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Independent · Mayor of Irving · Texas · Spectrum score +7
Mayor · Nonpartisan / not on file · 2026 ballot ·
Albert Zapanta is Mayor of Irving in Texas. Political positions and ideology score +7 (Center). Albert C.
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Where Albert stands on the spectrum
Albert Zapanta scores +7 on Spectrum’s left–right line (center), mixed on economic issues and mixed on social issues. The number is modeled from twelve issue positions and the public record — not a poll and not a party label.
Composite +7 · Center · economic +4 · social +8 · authoritarian +6
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Background & record
Albert C. Zapanta is an American politician and businessman who is CEO of the Dallas-based U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce, and the mayor of Irving, Texas. Zapanta is a former major general who was a Green Beret in the Vietnam War. He became head of public affairs for Atlantic Richfield (ARCO).
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Issue detail
−100 left pole · +100 right pole
- Economic
- +4
- Social
- +8
- Authoritarian
- +6
- Confidence
- 68
- Taxes & spending+6
Lower taxes, smaller fiscal footprint
- Health care-6
Public or single-payer coverage as a right
- Climate & energy+4
Energy abundance, fewer climate mandates
- Business regulation+10
Deregulation and lighter administrative state
- Labor & wages+8
Flexible labor markets, right-to-work
- Immigration+14
Tighter borders, more deportations
- Abortion-8
Legal access, opposed to bans
- Guns+10
Broad Second Amendment, fewer federal limits
- Crime & policing+20
More policing, longer sentences, less bail reform
- Schools & speech+8
Choice, against gender/DEI curricula
- Defense & alliances+18
Hard power, high defense spending, deterrence
- Civil liberties+6
Order, platform / campus / speech restrictions for security or morality
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- Ballotpedia, mayors of the 100 largest cities, August 2026
- en.wikipedia.org
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Updated August 2026.