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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.
A capital improvement project that aims to improve the connection between downtown San Antonio and the city’s West Side is now underway. The city is beautifying the bridges on Commerce, Buena Vista and Guadalupe streets.
Castillo, Lopez in runoff to be new face of District 5 in San Antonio
Runoff election on Jun. 5; sitting Councilwoman Shirley Gonzales is term-limited out after 8 years
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Castillo, Lopez in runoff to be new face of District 5 in San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO – Two new faces are vying to be the first new District 5 City Council member in eight years.
Current Councilwoman Shirley Gonzales is completing her final and fourth term in office, leaving her seat representing the West Side open. Teri Castillo and Rudy Lopez finished at the head of an 11-way race to replace Gonzales in the May 6 municipal election with 2,077 and 991 votes, respectively.