(David Gomez, News Anchor)
Odessa, Texas/February 5, 2026-This is DRB MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS DIGITAL NEWS. Team Odessa recently held a Meet the Candidates event at Hosted by Homemade Wines. Danny Barrera has the story. Team Odessa held a special event to introduce candidates and incumbents running for local and Ector County governmental positions. The Meet the Candidates event was hosted by Homemade Wines located in the greater downtown area.
(Ronnie Lewis, Advocate-Odessa Resident/Team Odessa)
“And I’m all for the vote. The candidates to be able to interact with the voters one on one, as opposed to in a forum setting. But this main my main purpose, this was a voter rally to keep the momentum that we had in twenty twenty four. It was so robust and we won those elections in our primary. And in November we we brought in a new city council, a new mayor. And it’s important that we keep that alive.”
Community leaders representing LULAC, Hispanic Heritage of Odessa, and Democratic candidates running for office gathered in an overwhelming show of solidarity to help make Odessa great to live and work.
(Gene Collins, Retired-West Texas NAACP)
“Well, you know, sometimes we don’t realize how much we have in common unless we communicate and talk with each other. We ride down the same street, we drink water from the same pipes. We are here together. And when we improve for one, we improve for all.”
Five candidates are running for Ector County Commissioner Precinct 2. James Poor is the youngest candidate to run for this office.
(James Poor, Candidate-Ector County Commissioner, Precinct 2)
“I bring my youth. A lot of people have, uh, you know, that’s been a topic that I’ve had to address with people. Uh, a lot of people are concerned about that, but I believe that’s been one of my strengths. Uh, I’m very versatile. I’m able to, uh, you know, to to pivot and maneuver around in a way. I’m not stuck in my ways, uh, as some older politicians that we have.”
Ronnie Hernandez, who is currently working for Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2 is running for JP3. If elected, she brings a wealth of experience to the Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3.
(Ronnie Hernandez, Candidate-Ector County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3)
“I’m able to work behind the scenes. So, what the clerks do, nobody gets to see what we bring to the judge. So, I’m able to do that part and train my clerks to be able to do what needs to be done in the office and then help out as a team, just like we do in JP two.”
During the Team Odessa Candidate Meet and Greet, a candidate for Lieutenant Governor Esala Wueschner is a U.S. Air Force veteran, tech worker, and citizen journalist who has made political corruption central themes of his campaign.
(Esala Wueschner, Candidate for Lieutenant Governor/Texas)
“I help uncover one of the United States biggest money laundering scheme that Representative Jim Jordan that’s investigating right now is called Actblue, and it’s one of the biggest money laundering scheme that’s done by the Democratic Party. And what makes me stand out is that I do I am running on a platform to bring the death penalty to Jared Kushner, Trump’s son in law, and Ted Cruz for betraying our country to working with the terrorist organization, the Israeli Defense Force.”
Odessa Mayor Cal Hendrick addressed attendees at the meet-and-greet event, highlighting key accomplishments achieved by the current city council and emphasizing a message of unity for all Odessa residents. Mayor Hendrick announced that the city’s audits are now fully up to date and confirmed that preparations for the 2024–2025 fiscal year are already underway.
(Cal Hendrick, Mayor-City of Odessa, Texas)
“In February ninth, we’ll get a report from our auditor. We’ll have a clean audit. And that means all pass through audits are completed, which means you’re not going to approach our creditors and get our credit rating back for Standard and Poor’s and Moody’s. In case in case we need money for serious infrastructure needs. Hopefully we don’t need to access that account ever. If we need to access credit, we have access to it. The next one’s going to be due. The twenty four twenty five audit is due March twenty nine. I’m extremely confident in telling you that that audit will be done on time and presented to council. So, this year we’ll be not only caught up, we’ll be on time for the first time since twenty twenty.”
For DRB Media Communications Digital News, Danny Barrera.
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