2017 San Antonio mayoral election

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2017 San Antonio mayoral election
Flag of San Antonio, Texas.svg
  2015 May 6, 2017 (first round)
June 10, 2017 (runoff)
2019  
Turnout11.32% Decrease2.svg(first round)
13.16% Increase2.svg (runoff)
  Ron Nirenberg.jpg Ivy Taylor em maio de 2017.png Manuel Medina San Antonio.png
Candidate Ron Nirenberg Ivy Taylor Manuel Medina
First round36,887
37.08%
41,788
42.01%
15,049
15.13%
Runoff 54,020
54.60%
44,922
45.40%
Eliminated

Mayor before election

Ivy Taylor

Elected Mayor

Ron Nirenberg

On May 6, 2017, the city of San Antonio, Texas held an election to choose the next mayor of San Antonio. The election was officially nonpartisan with candidates party affiliations not appearing on the ballot. As no candidate secured a majority of the vote (50% of all votes cast +1), a runoff was held on June 10, 2017 with Councilman Ron Nirenberg defeating incumbent mayor Ivy Taylor.

Contents

Simultaneous elections to the city council as well as various area bond programs were held on the same date.

Background

Julian Castro, who was elected mayor in the 2009 San Antonio mayoral election, resigned in 2014 to become the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Ivy Taylor was selected by the San Antonio City Council as Castro's successor. Taylor successfully ran for re-election as mayor in the 2015 San Antonio mayoral election.

On November 13, 2016, Taylor officially announced her candidacy for a second full term as mayor. [1] [2] City Councilman Ron Nirenberg became the first challenger to Taylor, announcing his candidacy on December 10, 2016. [3] The chairman of the Bexar County Democratic Party, Manuel Medina, announced his candidacy on January 7, 2017. [4] District 4 City Councilman Rey Saldaña, a potential candidate, opted to run for a fourth term to the city council rather than mayor. [5]

Candidates

A total of 14 citizens submitted applications to be on the ballot for mayor. Taylor, Medina, and Nirenberg were identified as the primary three candidates in the election. [6]

Declared

Endorsements

italicized individuals and organizations are post-regular election endorsements

Medina
  • Diana Arévalo, Texas State Representative District 116 [8]
  • Lourdes Galvan, former City Councilwoman, District 5 [8]
  • Albert Uresti, Bexar County Tax Assessor-Collector [8]
  • Bexar County Democratic Party [9]
  • San Antonio Professional Firefighters Association [10]
Nirenberg
Taylor
  • Tommy Adkisson, former Bexar County Commissioner and 2015 mayoral candidate [15]
  • Ernesto Ancira, President of local car company Ancira Enterprises and treasurer of Taylor's campaign [15]
  • Hope Andrade, former Texas Secretary of State [15]
  • Trish DeBerry, President of DeBerry Group and 2009 mayoral candidate [15]
  • Brian Dillard, President of the Dignowity Hill Neighborhood Association [15]
  • Mike Gallagher, former City Councilman, District 10 [15]
  • Joe Krier, former City Councilman, District 9 [15]
  • Lyle Larson , Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives [16]
  • Cris Medina, former City Councilman, District 7 [15]
  • San Antonio Express-News [17]
  • Ray Lopez, former City Councilman, District 6 [16]
  • Leticia Van de Putte, former State Senator and 2015 mayoral candidate [18]
  • Rebecca Viagran, current City Councilwoman, District 3 [15]
  • Kevin Wolff, Bexar County Commissioner, Precinct 3 [16]
  • Nelson Wolff, Bexar County Judge and former Mayor of San Antonio [19]

Polling

Poll SourceDate(s)
administered
Ivy
Taylor
Ron
Nirenberg
Manuel
Medina
Other/
Undecided
Baselice & Associates [20] 1 March 9–12, 201753%16%13%18%

Results

First round

On May 6, 2017, the election for Mayor was held. None of the leading candidates received more than 50% of the vote and as a result, a runoff election was scheduled for Saturday, June 10, 2017 between the top two vote-getters. [21]

San Antonio Mayor, 2017
Regular election, May 6, 2017
CandidateVotes %±
Ivy Taylor41,79442.01%
Ron Nirenberg36,89037.08%
Manuel Medina15,04915.13%
Keven Roles1,5571.57%
Antonio "Tony" Diaz9660.97%
Will McLeod5450.55%
Felicio Hernandez Flores II4290.43%
John Martin Velasquez3830.39%
Michael "Commander" Idrogo3660.37%
Gerard Xavier Ponce3660.37%
Rhett Smith3210.32%
Stephen Lucke3150.32%
Julie Iris "Mama Bexar" Oldham2700.27%
Napoleon Madrid2250.23%
Turnout 99,46711.32%

* Vote percentage includes all of Bexar County with a total of 16,745 either voting in another municipal election or casting no ballot for San Antonio mayor.

Runoff

The runoff election between the top two candidates was held on Saturday, June 10, 2017. 230 fewer people voted in the runoff than in the first round. This was the third consecutive runoff election in which the runner-up in the first round went on to win in the runoff. This was also the first election in twenty years that the incumbent mayor of San Antonio sought re-election and lost, when Bill Thornton sought re-election in 1997 but failed to qualify for the runoff (Thornton was ultimately succeeded by Howard Peak). [22]

San Antonio Mayor, 2017
Runoff election June 10, 2017
CandidateVotes %±
Ron Nirenberg54,02054.6
Ivy Taylor44,92245.4
Turnout 98,94213.16%

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