Election results: San Antonio City Council will have its first openly gay member; two incumbents ousted
Joshua Fechter, Liz Hardaway, Guillermo Contreras, Scott Huddleston, Bruce Selcraig, Staff writers
June 5, 2021
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San Antonio’s City Council will soon look a lot different.
Four newcomers will sit on the council after Saturday’s runoffs for five council seats nearly half of the city’s chief governing body. The council will have its first openly gay member, while two incumbents were ousted in an upset.
District 1
In the fight to represent the city’s urban core, challenger Mario Bravo ousted District 1 Councilman Roberto Treviño and denied the third-term councilman a fourth and final term.
SA City Council runoff election: Challengers Bravo, McKee-Rodriguez defeat incumbents; Viagran, Castillo take open seats
Incumbents Roberto Treviño and Jada Andrews-Sullivan lost their City Council seats Saturday evening, while John Courage held off a strong challenge. Author: KENS5.com Staff (KENS 5) Published: 7:09 PM CDT June 5, 2021 Updated: 10:15 PM CDT June 5, 2021
SAN ANTONIO Mario Bravo and Jalen McKee-Rodriguez won seats on the San Antonio City Council on Saturday night, vanquishing incumbents Roberto Treviño and Jada Andrews-Sullivan in runoff elections in Districts 1 and 2.
Meanwhile, incumbent District 9 Councilman John Courage held off a late charge from challenge Patrick Von Dohlen.
In two districts with term-limited councilwomen, Phyllis Viagran and Teri Castillo maintained their first-round leads to win seats on the council in Districts 3 and 5.