Live Results: San Antonio and Garland Texas Mayoral Runoffs

No candidate received a majority of the vote in the nonpartisan San Antonio and Garland mayoral elections held May 3. As a result, the top two finishers in each advanced to a Saturday runoff.

Polls close at 8:00 PM Eastern Time.

In the tables below, population rankings are based on the newly-released July 1, 2024 Census Bureau population estimates. They are for the city itself, not the associated metropolitan area.

San Antonio

Voters passed Proposition F last November which changed the mayoral term length from two to four years, beginning with this election. It also adjusted the term-limits rule from four two-year terms to two four-year terms. Mayor Ron Nirenberg is completing his fourth term, and was thus ineligible to run.

27 candidates were on the April election ballot, so a runoff was all but certain. Gina Ortiz Jones (27% of the vote) and Rolando Pablos (17%) advanced. While mayoral elections in San Antonio are nonpartisan, Jones is a Democrat and Pablos a Republican. 

Jones lost two prior elections as the party nominee in Texas's 23rd congressional district. Pablos is the former Secretary of State.

Approximately 30 years have passed since a Republican was elected as mayor here. It is not out of the question that streak could come to an end.

Per The Texas Tribune, "... a fragmented local party, a damaged Democratic brand and a surprising rejection of Jones among some the city’s close-knit political elite have some worried that one of the state’s last blue strongholds could be in jeopardy." 

The only public poll of the runoff, released earlier this week, shows Jones with a 50% to 41% lead over Pablos. While that is outside the margin of error, getting there will require - according to the poll - an Election Day turnout decidedly in favor of Jones. Among the 2/3 of respondents that said they've already voted, Jones held a much narrower 2% lead. 

Garland

Mayor Scott LeMay is ineligible to run after serving three two-year terms. Deborah Morris (42% of the vote) and Dylan Hedrick (33%) advanced from the six-person field on May 3.

Morris and Hedrick are former members of the Garland City Council.

Calendar

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  • Virginia Primary
• June 24
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• August 5
  • Detroit Mayor Primary
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Congressional Special Elections

• July 15
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    • General Election September 23
• September 9
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• November 4
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• June 10
  • Florida House Districts 3 and 32
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  • Massachusetts House District 3rd Bristol
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    • General Election September 9
• June 24
  • Alabama Senate District 5
  • California Assembly District 63 (Primary)
    • General Election August 26 (if needed)
  • Florida Senate District 15 and House District 40 (Primary)
    • General Election September 2
  • New Hampshire House District Strafford 12
• July 8
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    • General Election August 5
• July 15
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    • Runoff (if needed) August 12