City of El Paso
Representative, District 5
Ivan Niño
Nonpartisan Incumbent- On ballot as
- Ivan Niño
- Current role
- El Paso City Representative, District 5
- Background
- Attended El Paso Community College, the University of Texas at El Paso and the University of Arizona
- Paralegal certification; bachelor's in political science
- El Dorado High School graduate
- Member, Hispanic Scholarship Fund's Advisory Council (per city biography)
- Born and raised in El Paso; lifelong District 5 resident
- Experience
- Elected December 2024 (unexpired District 5 term)
- Took office January 2025
- Chief of staff, District 5 office, before joining the City Council
- Deputy, El Paso County Tax Assessor-Collector (start of career)
- Appointed in 2019 to the Texas DMV Motor Vehicle Title and Registration Advisory Committee
- Also served as a state district court administrator (per his biography in a KVIA questionnaire)
- Top priorities
- "public safety, affordability, streets and traffic, infrastructure, parks, economic opportunity with better jobs, and making City government more accountable and responsive"
- "We also have to grow El Paso’s commercial and industrial tax base."
- "I do not believe hyperscale data centers belong in our neighborhoods."
- "I would not support the City or local property taxpayers becoming the primary financial burden" for the Deck Plaza
- Tidbits
- Property taxes and budget: In a KVIA questionnaire: "I also voted against the initially introduced voter-approval tax rate and voted against the proposed budget multiple times as we worked toward a better agreement."
- Growth and infrastructure: In a KVIA questionnaire: "I do not believe hyperscale data centers belong in our neighborhoods." On the Deck Plaza: "any City investment must be financially responsible".
- Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
- Public safety: In a KVIA questionnaire: "I would not begin with across-the-board cuts to police, fire, streets, parks, or services for seniors and veterans."
- Endorsements
- None found in our research
- Campaign website
- Not found
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