City of El Paso
Representative, District 8
Matthew Guzman
Nonpartisan- On ballot as
- Matthew Guzman
- Current role
- Executive Director, Mary L. Peyton Foundation
- Background
- Studied psychology and business, Valparaiso University
- Financial services, Chicago, before moving to El Paso in 2015
- Executive director of a local nonprofit since 2018 (per candidate)
- Born and raised in Pasadena, Texas
- Experience
- Vice president and founding member, Friends of Sunset Heights Neighborhood Association (2025) (per his KVIA questionnaire)
- Has served on Para Niños, a steering committee seeking UNICEF Child Friendly City designation for El Paso (per candidate)
- Former board secretary, Downtown Deck Plaza Foundation (per El Paso Matters)
- Top priorities
- New jobs: "Working with growing industries to create better jobs and prevent brain drain."
- Modernized zoning: "Updating outdated zoning rules to help create more affordable housing and economic development."
- Improved city services: "Streamlining permitting, improving internal processes of the city to better serve residents."
- Increased tourism: "Working with economic drivers like UTEP and Ft. Bliss to increase entertainment and tourism revenue."
- "I have been, and continue to be, an advocate for the Deck Plaza."
- Tidbits
- Property taxes and budget: In a KVIA questionnaire: "we must bring in more industrial and commercial customers so they can carry the heavier portion of the tax burden".
- Growth and infrastructure: In a KVIA questionnaire: "I have been, and continue to be, an advocate for the Deck Plaza."
- Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
- Public safety: No public statement found
- Endorsements
- None found in our research
- Campaign website
- guzmanforelpaso.com
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