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On May 7 and June 7, 2005, the city of San Antonio, Texas held an election to choose who would serve as Mayor of San Antonio for a two-year term to expire in 2007. Phil Hardberger won in a runoff against Julian Castro. The election was officially nonpartisan.
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [lower-alpha 1] | Margin of error | Phil Hardberger | Julian Castro | Carroll Shubert | Other | Undecided |
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| SurveyUSA [3] | May 3–5, 2005 | 499 (LV) | ± 4.5% | 26% | 46% | 24% | 2% | 2% |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [lower-alpha 1] | Margin of error | Phil Hardberger | Julian Castro | Other / Undecided |
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| SurveyUSA [4] | June 3–5, 2005 | 632 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 52% | 47% | 1% |
| Candidates | General Election [1] | Run-off Election [2] | ||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | |
| Phil Hardberger | 34,280 | 30.05 | 66,830 | 51.47 |
| Julian Castro | 47,893 | 41.99 | 63,001 | 48.53 |
| Carroll Schubert | 30,029 | 26.32 | ||
| Julie Iris Oldham | 919 | 0.81 | ||
| Everett Caldwell | 391 | 0.34 | ||
| Rhett R. Smith | 289 | 0.25 | ||
| Michael Idrogo | 270 | 0.24 | ||
| Total | 115,194 | 100 | 129,991 | 100 |
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