2025 San Antonio mayoral election

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2025 San Antonio mayoral election
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  UnderSecAF Gina Ortiz Jones portrait (alt crop).jpg 3x4.svg Beto Altamirano.png
Candidate Gina Ortiz Jones Rolando Pablos Beto Altamirano
First round27,483
27.20%		16,785
16.61%		12,178
12.05%
Runoff77,587
54.32%		65,245
45.68%		Eliminated
  Adriana Rocha Garcia.png Manny Pelaez at District 8 Candidate Forum (cropped).png Melissa Cabello Havrda.png
CandidateAdriana Rocha GarciaManny PeláezMelissa Cabello Havrda
First round9,992
9.90%		7,387
7.31%		6,731
6.66%
RunoffEliminatedEliminatedEliminated
  John Courage San Antonio.png
CandidateJohn CourageClayton Perry
First round5,619
5.56%		5,572
5.51%
RunoffEliminatedEliminated
Mayor before election

Ron Nirenberg

Elected mayor

Gina Ortiz Jones

The 2025 San Antonio mayoral election was held on May 3, 2025, to elect the next mayor of San Antonio, Texas. Because no candidate received more than 50% of the vote, the two highest-placing candidates advanced to a runoff election on June 7. Municipal elections in Texas are officially nonpartisan. Due to the passage of Proposition F in 2024, the winner will receive a four-year term, as term limits were changed from four two-year terms to two four-year terms. [1]

Contents

A wide field of 27 candidates qualified for the general election. Former Under Secretary of the Air Force Gina Ortiz Jones and former Texas Secretary of State Rolando Pablos advanced to the runoff. Candidates eliminated in the first round included technology entrepreneur Beto Altamirano and city councilors Adriana Rocha Garcia, Manny Peláez, Melissa Cabello Havrda, John Courage, and Clayton Perry. [2] Jones would win the runoff with 54.3% of the vote. [3]

Background

Municipal elections in San Antonio are nonpartisan meaning all candidates are classified as nonpartisan. Incumbent mayor Ron Nirenberg is term-limited, having been elected four prior times in 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2023. Nirenberg is expected to be the longest serving mayor of San Antonio since Henry Cisneros, and this election will mark the first time since 2009 that no incumbent has been on the ballot. [4]

The first announcement in the campaign came from councilmember John Courage in January 2024, 15 months before the election, nearly tripling the length of time candidates have historically officially campaigned when compared to recent mayoral elections in the city. [5] The first mayoral vacancy since 2009 has led more sitting council members to enter or express interest in the race, in turn leading to increased political divisions within the city council. [6] [7]

Candidates

Advanced to runoff

Eliminated in the first round

First round

Endorsements

Beto Altamirano
Local officials
Melissa Cabello Havrda
Local officials
Labor unions
Organizations
Gina Ortiz Jones
U.S. representatives
State legislators
Individuals
Labor unions
Organizations
Rolando Pablos
County officials
Political parties
Adriana Rocha Garcia
Local officials
Newspapers and other publications

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [d] 		Margin
of error		Beto
Altamirano		John
Courage		Adriana
Rocha Garcia		Melissa
Cabello Havrda		Gina
Ortiz Jones		Manny
Peláez		Clayton
Perry		Rolando
Pablos		OtherUndecided
Blueprint Polling (D) [50] April 29–30, 2025751 (LV)± 3.6%12%4.9%5.4%9%23%4.5%4.2%15.3%10.2% [e] 11.2%
UT San Antonio [51] April 7–9, 2025685 (LV)± 3.7%7%7%4%4%13%5%4%5%8% [f] 45% [g]
UT San Antonio [52] February 17–20, 2025683 (LV)± 3.8%4%8%3%4%9%6%3%1%7% [h] 56% [i]
UT San Antonio [53] September 11–16, 2024692 (RV)± 3.7%4%9%4%4%–5%–1%4% [j] 70% [k]

Results

2025 San Antonio mayoral election (first round) [54]
CandidateVotes%
Gina Ortiz Jones 27,51727.20%
Rolando Pablos 16,79816.61%
Beto Altamirano12,19012.05%
Adriana Rocha Garcia10,0169.90%
Manny Peláez7,3987.31%
Melissa Cabello Havdra6,7366.66%
John Courage5,6255.56%
Clayton Perry5,5755.51%
Tim Westley3,7763.73%
Robert T. Melvin9440.93%
Christopher Reyes5520.52%
Sonia Traut4490.44%
Diana Flores Uriegas4440.44%
Jade McCullough4250.42%
Brandon Gonzales3550.35%
Mauricio 'Mau' Sanchez3370.33%
Andrew Fernandez Vicencio3030.30%
Michael 'Sam' Samaniego3020.30%
Christopher Herring2360.23%
Robert Salinas1970.19%
Gerardo Zambrano1830.18%
Santos Alvarado1640.16%
James 'Jae' Melvin1630.16%
Armando Dominguez1520.15%
April Guadarrama1490.15%
Bill Ruppel1130.11%
Arturo Espinosa810.08%
Total votes101,150 100.00%

Runoff

Runoff endorsements

Gina Ortiz Jones
Federal officials
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives
State senators
State representatives
San Antonio officials
  • Teri Castillo, 5th district (2021–present) [55]
  • Phil Hardberger, former mayor of San Antonio (2005–2009) [55]
  • Jalen McKee-Rodriguez, 2nd district (2021–present) [55]
  • Edward Mungia, 4th district-elect (2025–present) [55]
  • Phyllis Viagrán, 3rd district (2021–present) [55]
County officials
Local officials
Individuals
Labor unions
Organizations
Political parties
Rolando Pablos
State cabinet officials
U.S. representatives
State senators
State representatives
County officials
Local officials
Individuals
  • Robert Melvin, real estate company CEO and 2025 mayoral candidate [21]
Labor unions
Newspapers
Organizations
Declined to endorse
San Antonio officials
  • Marina Alderete Gavito, 7th district (2023–present) [68]
  • Melissa Cabello Havrda, 6th district (2019–2025) and 2025 mayoral candidate [68]
  • John Courage, 9th district and 2025 mayoral candidate [68]
  • Manny Peláez, 8th district (2019–2025) and 2025 mayoral candidate [68]
  • Adriana Rocha Garcia, 4th district (2019–2025) and 2025 mayoral candidate [68]
  • Ron Nirenberg, outgoing mayor of San Antonio (2017–2025) [69]
Labor unions

Runoff polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [d] 		Margin
of error		Gina
Ortiz Jones		Rolando
Pablos		OtherUndecided
Chism Strategies (D) [71] June 3–4, 2025901 (LV)± 3.27%50%41%3% [n] 7%
Blueprint Polling (D) [72] April 29–30, 2025751 (LV)± 3.6%46%26%–28%

Results

2025 San Antonio mayoral election (runoff) [73]
CandidateVotes%
Gina Ortiz Jones 77,58754.32%
Rolando Pablos 65,24545.68%
Total votes142,832 100.00%

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Courage initially declared his candidacy on January 25, 2024, [12] before dropping out of the race on December 2. [13] He then rejoined the race on February 14, 2025.
  2. ↑ County executive
  3. ↑ This union local is affiliated with both the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers.
  4. 1 2 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  5. ↑ "Do not remember" with 3.2%
  6. ↑ Westley with 3%
  7. ↑ "Don't know" with 30%; "I'm not familiar with any of the candidates running for mayor" with 15%
  8. ↑ Westley with 2%; Espinosa, Flores Uriegas, Pablos, and "Someone else" with 1%; Alvarado, Dominguez, Gonzales, Herring, McCullough, Robert Melvin, Reyes, Salinas, Samaniego, Sanchez, Traut, and "I would not vote in this race" with 0%
  9. ↑ "Don't know" with 35%; "I'm not familiar with any of the candidates running for mayor" with 21%
  10. ↑ "Someone else" with 3%; "I would not vote in this race" with 1%
  11. ↑ "I'm not familiar with any of the candidates running for mayor" with 43%; "Don't know" with 27%
  12. ↑ Buttigieg endorsed in the first round, but this endorsement was only reported in non-campaign sources ahead of the runoff.
  13. ↑ The union co-endorsed Cabello Havrda, Ortiz Jones, and Rocha Garcia in the first round, but this endorsement was only reported in non-campaign sources ahead of the runoff.
  14. ↑ "Do not remember" with 3%

References

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  2. ↑ "Results: Gina Ortiz Jones, Rolando Pablos headed to runoff in San Antonio mayoral election". KSAT. May 3, 2025. Retrieved May 4, 2025.
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  4. ↑ Smith, Molly (October 7, 2023). "'The mayor's race has already begun': 2025 election could draw contenders from inside and outside City Hall". San Antonio Express-News . Archived from the original on October 15, 2023. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  5. ↑ Smith, Molly (January 25, 2024). "Councilman John Courage becomes first official 2025 mayoral candidate". San Antonio Express-News . Archived from the original on May 23, 2024. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
  6. ↑ Drusch, Andrea (April 11, 2024). "Knives are out for Nirenberg's Ready to Work program". San Antonio Report. Archived from the original on May 23, 2024. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
  7. ↑ Rodriguez, Megan (May 9, 2024). "City Council members may be looking to force out city attorney". San Antonio Express-News . Archived from the original on May 23, 2024. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
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  9. ↑ Smith, Molly (August 27, 2024). "Former Secretary of State Rolando Pablos joins crowded field for San Antonio mayor". San Antonio Express-News . Archived from the original on September 2, 2024. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
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  30. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Elect Democratic Women Endorses Former Under Secretary of the Air Force Gina Ortiz Jones for Mayor of San Antonio". Elect Democratic Women. December 20, 2024. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
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  32. 1 2 "LPAC Endorses Former Under Secretary of the Air Force and Iraq War Veteran Gina Ortiz Jones for San Antonio Mayor". LPAC (Press release). Retrieved April 8, 2025.
  33. 1 2 "Human Rights Campaign PAC Endorses Gina Ortiz Jones for Mayor of San Antonio". HRC (Press release). March 10, 2025. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
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