What you need to know about voting in the San Antonio city, school election in May 2021
San Antonio Mayor, 10 City Council seats, police collective bargaining rights proposition, proposed charter change on ballot
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SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio municipal election is slated for May 1, the first Saturday in May.
On the ballot will be a rematch between two mayoral candidates, all 10 city council seats, a proposition aimed at repealing the police department’s collective bargaining right and a proposed change to the City Charter.
We’ve collected everything you need to know about voting in the 2021 city election below. (Sumbit questions to candidates via KSAT here.)
Garcia: First mayoral debate offers more weirdness than cogent analysis
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Mayoral forum with candidates Ron Nirenberg and Greg Brockhouse (pictured) at Travis Park Church on Tuesday, May 21, 2019. Current Mayor Nirenberg and former District 6 Councilman Brockhouse are in a run-off election for the mayor s seat on city council. (Kin Man Hui/San Antonio Express-News)Kin Man Hui, Staff / Staff photographer
“I think we should build a nuclear plant by Ron Nirenberg’s house.”
That nugget came from a San Antonio mayoral candidate during a Tuesday night debate hosted by The Restoring Church. For the sake of our city’s self-image, I’d like to tell you that it was the weirdest moment of the mayoral debate, but I’m not sure it was.
The board is set: More than 80 candidates running for San Antonio mayor and City Council
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San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg, left, and City Council District 6 member Greg Brockhouse shake hands at the end of a mayoral debate at the Wyndham Riverwalk on April 3, 2019. Nirenberg defeated Brockhouse in a runoff that year for a second term; there will be a rematch between the two men in the May 1 city elections.Jerry Lara /Staff photographer
The slate of candidates for San Antonio mayor and the city’s 10 council seats on the May 1 ballot is set.
After Friday’s deadline for filing, city records showed 81 people are running for a spot on the City Council in a race defined by the human and economic toll inflicted on the city by COVID-19 as well as a reckoning over the power of the San Antonio Police union in the wake of a public demand for law enforcement reform.
FAQ: San Antonio city election in May 2021
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After a grueling national election in 2020, San Antonians are looking ahead to the May city election.Eric Gay /Associated Press
After a grueling national election in 2020, San Antonians are looking ahead to the May city election. A detailed Express-News Voter Guide will be released prior to the election.
When is Election Day?
General elections for the City of San Antonio is May 1. Early voting is from April 19-27.
What is on the ballot?
Mayor:
So far, 12 candidates have filed before the Feb. 12 deadline.
Mayor Ron Nirenberg: The incumbent filed on Jan. 22 and is seeking a third term. He was first elected in 2017. In 2019, he defeated Greg Brockhouse in a runoff with 51 percent of the vote.
Meet the 5 candidates officially running for San Antonio Mayor so far
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Five candidates for San Antonio s 2021 mayoral race officially filed to run for office.
Current San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg is seeking a third term. He filed for reelection on Friday, joining Tim Atwood, Ray Basaldua, Denise Gutierrez-Homer and Frank Adam Muniz in running for the highest political power in San Antonio, according to the city s website.
Read below for more on who is currently on the ballot below.
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TIM ATWOOD
The 66-year-old teacher filed for the race on Jan. 15. He previously ran for mayor in 2019. Atwood is an Indiana native and has lived in San Antonio for eight years. He earned a bachelor’s in biblical studies from Taylor University and a master’s in Christian education from Indiana’s Huntington University, according to the San Antonio Express-News.