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]

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Ivy Taylor
Ivy Taylor em maio de 2017.png
Taylor in May 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
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