Two candidates are running to represent the Far Eastside on the El Paso City Council in next month’s election: Ivan Niño, an incumbent who’s served for two years and is seeking his first full four-year term, and Richard Genera, a political organizer making his second attempt to win the seat.
Both grew up in District 5 in far East El Paso and graduated from El Dorado High School. Both identify traffic, property taxes and affordability as pressing challenges in a district where they both argue homes have been built faster than some of the public infrastructure needed to serve the area, such as streetlights.
The two candidates will appear on the Nov. 3 ballot. Early voting begins Oct. 19…