Jose David Gonzalez
Nonpartisan
PurposeJD Gonzalez, a longtime customs broker and Navy veteran, is running for Laredo mayor in 2026 to apply his international trade background toward modernizing city infrastructure and expanding small business opportunity.
Infrastructure
Gonzalez has singled out Laredo's aging water system as a priority, arguing the city needs sustained investment to modernize pipes and treatment capacity rather than continuing to patch an outdated network.
Economy
Drawing on his customs-brokerage career, Gonzalez wants Laredo to capture more local economic benefit from the freight and trucking traffic that passes through its border crossings, and has pitched supporting small business growth as a companion goal alongside that trade-driven agenda.
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