Thank goodness that she won; another round of the Trump realignment, the Democrats' Latino problem and how Talarico, Allred and Virts are going on a fool's errand by the centrist media based on one Mayoral election would have cooked my brain.
Mayor Nirenberg wants to be the Senator of Texas but doesn't have the guts to endorse the Democratic candidate.
If Nirenberg really wants to be Senator then the time to declare is probably now or very soon. But I'm not aware of him having expressed any clear interest in statewide office.
Another recent San Antonio Mayor, Julian Castro, was seen as a potential statewide winner but instead chose to aim higher, running for president. Unfortunately, besides a good debate performance, he not only did not get far (withdrawing before the primaries started) but the liberal stands he took probably ended whatever statewide Texas electoral potential he had.
~54-46 with 64% reporting according to that. A smaller lead than I'd like, but big enough that it is hard to imagine the late counted vote removing her lead.
Ridiculous that so much of the local party tried to kneecap her campaign.
For all the talk about how all politics is polarized and nationalized now, there's no bottom to the amount of local politics that gets decided by personal grievances and petty slights, even if they go against the grain of national trends.
Our city elections are officially non-partisan. The new council will unofficially be 8 Democrats and 2 Republicans (Districts 9 and 10). District 9 is a pickup for Republicans, but not surprising. It was surprising the current councilman, John Courage, held it for so long cause the district is conservative and Courage had run for office numerous times as a Democrat.
Decision Desk calls SA Mayor for Gina Ortiz Jones https://decisiondeskhq.com/results/2025/General/Texas/counties/Bexar
Thank goodness! I'd like to see some kind of consequences for the Democratic politicians who tried to sabotage her campaign.
Thank goodness that she won; another round of the Trump realignment, the Democrats' Latino problem and how Talarico, Allred and Virts are going on a fool's errand by the centrist media based on one Mayoral election would have cooked my brain.
Mayor Nirenberg wants to be the Senator of Texas but doesn't have the guts to endorse the Democratic candidate.
No Democrat should support him for anything again.
If Nirenberg really wants to be Senator then the time to declare is probably now or very soon. But I'm not aware of him having expressed any clear interest in statewide office.
Another recent San Antonio Mayor, Julian Castro, was seen as a potential statewide winner but instead chose to aim higher, running for president. Unfortunately, besides a good debate performance, he not only did not get far (withdrawing before the primaries started) but the liberal stands he took probably ended whatever statewide Texas electoral potential he had.
~54-46 with 64% reporting according to that. A smaller lead than I'd like, but big enough that it is hard to imagine the late counted vote removing her lead.
Ridiculous that so much of the local party tried to kneecap her campaign.
For all the talk about how all politics is polarized and nationalized now, there's no bottom to the amount of local politics that gets decided by personal grievances and petty slights, even if they go against the grain of national trends.
Decision Desk has also called:
– #1 for Sukh Kaur
– #4 for Edward Mungia
– #8 for Ivalis Gonzalez
– #9 for Misty Spears
(#6 too close to call, with margin of 66 voters. Only 5% of precincts reported.)
Who are these people? San Antonio City Council members?
San Antonio City Council members
All Democrats, I assume. Any flips?
Strangely enough I don’t see a party ID. I presume David & Jeff will have a good write-up tomorrow in their Morning Digest.
Our city elections are officially non-partisan. The new council will unofficially be 8 Democrats and 2 Republicans (Districts 9 and 10). District 9 is a pickup for Republicans, but not surprising. It was surprising the current councilman, John Courage, held it for so long cause the district is conservative and Courage had run for office numerous times as a Democrat.
So you're saying Courage had a lot of courage