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RandySF

(74,670 posts) Sun Jun 1, 2025, 11:16 PM Sunday

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

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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'All eyes on San Antonio': Democratic disunity, well-funded GOP efforts turn mayor's race into a political battleground (Original Post) RandySF Sunday OP

San Antonio Congressiinal districts are gerrymandered nightmares pfitz59 Sunday #1

I got my GF to vote last week in San Antonio- callous taoboy Yesterday #2

pfitz59

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1. San Antonio Congressiinal districts are gerrymandered nightmares

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Sun Jun 1, 2025, 11:43 PM

Sunday

Pinwheeled into tiny slices. Seems the GOP can't gerrymander the citywide seats.

callous taoboy

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2. I got my GF to vote last week in San Antonio-

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Mon Jun 2, 2025, 06:42 AM

Yesterday

I know this is anecdotal, but when we drove up to the polling place it seemed like the pubs had a better ground game- There was one woman standing outside with a sign supporting Jones (and not looking too enthused, but at least she was out there in support), while there were two people from the Pablos camp, and they were sitting at a table festooned with signs and ribbons, and when we rolled in they waved and smiled at us. Granted, this was just one polling location.

Thanks for posting.

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