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RandySF

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Sun Jun 1, 2025, 11:16 PM Jun 1

'All eyes on San Antonio': Democratic disunity, well-funded GOP efforts turn mayor's race into a political battleground [View all]

National press, statewide political figures and even a documentary film crew all have their eyes trained on a San Antonio mayoral race that could make the city a beacon of the Democratic resistance — or set a new high-water mark for Texas Republicans’ inroads in historically blue territory.

In the first round of a nonpartisan contest, quick-witted former congressional candidate Gina Ortiz Jones, 44, tapped into voters’ frustration with the early months of the Trump Administration, an approach that helped her beat out — by far — a long list of candidates with more city government experience.

Left-leaning council members currently control nine of San Antonio’s 10 council seats, and Jones’ 27% support in the first round of voting made her the odds-on favorite to become the city’s next leader.

Yet days out from a June 7 runoff election in which several city races have come down to left-right matchups, political watchers say the contest is anything but sewn up.





https://sanantonioreport.org/san-antonio-mayor-race-state-of-play-gina-ortiz-jones-rolando-pablo/

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