PRESS Staff Report

The following are the unofficial election results for the City of Port Isabel and the Point Isabel Independent School District Board of Trustees elections.

Projected winners’ totals in red; (I) denotes incumbent. Early voting numbers also include mail-in ballots.

City of Port Isabel

Mayor

Juan Jose “J.J” Zamora – 61%

Early voting: 423

Election Day: 100

Total: 523 

Maria de Jesus “M.J.” Garza – 39%

Early voting: 239

Election Day: 92

Total: 331

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Place 1

Martin Cantu, Jr. – 61%

Early voting: 426

Election Day: 91

Total: 517

Michelle Barreiro – 39%

Early voting: 238

Election Day: 99

Total: 337

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Place 2

Carmen Rios – 58%

Early voting: 384

Election Day: 102

Total: 486

Mario Tamayo – 42%

Early voting: 267

Election Day: 84

Total: 351

Point Isabel School Board of Trustees

Place 3

Mickey Furcron (I) – 66%

Total: 841

Jennifer Valdez-Martinez – 34%

Total: 441

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Place 4

Alicia Baldovinos – 70%

Total: 902

Wendi Wells Torres – 30%

Total: 383

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Place 5

Diane O’Leary (I) – 65%

Total: 844

Raul “Cowboy” Loera – 35%

Total: 445

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