Mayoral candidates for the May 6 special election in Corpus Christi are (from top left, clockwise): Reynaldo “Ray” Madrigal, Nelda Martinez, Joe McComb, Margareta Fratila, Jonathan Garison, James Hernandez, Mark Di Carlo, and Larry White. Courtesy photos
Corpus Christi’s special election for mayor — a first for the city — has run smack dab into the 80th annual Buc Days Illuminated Night Parade. Both are set for Saturday, May 6, so elections officials have been urging residents to vote early. And since early voting ends Tuesday, May 2, you better hurry.
A record number of voters have made it to the polls so far, announced election officials. After five days of early voting, 8,065 people cast their ballots. Compared to the primary election in 2016 — also a spring election — 8,038 voters cast early votes during the same time period.
The last time Corpus Christi held a single issue election was in 2013 — a bond issue for Destination Bayfront. The 11,600 voters who went to the polls defeated the issue by a wide margin. Officials say they are expecting this many, if not more voters, by the time polls close in Saturday’s special election.
Candidates in alphabetical order are:
• Mark Di Carlo, attorney
• Margareta Fratila, owner of European Floral Design
• Jonathan Garison, assistant principal at Browne Middle School
• James Hernandez, master electrician and owner of Landmark Electric Co.
• Reynaldo “Ray” Madrigal, retired photographer
• Nelda Martinez, owner of Adlen Entreprises, an asset management company
• Joe McComb, owner of McComb Relocation Services and current at-large council member
• Larry White, retired chemical engineer, Chemours part-time contract engineer
If one of these eight doesn’t get at least 50.1 percent of the vote May 6, a run-off election will be held June 24.
EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS
Early voting is available from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at these 15 locations:
- Nueces County Courthouse, 901 Leopard Street, Corpus Christi
- Calallen ISD Administration Building, 4205 Wildcat Drive, Corpus Christi
- Corpus Christi City Hall, 1201 Leopard Street, Corpus Christi
- Corpus Christi Fellowship, 6602 S. Staples Street, Corpus Christi
- Deaf and Hard of Hearing Center, 5151 McArdle Road, Corpus Christi
- Ethel Eyerly Senior Center, 654 Graham Road, Corpus Christi
- Greenwood Senior Center, 4040 Greenwood Drive, Corpus Christi
- Veterans Memorial High School, 3750 Cimarron Boulevard, Corpus Christi
- Valencia Hall, 6110 Ayers Street, Corpus Christi
- West Oso ISD, 5050 Rockford Drive, Corpus Christi
- Hilltop Community Center, 11425 Leopard Street, Corpus Christi
- Schlitterbahn, 14353 Commodore Drive, Corpus Christi
- Bishop City Hall, 203 E. Main Street, Bishop
- Driscoll ISD (Old Cafeteria) 425 Dragon Street, Driscoll
- Petronilla Elementary, 2391 Co Road 67, Robstown
For those who missed early voting, polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, May 6.
SPECIAL ELECTION POLLING PLACES
Polls open 7 a.m.-7 p.m., Saturday, May 6
- Antonio E. Garcia Arts & Education Center — 2021 Agnes St.
- Baker Middle School — 3445 Pecan St.
- Ben Garza Recreation Center & Gym — 1815 Howard St.
- Bishop High School — 717 E. Sixth St. in Bishop
- Blanche Moore Elementary — 6121 Durant Drive
- Brooks A.M.E. Worship Center — 2101 N. Port Ave.
- Calallen East Elementary — 3709 Lott Ave.
- Calallen Middle School — 4602 Cornett Road
- Club Estates Elementary — 5222 Merganser Drive
- Corpus Christi City Hall — 1201 Leopard St.
- Crockett Elementary — 2625 Belton St.
- Cullen Middle School — 5225 Greely Drive
- Cunningham Middle School — 4321 Prescott St.
- Prescott Street Deaf and Hard of Hearing Center — 5151 McArdle Road
- Del Mar College — 101 Baldwin Blvd.
- Driscoll ISD cafetorium — 425 W. Dragon in Driscoll
- Ella Barnes Elementary — 2829 Oso Parkway
- Ethel Eyerly Senior Center — 654 Graham Road
- Fannin Elementary — 2730 Gollihar Road
- Fire Station #7 — 3722 S. Staples St.
- Fire Station #9 — 501 Navigation Blvd.
- Fire Station #11 — 910 Airline Road
- Fire Station #12 — 2120 Rand Morgan Road
- Flour Bluff ISD maintenance building — 2505 Waldron Road
- Galvan Elementary — 3126 Masterson Drive
- Gibson Elementary — 5723 Hampshire Road
- Gloria Hicks Elementary — 3602 McArdle Road
- Grace Presbyterian Church — 6301 Yorktown Blvd.
- Grant Middle School — 4350 Aaron Drive
- Hamlin Middle School — 3900 Hamlin Drive
- Hilltop Community Center — 11425 Leopard St.
- Island Presbyterian Church — 14030 Fortuna Bay Drive
- John F. Kennedy Elementary — 1102 Villarreal Road
- King High School — 5225 Gollihar Road
- Kiwanis Recreation Center — 3933 Timon Blvd.
- Kolda Elementary — 3730 Rodd Field Road
- Kostoryz Elementary — 3602 Panama Drive
- La Retama Central Library — 805 Comanche
- St. Lindale Senior Center — 3135 Swantner Drive
- LULAC West Apartments — 10702 Interstate 37
- Luther Jones Elementary — 7533 Lipes Blvd.
- Magee Elementary-Star Annex — 4201 Calallen Drive
- Menger Elementary — 2401 S. Alameda St.
- Metro E Elementary — 1707 Ayers St.
- MG Building Materials — 7406 South Padre Island Drive
- Mireles Elementary — 7658 Cimarron Blvd.
- Montclair Elementary — 5241 Kentner St.
- Moody High School — 1818 Trojan Drive
- Oak Park Recreation Center — 842 Erwin Ave.
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Mission — 1080 S. Clarkwood Road
- Parkway Presbyterian Church — 3707 Santa Fe St.
- Peerless Cleaners — 2806 Santa Fe St.
- Petronila Elementary — 2391 CR 67 in Bishop
- Reverend Harold T. Branch Academy — 3902 Morgan Ave.
- Ronnie H. Polston County Building — 10110 Compton Road
- Schanen Estates Elementary — 5717 Killarmet Drive
- Schlitterbahn — 14353 Commodores Drive
- Scott Vetters Scout Hut — 3221 McKinzie Road
- Shaw Elementary — 2920 Soledad St.
- Smith Elementary — 6902 Williams Drive
- South Park Middle School — 3001 McArdle St.
- T.G. Allen Elementary — 1414 18th St.
- The Valencia — 6110 Ayers St.
- Tom Browne Middle School — 4301 Schanen Blvd.
- Travis Elementary — 3210 Churchill Drive
- Tuloso-Midway High School — 2653 McKinzie Road
- Tuloso-Midway Middle School — 9768 La Branch Drive
- Veterans Memorial High School — 3750 Cimarron
- Villa of Corpus Christi-South — 4834 Yorktown Blvd.
- West Oso ISD Junior High School — 5202 Bear Lane
- Windsor Park Athena School — 4525 S. Alameda St.
- Woodlawn Elementary — 1110 Woodlawn Drive
- Yeager Elementary — 5414 Tripoli Drive
- Zavala Senior Center — 510 Osage St.
