Ivy Taylor

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Taylor had initially said that she would not run for mayor when her interim term expired in 2015; [7] [8] [16] however, she declared her candidacy for re-election on February 16, 2015. [11] In the San Antonio mayoral election held on May 9, 2015, no candidate received a majority of the vote. A runoff election was held on June 13 between Taylor and her remaining rival, Leticia Van de Putte, a liberal Democratic former member of the Texas Senate and the Texas House of Representatives. Though Van de Putte narrowly led the field in the first round of balloting, [17] Taylor went on to win, 51.7%–48.3%, and hence retain her position as mayor for a full two-year term. [18] [19]

2017 San Antonio mayoral race

On November 13, 2016, Taylor officially announced her intention to run for a second full term as mayor. Elections were held May 6, 2017. [20] [21] She advanced to a runoff on June 10, 2017, where she was defeated by city councilman Ron Nirenberg.

Tenure

In 2013, while on the city council, Taylor voted against a nondiscrimination ordinance approved by the council that would expand the city's then-current nondiscrimination policy to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, and veteran status. [22] Upon taking office as mayor in 2014, Taylor developed and created the city's Office of Diversity and Inclusion to handle complaints under the city's non-discrimination regulations and to facilitate resolution of these disputes. [23] She also helped to kill a streetcar system for downtown San Antonio, which many fiscal conservatives had opposed. [3]

Though she considers herself an independent politician, Taylor is a registered Democrat because she votes in party primaries. [4] Taylor has described herself as both "fiscally conservative and socially conservative." Senator John Cornyn accompanied Taylor to the 2016 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day parade in San Antonio and has urged her to join the GOP and to consider a later run for governor of Texas. [24]

Awards

Taylor received the San Antonio Business Journal's "40 under 40" Rising Star award in 2004. [11]

Personal life

Taylor has one daughter. [7] When her family lived in San Antonio, her husband operated a bail bonds business, [3] and the Taylors lived in the Dignowity Hill neighborhood on the east side of the city. [11] [25]

Between 2009 and 2020, Taylor has been a guest lecturer at the University of Texas at San Antonio College of Public Policy. [11]

In February 2024, it was announced that she had accepted a role as a senior advisor to the University of North Carolina system. Part of this would include her serving as a professor of practice at UNC Chapel Hill’s School of Government. [26]

References

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  2. 1 2 "Application for a place on the City of San Antonio General Election Ballot" (PDF). City of San Antonio. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 May 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 Svitek, Patrick (June 14, 2015). "Taylor's San Antonio Win a Wake-Up Call for Democrats". Texas Tribune . Austin, Texas. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
  4. 1 2 Rauf, David Saleh (June 16, 2016). "Democratic party touts the leadership of large municipal mayors". San Antonio Express-News. Archived from the original on June 18, 2016. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
  5. Selby, W. Gardner (August 6, 2014). "With Ivy Taylor, San Antonio is largest U.S. city to ever have African American female mayor". PolitiFact.com . Archived from the original on October 7, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Russell, Jan Jarboe (January 2015). "The Anti-Castro". Texas Monthly . Austin, Texas. Archived from the original on June 24, 2015. Retrieved June 24, 2015. When Julián Castro resigned as mayor last July to become United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the city council chose Taylor to serve out his term. In that moment, Taylor made history as San Antonio became the largest city in the United States ever to have a black, female mayor. Her appointment defied the demographics of the city, which is overwhelmingly Latino and only 7 percent black.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rivard, Robert (July 30, 2014). "San Antonio's New Mayor, Ivy Taylor". therivardreport.com. Rivard Report. Archived from the original on September 14, 2014. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  8. 1 2 3 Baugh, Josh (July 22, 2014). "San Antonio chooses Ivy Taylor as new mayor". San Antonio Express-News . Hearst Corporation. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  9. 1 2 "Mayor Ivy R. Taylor". City of San Antonio. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
  10. 1 2 "Former San Antonio mayor named first female president of Rust College". 8 May 2020. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Baugh, Josh (February 16, 2015). "Mayor Ivy Taylor declares candidacy". San Antonio Express-News . Hearst Corporation. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
  12. Minta, Molly (May 10, 2023). "In the latest college president turnover, Rust College's Ivy Taylor is out". Mississippi Today . Archived from the original on May 18, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  13. Superville, Darlene (May 23, 2014). "Obama to announce Julian Castro for housing secretary post". PBS . Associated Press. Archived from the original on July 23, 2014. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
  14. "Mayor Castro Goes to Washington". San Antonio magazine. July 22, 2014. Archived from the original on June 2, 2015. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
  15. Baker, Jeremy (July 22, 2014). "How Tuesday's interim mayoral vote will work". KENS . Gannett Company. Archived from the original on August 5, 2019. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  16. 1 2 Baugh, Josh (July 22, 2014). "Ivy Taylor becomes mayor". San Antonio Express-News . Hearst Corporation. Archived from the original on July 26, 2014. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  17. "Municipal elections in San Antonio, Texas (2015)". Ballotpedia . Archived from the original on May 29, 2017. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  18. "BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS Unofficial Results RUNOFF ELECTION". Bexar County Elections Office. San Antonio, Texas. June 13, 2015. Archived from the original on June 14, 2017. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
  19. "Ivy Taylor Elected Mayor of San Antonio in Runoff". ABC News. June 14, 2015. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  20. "Mayor Taylor Announces Re-election Bid - KTSA". KTSA . November 14, 2016. Archived from the original on November 17, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
  21. Baugh, Josh (November 13, 2016). "Mayor announces re-election campaign". San Antonio Express-News . Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
  22. "City of San Antonio NDO facts sheet" (PDF). City of San Antonio. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 7, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
  23. "Office of Diversity and Inclusion Supports "One San Antonio" Goals". City of San Antonio News Release. March 6, 2015. Archived from the original on January 29, 2016. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
  24. Garcia, Gilbert (January 22, 2016). "Taylor locks arms with GOP, at least for a day". San Antonio Express-News . Hearst Corporation. Archived from the original on January 24, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  25. Garcia, Juan A. (July 25, 2014). "My Neighbor, Now My Mayor, Ivy Taylor". Rivard Report. San Antonio, Texas. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
  26. Drusch, Andrea (2024-02-22). "Former San Antonio Mayor takes new role at UNC". San Antonio Report. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
Ivy Taylor
Ivy Taylor em maio de 2017.png
Taylor in 2017
Mayor of San Antonio
In office
July 22, 2014 June 21, 2017
Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of San Antonio
2014–2017
Succeeded by