Gina Ortiz Jones (D) and Rolando Pablos (R-Abbott crony) face off in San Antonio mayoral runoff Saturday
San Antonio residents are set to choose the city’s new mayor in a runoff election this Saturday.
There were 27 candidates in the original race in May to replace Mayor Ron Nirenberg, who reached his term limit in the office. None of the candidates on that very long ballot received the majority of votes, so the two candidates with the highest percentages moved forward to this runoff.
Former Under Secretary of the U.S. Air Force and two-time Democratic Congressional candidate Gina Ortiz Jones received the highest vote count with more than 27% of the total. She’ll face former Republican Texas Secretary of State Rolando Pablos, who earned more than 16% of the vote.
Josh Peck, who covers city hall for Texas Public Radio in San Antonio, said Ortiz Jones has been emphasizing her liberal credentials on the campaign trail.
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