Cameron County

Open in effect: Judge Eddie Treviño Jr. lost the Democratic runoff to Guerra in May.

Commissioner Joey Lopez lost the Democratic runoff to Lucio by 44 votes. We found little on either nominee. The tie goes to the Democrat.

Harlingen-area precinct. We found no reporting on this race. The tie goes to the Democrat.

We found almost nothing public on either candidate this cycle. The tie goes to the Democrat.

Open seat: Judge Benjamin Euresti Jr. isn't running. Both are experienced lawyers and we found no red flags. The tie goes to the Democrat.

We haven't profiled these. Justice of the Peace Precinct 1 (Andrew Infante, R; Benito "BO" Ochoa, D), Precinct 2 Place 2 (Julian B. Martinez, R; Cyndi Hinojosa, D), Precinct 3 Place 1 (Esteban "Steve" Rodriguez, R; Noe Alaniz Jr., D), Precinct 3 Place 2 (Gilbert Garcia Jr., R; Jessica Alvarado Gonzales, D); Justice, 13th Court of Appeals, Place 6 (Clarissa Silva, R; John Ball, D); State Board of Education, District 2 (Victoria Hinojosa, R; Thomas Ray Garcia, D). The Texas Supreme Court, Court of Criminal Appeals and 15th Court of Appeals seats are in the State and federal section.

District Clerk (Laura Perez-Reyes), District Courts 103rd (Janet L. Leal), 197th (Adolfo E. Cordova Jr.), 357th (Juan A. Magallanes) and 484th (Adela Kowalski-Garza), County Courts at Law No. 1 (Arturo A. "Art" McDonald Jr.), No. 2 (Laura "Lori" Betancourt) and No. 3 (David Gonzales III), and Justices of the Peace Precinct 2 Place 3 (Mary Esther Sorola), Precinct 4 (Juan Mendoza) and Precinct 5 Place 2 (Eloy Cano Jr.). All are Democrats. The Cameron Appraisal District board is also on the ballot and not rated: Place 1 (Alejandro Garcia-Moreno) and Place 3 (Philip T. Cowen) are unopposed, and Place 2 is Ricardo "Ricky" de la Garza vs. Jason Holley.

• Prop A: A commissioner automatically forfeits the seat for losing a qualification, moving out, a felony conviction, a financial-interest violation, missing three regular meetings in a row without being excused, or missing six in any 12 months.
• Prop B: If the mayor or a commissioner is convicted of a lesser crime (not a felony or Class C misdemeanor), the city attorney asks a district judge whether it involves moral turpitude; if so, a recall election is called without a petition.
• Prop C: Candidates and officeholders can't be personally delinquent on taxes or other debts owed to the city.
• Prop D: Raises pay to $62,500 a year for the mayor and $50,000 for commissioners, only for people elected for the first time after the change.
• Prop E: Creates a charter office of City Secretary and sets its duties.
• Prop F: Creates a City Auditor who conducts financial, performance and investigative audits of all city departments and entities and reports to the Audit and Oversight Committee.
• Prop G: City employees and appointed officials must be hired on merit.
• Prop H: Expands the Audit and Oversight Committee from 5 to 7 members, one nominated by each commissioner.
• Prop I: Lets the Audit and Oversight Committee hire and fire outside auditors and advisors.
• Prop J: Requires the commission to pass city campaign finance rules: disclosure of contributions, donors and spending, and contribution and spending limits.
• Prop K: Requires an Ethics Board and an ethics code with conflict-of-interest and disclosure rules for officials and employees.
• Prop L: Citizen initiative: a petition signed by 10% of registered voters can propose an ordinance; if the commission doesn't pass it within 30 days, it goes to voters.
• Prop M: Citizen referendum: a petition signed by 10% of registered voters can force an ordinance to a public vote before it takes effect.
• Prop N: "Brownsville First Jobs & Contracts Policy": rules for city-funded contracts on safety training, good-faith local hiring, small and local business preferences allowed by state law, and public reporting.
• Prop O: Cleans up charter language that state law has superseded or that is out of date.

Full ballot language is in the Brownsville ballot (PDF). KRGV covered the pay raise proposal.

We haven't profiled school board candidates yet. On the ballot: Brownsville ISD Place 2 (Denise Garza, Jorge Diaz, Victor M. Caballero), Place 4 (Frank Ortiz, Cecy Noriega), and a special election for Place 7, unexpired term (Steve Torres, Nelda Rocha, Marisa Franco Leal, Neida Ruth Soto-Grantland). Los Fresnos CISD Place 3 (Juan Sierra, Kevin Michael Montes). La Feria ISD Place 5 (Nancy Loredo, Gloria Casas). Santa Maria ISD Place 1 (Andrew "Andy" De La Rosa, Griselda Gonzales, Maria Guabloche), Place 3 (Michele Garcia, Eva Yadira Oviedo), Place 4 (Belinda Lugo, Miguel Zavala). South Texas ISD, Cameron County Commissioner Precinct 2 seat (Joe "Joey" Lopez, Lee G. Garcia).

Brownsville ISD Place 1 (Carlos A. Elizondo), Los Fresnos CISD Place 4 (Jesus Amaya), La Feria ISD Places 4 (Lisa Ayala Montalvo), 6 (Katie Johnson) and 7 (Juan "Johnny" Briones), and Santa Maria ISD Place 2 (Javier Jimenez Jr.).

Also on the ballot: Ted Brown (Libertarian).

Also on the ballot: Pat Dixon (Libertarian).

Also on the ballot: Anthony Cristo (Libertarian), Kevin McCormick (Green).

Also on the ballot: Tom Oxford (Libertarian).

Comptroller, Land Commissioner, Agriculture Commissioner, Railroad Commissioner, the State Board of Education, and the Supreme Court and appeals court seats. We haven't profiled these yet.

Rated a toss-up or Lean Democratic. Both major-party candidates rate "not good people": Gonzalez for his votes for the Laken Riley Act and a ban on transgender girls in girls' sports, Flores for running on Trump's endorsement. Our pick goes to the Green Party's Eddie Espinoza, about whom we found nothing troubling.

Covers part of Cameron County and all of Willacy County.

Covers most of Brownsville.

Mostly in Hidalgo County; it also reaches part of Cameron County.

Not profiled. South Padre Island: Mayor (Patrick McNulty, Barry Patel), Council Place 4 (Rees Langston, Beverly Skloss). Los Fresnos: Mayor (Amber Arriaga, Alejandro Flores, Nataly Ramos), Council Place 1 (Albert "Al" Escobedo, Eva Abrego Garcia). Laguna Madre Water District: Place 5 (Glenn R. Young, Faridy Gonzalez, Adam Lalonde); Place 1 (Jason Starkey) is unopposed.

• Prop A: For or against creating (confirming) San Benito Municipal Utility District No. 1. Voters in the district also elect its first directors (candidates on the ballot include Debra G. Flores, Marte A. Mireles and Jeanette Rodriguez).