Municipal elections in Laredo, Texas (2014)

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The city of Laredo, Texas, held nonpartisan elections for mayor and city council on November 4, 2014. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was August 18, 2014.^[1] Five city council seats were up for election. These included Districts 1, 2, 3, 6, and 8.

Incumbents ran for re-election in Districts 2, 3 and 6. District 2 incumbent Esteban Rangel and District 6 incumbent Charlie San Miguel ran unopposed, while District 3 incumbent Alejandro "Alex" Perez, Jr. faced two challengers. Mayor Raul G. Salinas, District 1 representative Mike Garza and District 8 representative Cindy Liendo did not run for re-election. Liendo, it should be noted, ran for mayor.

In the general election for mayor, Pete Saenz won a clear victory. In the city council elections, however, no candidate received over 50% of the vote in Districts 1, 3 and 8. The top two vote-getters in these districts therefore faced each other in a runoff election on December 20, 2014.^[2]

Several different issues shaped Laredo's 2014 election cycle. Some of the most important were public safety, economic development and access to potable water.^[3]^[4] The latter issue was especially important as drought slowly caused local reservoirs and other water sources in southern Texas to reach record lows in 2014.^[3]

Mayor

Candidate list

Note: Mayor Raul G. Salinas was ineligible to run for re-election due to term limits.

Election results

Mayor of Laredo General Election, 2014
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Pete Saenz	53.3%	12,831
Guadalupe Botello	4.2%	1,003
Rolando S. Herrera	1%	252
Jose S. Dorantes Jr.	0.5%	112
James Joel Newland	1.1%	258
Cindy Liendo	19.1%	4,586
Jerry Garza	20.5%	4,924
Write-in	0.4%	91
Total Votes		14,456
Source: City of Laredo - 2014 Official Election Results