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San Antonio mayor s race missing drama from two years ago
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Mayoral candidate Greg Brockhouse (left) chats with first-time voter Kevin Smith at Brookhollow Library polling site as early voting for municipal elections in San Antonio gets underway on Monday, April 19, 2021. Early voter turnout appeared light at several locations as canvassers and some seeking election or re-election made stops to polling sites.Kin Man Hui /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg visits with former Army Ranger Victor M. Bosquez, 72, as he campaigns door to door in the city’s southwest side, Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Nirenberg is seeking reelection in the May 1 General Election. There are 14 candidates, including Nirenberg, on the ballot. Behind is campaign field organizer, Austin Dolan, 23.Jerry Lara / San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
Mayor Ron Nirenberg has lost his campaign director just one week before early voting begins.
The mayor’s reelection campaign announced it severed ties with Ryan Garcia on Monday, April 12, a week before early voting for the May 1 election begins, according to an Express-News report. Though a concrete reason was not provided, Nirenberg’s campaign chairman and chief political advisor Gilberto Ocañas did tell the newspaper that Garcia’s departure was a personnel issue.
“He accomplished the things that we wanted him to accomplish,” Ocañas told the Express-News. “It was time for him to focus on something else.”
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A pre-pandemic photo of the current San Antonio City Council in September 2019.
The entire San Antonio City Council is up for election this year, and voters will head to the polls next month when early voting begins.
Voters elect a full City Council, including the mayor, every other May. Election Day will be Saturday, May 1, and there are 81 candidates on the ballot. Fourteen of those candidates including incumbent Ron Nirenberg are running for mayor, and two of the ten council district seats will be represented by entirely new faces.
Incumbents will have to commend and defend the actions of the city taken over the year as it responded to COVID-19, protests against racial injustice, and the still-lingering impacts of the energy crisis and winter storm last month. Challengers will attempt to convince voters their visions may be a better fit for the city.