District Judge Luis Aguilar, who was seeking reelection to the 243rd District Court, said he wants his name removed from the ballot and urged voters not to select him when they go to the polls.
"I sent a notarized affidavit to the Democratic Party requesting that my name be removed from the ballot," Aguilar wrote in an advertisement he placed in Sunday's edition of the El Paso Times. "Unfortunately, as of today, I have been unsuccessful."
He added, "Please do not vote for me. I am not running for another term."
Aguilar, who did not respond to multiple attempts seeking comment on the race last week, drew three opponents. They are Feliciano “Felix” Castañón, an El Paso County public defender, Roberto J. Ramos, who heads the foreign prosecution unit for El Paso's District Attorney's Office and Selena Solis, a lawyer and an El Paso Community College Trustee.
More: Commission reprimands District Judge Luis Aguilar after numerous complaints
Aguilar won the 243rd District Court seat in 2012 by defeating incumbent Bill D. Hicks. He was recently reprimanded by the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct.
The reprimand was handed down after nine complaints were filed against Aguilar alleging that he was being “impolite and disrespectful” to several lawyers, jurors, defendants and other court officials. The complaints were filed between July 29, 2015 and Dec. 12, 2016.
Along with the reprimand, Aguilar was ordered by the commission to attend eight hours of conduct and ethics classes.