The five candidates running for mayor of McAllen spent about $374,000 from January to March, according to campaign finance reports filed with the City Secretary’s Office on April 1. Dr. Shahid Rashid spent nearly $110,000. Businessman Michael Fallek spent nearly $96,000. City Commissioner Javier Villalobos spent nearly $70,000. City Commissioner Veronica Vela Whitacre spent about $56,000. And businessman Othal E. Brand Jr., the son of former Mayor Othal Brand Sr., spent about $42,000. They’re running to replace Mayor Jim Darling, who decided not to seek a third term. Shahid Rashid Dr. Shahid Rashid, a 63-year-old physician who founded the South Texas Clinic for Pain ...