Not going to beat a dead horse, but as a San Antonian I'll second the other reasons given.
1) Election was during Fiesta.
2) Our city elections are non-partisan. It does happen that political affiliations emerge, but they usually take a back seat. One of the biggest issues this time was over the funding of Project Marvel and whether taxpay…
Not going to beat a dead horse, but as a San Antonian I'll second the other reasons given.
1) Election was during Fiesta.
2) Our city elections are non-partisan. It does happen that political affiliations emerge, but they usually take a back seat. One of the biggest issues this time was over the funding of Project Marvel and whether taxpayer dollars should be used to fund a new Spurs arena downtown. On this issue alone, the unofficial Democratic candidates had differing views on it, but it seemed to be matter of degrees.
3) It was an open seat, and the new mayor will get four years instead of two.
As an aside, I didn't vote for Gina Ortiz Jones. I actually voted for District 6 Councilwoman Melissa Cabello Havrda, who happens to be my current council person. I will be voting for Jones in the runoff.
The major paper, San Antonio Express-News, endorsed the District 4 Councilwoman for mayor and then followed it with their 2nd (CD8), 3rd (CD9), and 4th (Jones and Pablos) choices for mayor.
My biggest surprise was Beto Altamirano not doing better considering his supporters read like a who's who of city leaders who usually back the front runners.
How prominent is Tommy Calvert in local politics there? There was an election for freshmen seats on the student senate immediately after we moved in and one of my first memories of college was Tommy canvassing me for my vote.
I first worked with Tommy on a U.S. Senate race in 2007 (the candidate eventually didn't run). He does stay active in local politics and makes sure to get his name out there. He's now the most senior member on our Commissioners Court and seems to have solidified his hold as the incumbent for Precinct 4. I remember when he first won the seat and his name would pop up whenever there were open seats. Depending on how long the new county judge stays on, I could easily see Tommy running to replace him.
Now that I think about it, Tommy might have been the first person I ever voted for, I had just turned 18 the month before and the 1998 midterms were a few months away.
Not going to beat a dead horse, but as a San Antonian I'll second the other reasons given.
1) Election was during Fiesta.
2) Our city elections are non-partisan. It does happen that political affiliations emerge, but they usually take a back seat. One of the biggest issues this time was over the funding of Project Marvel and whether taxpayer dollars should be used to fund a new Spurs arena downtown. On this issue alone, the unofficial Democratic candidates had differing views on it, but it seemed to be matter of degrees.
3) It was an open seat, and the new mayor will get four years instead of two.
As an aside, I didn't vote for Gina Ortiz Jones. I actually voted for District 6 Councilwoman Melissa Cabello Havrda, who happens to be my current council person. I will be voting for Jones in the runoff.
The major paper, San Antonio Express-News, endorsed the District 4 Councilwoman for mayor and then followed it with their 2nd (CD8), 3rd (CD9), and 4th (Jones and Pablos) choices for mayor.
My biggest surprise was Beto Altamirano not doing better considering his supporters read like a who's who of city leaders who usually back the front runners.
How prominent is Tommy Calvert in local politics there? There was an election for freshmen seats on the student senate immediately after we moved in and one of my first memories of college was Tommy canvassing me for my vote.
I first worked with Tommy on a U.S. Senate race in 2007 (the candidate eventually didn't run). He does stay active in local politics and makes sure to get his name out there. He's now the most senior member on our Commissioners Court and seems to have solidified his hold as the incumbent for Precinct 4. I remember when he first won the seat and his name would pop up whenever there were open seats. Depending on how long the new county judge stays on, I could easily see Tommy running to replace him.
Now that I think about it, Tommy might have been the first person I ever voted for, I had just turned 18 the month before and the 1998 midterms were a few months away.
Melissa gang represent!! (Seriously are you me lol, same name and Melissa supporter. Not that there aren’t ten million Jacobs in San Antonio lol)