On May 6, 2017, the city of

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held an election to choose the next

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. 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

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mayor

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. Simultaneous elections to the

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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

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was selected by the

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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. City Councilman Ron Nirenberg became the first challenger to Taylor, announcing his candidacy on December 10, 2016. The chairman of the

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, Manuel Medina, announced his candidacy on January 7, 2017. District 4 City Councilman Rey Saldaña, a potential candidate, opted to run for a fourth term to the city council rather than mayor.

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.

Declared

* Antonio "Tony" Diaz * Felicio Hernandez Flores II * Michael "Commander" Idrogo * Stephen Lucke * Napoleon Madrid * Will McLeod * Manuel Medina, former chairman of the Bexar County Democratic Party * Ron Nirenberg, District 8 City Councilman * Julie Iris "Mama Bexar" Oldham * Gerard Xavier Ponce * Keven Roles * Rhett Smith * Ivy Taylor, incumbent mayor of San Antonio and former City Councilwoman * John Martin Velasquez

Endorsements

''italicized individuals and organizations are post-regular election endorsements''

Polling

* 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. * 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

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sought re-election in 1997 but failed to qualify for the runoff (Thornton was ultimately succeeded by

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References

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