San Antonio’s Next Mayor? Here’s What the Election Results Reveal
Gina Ortiz Jones has clinched victory in the high-stakes San Antonio mayoral runoff, defeating Rolando Pablos with 54.3% of the vote in a race that drew national attention and record local turnout The final tally: 77,484 votes for Jones and 65,202 for Pablos, according to unofficial results. Jones, a 44-year-old West Side native and former Air Force undersecretary in the Biden administration, becomes the first openly gay mayor of San Antonio and only the third woman to hold the city’s top office She succeeds Ron Nirenberg, who was term-limited after serving since 2017. The runoff, held...