San Antonio City Council election results: Four districts head to runoff
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San Antonio City Council candidates in four districts are headed for a runoff next month, including District 1 incumbent Sukh Kaur, who came roughly 1 percentage point shy of winning the seat outright.
Why it matters: A new generation of council members will help shape a range of transformative city plans as they work with a new mayor over the next four years.
The latest: Kaur (48.91%) will face Patty Gibbons (17.8%) in the June 7 runoff. Kaur needed 50% of the vote to avoid a runoff.
- Kaur, who is running for a second term, previously founded an education consulting company and is a former teacher.
- Gibbons is a longtime neighborhood leader in Greater Harmony Hills who has been active with the Republican Party of Bexar County. She previously ran for City Council in District 9, a more conservative district, before she was redistricted into the more urban District 1.
There will also be a runoff on June 7 in districts 6, 8 and 9.
Here's how races shaped up in the districts where there was no incumbent on the ballot.
District 4: Edward Mungia, a staffer in the District 4 office who served as a trustee for South San ISD and a board member for MOVE Texas, won with 56.8% of the vote.
District 6: Kelly Ann Gonzalez (19.7%) will face Ric Galvan (19.37%) in the runoff.
- Gonzalez has worked as a labor organizer for city employees and is endorsed by outgoing District 6 Councilmember Melissa Cabello Havrda. Galvan is a staffer for City Council District 5. Both have ties to progressive politics.
District 8: Ivalis Meza Gonzalez (40.33%) will face Paula McGee (22.22%) in the runoff.
- Meza Gonzalez is the former chief of staff to Mayor Ron Nirenberg who ran unsuccessfully as a Democrat in the 2022 race for Bexar County Judge. McGee is an attorney who has served on the city's Zoning Commission and Ethics Review Board.
District 9: Misty Spears (38.01%) will face Angi Taylor Aramburu (35.57%) in the runoff, shaping up to be a more partisan race.
- Spears is director of constituent services for Republican Bexar County Commissioner Grant Moody, and has his endorsement. Aramburu ran for Texas House District 122 as a Democrat in 2022, and is endorsed by outgoing District 9 Councilmember John Courage.
Zoom out: Elsewhere, City Council incumbents kept their seats by the following margins:
- District 2, Jalen McKee-Rodriguez: 61%
- District 3, Phyllis Viagran: 57%
- District 5, Teri Castillo: 77%
- District 7, Marina Alderete Gavito: 72%
- District 10, Marc Whyte: 69%
Separately, mayoral candidates Gina Ortiz Jones (27.2%) and Rolando Pablos (16.61%) will also head to the June 7 runoff.
What's next: Early voting for the June 7 runoff election will begin May 27 and extend through June 3.