Calexico

[ kuh-lek-si-koh ]

noun

1. a town in S California.

Example Sentences

Voters in Calexico have resoundingly ousted the first out transgender member of the City Council and her council ally after a bitter recall campaign rife with accusations of transphobia and political cronyism in the struggling city on the U.S.-Mexico border.

From Los Angeles Times

In rural Calexico, Raúl Ureña, the town’s first out transgender mayor, faces a recall election.

From Los Angeles Times

Turnout for the special election — which cost Calexico more than $128,000 — was about 23%, with an estimated 4,933 votes cast.

From Los Angeles Times

Still, she said, the Calexico special election “was very passionate on both sides, and I feel that it encouraged a lot of voters to come out who might not have done so before.”

From Los Angeles Times

When they first came into office, Ureña and Manzanarez were hailed as young changemakers in Calexico, an impoverished town separated from the sprawling city of Mexicali, Mexico, by a steel border fence.

From Los Angeles Times