Tag: County judge

Tuesday afternoon county judge candidates John Cook and Ricardo Samaniego went head to head in a debate ... well sort of. The event called Pints and Politics held conversations between the two candidates that didn't necessarily cover hot button issues for the county. In a rather unusual venue for politics, atop the fifth floor of the Indigo Hotel, poolside coupled with some drinks, candidates Cook and Samaniego nearly sat side by side. We talk about the moment they become interested in politics and ultimately what they learned in politics that they didn't know before," Pineda said. The talk started with where the candidates grew up. Samaniego lived near the Jefferson area with nine siblings. Inclusiveness is going to be one of the most important things we'll see going forward in El Paso," Samaniego said. Cook hails from Bronx, New York, and attended a seminary. He said he left because they didn't let him listen to the Beatles. "What I taught them really was about hard work and dedication and striving toward a goal and achieving that goal," Cook said.