2017 San Antonio mayoral election Turnout 11.32% (first round) 13.16% (runoff)
On May 6, 2017, the city of
San Antonio ,
Texas held an election to choose the next
mayor of San Antonio . As no candidate secured a majority of the vote (50% of all votes cast +1), a runoff was held on June 10, 2017 with Councilman
Ron Nirenberg defeating
incumbent mayor
Ivy Taylor .
Simultaneous elections to the
city council as well as various area bond programs were held on the same date.
Background
Julian Castro , who was elected mayor in the
2009 San Antonio mayoral election , resigned in 2014 to become the
United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development .
Ivy Taylor was selected by the
San Antonio City Council as Castro's successor. Taylor successfully ran for re-election as mayor in the
2015 San Antonio mayoral election .
On November 13, 2016, Taylor officially announced her candidacy for a second full term as mayor.
[1]
[2] City Councilman Ron Nirenberg became the first challenger to Taylor, announcing his candidacy on December 10, 2016.
[3] The chairman of the
Bexar County
Democratic Party , Manuel Medina, announced his candidacy on January 7, 2017.
[4] District 4 City Councilman Rey Saldaña, a potential candidate, opted to run for a fourth term to the city council rather than mayor.
[5]
Candidates
A total of 14 citizens submitted applications to be on the ballot for mayor. Taylor, Medina, and Nirenberg were identified as the primary three candidates in the election.
[6]
Declared
Antonio "Tony" Diaz
[7]
Felicio Hernandez Flores II
[7]
Michael "Commander" Idrogo
[7]
Stephen Lucke
[7]
Napoleon Madrid
[7]
Will McLeod
[7]
Manuel Medina, former chairman of the Bexar County Democratic Party
[7]
Ron Nirenberg, District 8 City Councilman
[7]
Julie Iris "Mama Bexar" Oldham
[7]
Gerard Xavier Ponce
[7]
Keven Roles
[7]
Rhett Smith
[7]
Ivy Taylor, incumbent mayor of San Antonio and former City Councilwoman
[7]
John Martin Velasquez
[7]
Endorsements
italicized individuals and organizations are post-regular election endorsements
Medina
Diana Arévalo, Texas State Representative District 116
[8]
Lourdes Galvan, former City Councilwoman, District 5
[8]
Albert Uresti, Bexar County Tax Assessor-Collector
[8]
Bexar County Democratic Party
[9]
San Antonio Professional Firefighters Association
[10]
Taylor
Tommy Adkisson, former Bexar County Commissioner and 2015 mayoral candidate
[15]
Ernesto Ancira, President of local car company Ancira Enterprises and treasurer of Taylor's campaign
[15]
Hope Andrade, former Texas Secretary of State
[15]
Trish DeBerry, President of DeBerry Group and
2009 mayoral candidate
[15]
Brian Dillard, President of the Dignowity Hill Neighborhood Association
[15]
Mike Gallagher, former City Councilman, District 10
[15]
Joe Krier, former City Councilman, District 9
[15]
Lyle Larson , Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives
[16]
Cris Medina , former City Councilman, District 7
[15]
San Antonio Express-News
[17]
Ray Lopez , former City Councilman, District 6
[16]
Leticia Van de Putte, former State Senator and 2015 mayoral candidate
[18]
Rebecca Viagran, current City Councilwoman, District 3
[15]
Kevin Wolff , Bexar County Commissioner, Precinct 3
[16]
Nelson Wolff , Bexar County Judge and former Mayor of San Antonio
[19]
Polling
Poll Source
Date(s) administered
Ivy Taylor
Ron Nirenberg
Manuel Medina
Other/ Undecided
Baselice & Associates
[20]
1
March 9–12, 2017
53%
16%
13%
18%
^1 Poll for the Ivy Taylor campaign
Results
First round
On May 6, 2017, the election for Mayor was held. None of the leading candidates received more than 50% of the vote and as a result, a runoff election was scheduled for Saturday, June 10, 2017 between the top two vote-getters.
[21]
San Antonio Mayor , 2017 Regular election, May 6, 2017
Candidate
Votes
%
±
✓
Ivy Taylor
41,794
42.01%
✓
Ron Nirenberg
36,890
37.08%
Manuel Medina
15,049
15.13%
Keven Roles
1,557
1.57%
Antonio "Tony" Diaz
966
0.97%
Will McLeod
545
0.55%
Felicio Hernandez Flores II
429
0.43%
John Martin Velasquez
383
0.39%
Michael "Commander" Idrogo
366
0.37%
Gerard Xavier Ponce
366
0.37%
Rhett Smith
321
0.32%
Stephen Lucke
315
0.32%
Julie Iris "Mama Bexar" Oldham
270
0.27%
Napoleon Madrid
225
0.23%
Turnout
99,467
11.32%
* Vote percentage includes all of Bexar County with a total of 16,745 either voting in another municipal election or casting no ballot for San Antonio mayor.
Runoff
The runoff election between the top two candidates was held on Saturday, June 10, 2017. 230 fewer people voted in the runoff than in the first round. This was the third consecutive runoff election in which the runner-up in the first round went on to win in the runoff. This was also the first election in twenty years that the incumbent mayor of San Antonio sought re-election and lost, when
Bill Thornton sought re-election in 1997 but failed to qualify for the runoff (Thornton was ultimately succeeded by
Howard Peak ).
[22]
San Antonio Mayor, 2017 Runoff election June 10, 2017
Candidate
Votes
%
±
✓
Ron Nirenberg
54,020
54.6
Ivy Taylor
44,922
45.4
Turnout
98,942
13.16%
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KSAT-TV . Retrieved January 9, 2017 .
^
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KSAT-TV . January 7, 2017. Retrieved January 9, 2017 .
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