Eagle Pass City Councilwoman Gloria E. Hernandez Announces Plan to Run for Maverick County Judge 

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017

Eagle Pass City Councilwoman Gloria E. Hernandez held a press conference on Tuesday, September 19, 2017 to announce to Maverick Countians that she plans to run for Maverick County Judge in the March 2018 Primary Election once the candidate registration period opens up in November 2017. “I want people to know that I am running for the Maverick County Judge”position when the candidate registration period opens in November 2017, said Hernandez.

Hernandez stated that “I am making the commitment to run [for County Judge] now.”  She added that although “it is not the time to sign up, it is the time to announce that I am running.”

Hernandez cited her diverse and rich experience has prepared her for Maverick County Judge, including 25 years as an attorney in Texas, 14 years as a public educator and 12 of those as a fifth and sixth grade teacher, serving as Eagle Pass City Attorney for several years, serving as an Eagle Pass City Councilmember for several years, and overall education.  She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, a Master’s degree in Bilingual Education, and a Juris Doctor degree.  She is a graduate of Eagle Pass High School in 1970.

Hernandez stated that the people of Maverick County are the best and brightest in the world and that there is great promise and future for the community.

Hernandez is the daughter of the late Roberto Hernandez and Belia Hernandez of Eagle Pass.  She was born in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico and attended elementary school up to the sixth grade in Mexico.  She immigrated to the United States in 1963 and attended public schools in Eagle Pass.  She became a United States citizen in 1972.

Hernandez stated she is blessed and fortunate to have a beautiful family, including her two sons and their wives, Jose Arturo and Melinda Bruno and Carlos Eduardo and Jennifer Bruno, her grandchildren, and five siblings, Yolanda, Ricardo, Roberto, Rodolfo, and Hector together with their spouses.

Hernandez stated that providing structure and accountability to Maverick County government would be key priorities to her if elected as County Judge.  She also added that the County Judge is the presiding judge of Maverick County Court that hears civil and criminal cases as well as probate cases, and her experience as an attorney would be most beneficial to presiding over Maverick County Court compared to a non-attorney.

Hernandez noted that she does not have to resign as a City Councilmember in order to run for the Maverick County Judge position, unless someone shows her a law to the contrary.  She plans to remain a City Councilmember while running for Maverick County Judge because the people elected her to be a City Councilmember, wants to fulfill her duties as a Councilmember, and it would cost the City of Eagle Pass money to hold a special election to replace her position. Of course, if elected as County Judge, she would resign at the appropriate moment.