorsements
*✊ Union-first candidate and current union member
Union affiliations shown for Texas AFL-CIO affiliated union members.
U.S. Senate | James Talarico (D) |
Governor | Gina Hinojosa (D) |
| Lieutenant Governor | Vikki Goodwin (D) Member of TSEU (CWA 6186) |
Attorney General | Nathan Johnson (D) |
Comptroller of Public Accounts | Sarah Eckhardt (D) |
Commissioner of General Land Office | Benjamin Flores (D) |
Agriculture Commissioner | Clayton Tucker (D) |
Railroad Commissioner | Jon Rosenthal (D) |
Texas Supreme Court, Chief Justice | Maggie Ellis (D) *✊ |
Texas Supreme Court, Place 2 | Chari Kelly (D) |
Texas Supreme Court, Place 7 | Kristen Hawkins (D) |
Texas Supreme Court, Place 8 | Gisela Triana (D) *✊ |
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 9 | Holly Taylor (D) *✊ |
| 15th Court of Appeals, Chief Justice | Jerry Zimmerer (D) |
| 15th Court of Appeals, Place 2 | Thomas Baker (D) |
15th Court of Appeals, Place 3 | Marc Meyer (D) |
Congressional Endorsements
District maps available here.
U.S. House, District 16 | Veronica Escobar (D), incumbent |
U.S. House, District 23 | Katy Padilla Stout (D) |
Texas House Endorsements
Texas House, District 74 | Eddie Morales Jr. (D), incumbent |
Texas House, District 75 | Mary Gonzalez (D), incumbent |
Texas House, District 77 | Vincent Perez (D), incumbent |
Texas House, District 78 | Joe Moody (D), incumbent |
Texas House, District 79 | Claudia Ordaz (D), incumbent |
Local Race Endorsements
Local race endorsements are made by the El Paso Central Labor Union.
| El Paso County Judge | Ricardo Samniego |
| 168th Judicial District Court | Bernardo Cruz |
| El Paso City Council District 1 | Alejandra Chavez |
| El Paso City Council District 5 | Ivan Nino |
| El Paso City Council District 6 | Art Fierro |
| El Paso City Council District 8 | Matthew Guzman |
| Socorro ISD Prop A | FOR |
*✊ Union-first candidate and current union member
Union affiliations shown for Texas AFL-CIO affiliated union members.
The Committee on Political Education (COPE) is the Texas labor movement’s political arm. Local race endorsements have also been made by the local Area Labor Federations and Central Labor Councils.
The list of Texas AFL-CIO COPE 2026 General Election endorsements can be found here.