Texas candidate for municipal judgeship dies of COVID-19 days before runoff election
Dec 13, 2020
An El Paso attorney running for a municipal judgeship has died following a battle against COVID-19 just days before the race heads to a runoff election.
Lillian Blancas 47, died on Monday after being hospitalized for a second time in early November, The El Paso Times reported.
Blancas, an attorney who served as El Paso County Magistrate Judge, finished first in the three-way election on Nov. 3 for the El Paso Municipal Court judicial seat with roughly 40 percent of the vote.