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Where candidates in June 5 runoff election stand on policing, homelessness and cleaning up San Antonio Early voting for the runoff is May 24-June 1; 5 council districts on runoff ballot Published:  Tags:  . (KSAT) SAN ANTONIO – Five of the San Antonio city council races did not have a clear winner during the May 1 City Election and will be decided in a runoff election on June 5. The races that did not have a candidate receive more than 50% of the vote on May 1 now move to overtime in the fo...

Thursday is the deadline to register to vote in San Antonios City Council runoff elections Peter Rasmussen FacebookTwitterEmail The deadline to register to vote in the June 5 City of San Antonio City Council runoff elections is 5 p.m. Thursday. The Bexar County Elections Department will also accept mail-in registration applications as long as they are postmarked with Thursdays date. Early voting for the runoff is May 24 though June 1. There are still five City Council seats up for grabs, three ...

District 1 Longtime Councilman Roberto Treviño will go head-to-head with challenger Mario Bravo after the two were frontrunners in the six-candidate race. This term would be Treviño’s last eligible one as he has held the seat since 2014. Bravo previously campaigned for Bexar County Commissioner, but lost out to Paul Elizondo. In the May 1 election, Treviño led with 44.9 percent of the vote, while Bravo secured 33.6 percent. District 2 Incumbent Jada Andrews-Sullivan will need to head to th...

Three council members couldnt escape runoffs May 2, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Mario Bravo will face incumbent Roberto Treviño in a June 5 runoff in City Council District 1. Two other council incumbents — Jada Andrews-Sullivan and John Courage — also face runoffs.Ronald Cortes /Contributor In an election when San Antonio voters didn’t appear eager for change, reelecting their mayor and rejecting police reform, three members of the City Council nonetheless failed to gain enough votes to av...

District 1 District 1 will go to a runoff between longtime councilman Roberto Treviño and challenger Mario Bravo. This is Treviños final eligible term. Treviño led by about 45% of the vote. The election’s political issues were largely dwarfed by a deadly global pandemic and February’s deadly winter storm. Treviño has been a critic of SAPD’s response to the city’s positions on addressing the unhoused population in San Antonio, as well as its posture on the Alamo Plaza redevelopment. ...

This never felt like a true race, and that was reflected in the final vote: Nearly 62...

Courage hopes to avoid runoff in rematch for San Antonio City Council District 9 John Courage faces off against 4 candidates in the race for district 9 Tags:  Councilmember John Courage faces four challengers in the race for San Antonio City Council District 9. District 9 includes the northern part of the city — north of Loop 410 and straddling U.S. 281. It includes parts of Stone Oak but excludes Hollywood Park and Hill Country Village, which are suburbs not in San Antonio’s city limits....

Proposition A passes, allowing San Antonio to fund affordable housing with bond money Prop A will grant more flexibility to city leaders in spending voter-approved bond funding Updated:  Tags:  SAN ANTONIO – Find Race Results Update 9:52 p.m. - A majority of San Antonio voters have approved Proposition A, which will expand the ways San Antonio can use bond money. Roughly 41% voted against it. Currently, the city charter language restricts bond dollars to “public works,” limiting how t...

San Antonio seeks to float bonds for affordable housing FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 Shotgun houses, such as these on West Ashby, have been discussed as potential renovated affordable housing options. Proposition A allows new approaches to affordable housing here.Billy Calzada /Staff file photoShow MoreShow Less 2of6 Larry McCoy, 57, smiles as he talks about his apartment, Friday, April 23, 2021. McCoy, a nine-year Air Force veteran who served in Desert Storm, was homeless, not for the first time,...

Editorial: In District 9, Courage has the right stuff Express-News Editorial Board FacebookTwitterEmail The election of John Courage in District 9 was one of the most surprising local outcomes in recent years, because a conservative district chose as its representative one of San Antonio’s most prominent progressives. But anyone thinking Courage would be a predictable progressive firebrand who’d flame out after one term would be surprised. He’s been pragmatic, centrist and responsive. Th...