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One candidate is tracked for Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. 5, headed to a November 3, 2026 runoff: Dora Oaxaca Rivera. Candidate information follows official El Paso County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
May 26 runoff result: Dora Oaxaca Rivera won over incumbent Justice of the Peace Lucilla "Lucy" Najera by 39 votes, 50.63%-49.37% (1,561 to 1,522), after a five-candidate March 3 field left no majority, per the county's official runoff canvass. No Republican filed; Rivera is the only candidate on the November 3 ballot.
Oaxaca Rivera is a business manager with a public-policy background, per El Paso Matters. She won over incumbent Lucilla Najera in the May 26 Democratic runoff for the Precinct 5 justice of the peace seat. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 3, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Dora Oaxaca Rivera.
2026 priorities
- Serve as a full-time judge and establish evening court hours, per El Paso Matters
- Improve court transparency, accessibility and use of technology, per El Paso Matters
