2005 El Paso mayoral election

The 2005 El Paso mayoral election was held on May 7 and June 6, 2005, to elect the mayor of El Paso, Texas. It saw the election of John Cook, who unseated incumbent mayor Joe Wardy.

El Paso mayoral election, 2005

May 7, 2005 (2005-05-07) (first-round)
June 5, 2005 (2005-06-05) (runoff)
Turnout11.14% (first-round)
13.16% (runoff)
 
Candidate John Cook Joe Wardy Carmen Rodriguez
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
First round vote 13,347 18,281 6,549
First round percentage 33.51% 45.89% 16.44
Runoff vote 21,088 20,017
Runoff percentage 51.30% 48.70%

Mayor before election

Joe Wardy

Elected Mayor

John Cook
Democratic

This was the first election held for a newly extended four-year term, as previous elections had been to two-year terms.

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