ELECTION RESULTS
News from Hollywood Park & San Antonio
COMPILED BY EDMOND ORTIZ
RESULTS BREAKDOWN
San Antonio voters reject Prop A, re-elect mayor, 2 city councilors
San Antonio voters casting ballots in the May 6 elections defeated a policing-focused initiative, Proposition A, and re-elected the mayor and two north side council members, and tapped a political newcomer for a third north side council seat. In Hollywood Park’s only contested election, voters selected Dale Randol in a two- way competition for an open City Council seat. Two other Hollywood Park council incumbents ran unopposed.
O cial Bexar County May 6 election totals showed Proposition A, a city charter amendment, being defeated with 71.6% of the vote. Proposition A sought local decrim- inalization of abortion and marijuana as well as elimination of arrests for low-level, nonviolent crimes, among other public safety measures. In a statement, Prop A organiza- tional group Act 4 SA said opponents used “misinformation and false insinuations” to motivate opponents. “We will continue to ght for the transformative change that our city needs, for true community safety and for the protection of fundamental rights for every San Antonian,” the statement said. The San Antonio Police O cers Association, a police union that opposed Prop A, said in a statement that voters were decisive in rejecting Prop A. “We will not become another statistic; we will not tolerate criminal leniency; we will not allow our city to
crumble,” the SAPOA statement said. In a competitive race, Mayor Ron Nirenberg won a fourth and nal two- year term with 60.7% of the vote. “The work we’ve done to rally around the issues that matter the most to the community has been great, but the work isn’t done,” Nirenberg said. Two council members also each won a fourth and nal term. District 8 Council Member Manny Pelaez beat his lone opponent, Cesario Garcia, with 70.4% of the vote, and District 9 Council Member John Courage beat three foes with 62.4% of the vote. Additionally, former City Zon- ing Commissioner Marc Whyte tallied 57.8% of the vote, beating six fellow contestants to claim the open District 10 council seat. Whyte succeeds three-term incum- bent Clayton Perry, who declined a re-election bid after being arrested and receiving vehicular hit-and-run and driving while intoxicated charges in 2022.
Incumbent
Winner
SAN ANTONIO
62.46% John Courage 27.64% Jarrett Lipman 4.22% Dominique Lui 5.68% David Allan Lara CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 9 CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 57.84% Marc Whyte 12.75% Joel Solis
PROPOSITION A
28.4% For 71.6% Against
MAYOR
60.73% Ron Nirenberg
21.9% Christopher Schuchardt
6.18% Gary Allen
8.44% Robert Flores 7.02% Bryan Martin
3.32% Michael Samaniego
2.96% Diana Uriegas
4.42% Margaret Sherwood 3.49% Rick Otley 6.04% Madison Gutierrez
2.27% Christopher Longoria
1.55% Ray Basaldua
0.7% Armando Dominguez 0.39% Michael Idrogo
HOLLYWOOD PARK
70.45% Manny Pelaez 29.55% Cesario Garcia CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 8
Randol wins Hollywood Park council seat Dale Randol, president and CEO of the San Antonio-based IBC Insurance Agency, won the open City Council Place 3 seat with 60.3% of the vote against Shea Johnson on May 6. backers and lauded council incum- bents Chester Drash and Glenna Pearce, each of whom had no oppo- sition in winning a two-year term in the May 6 election.
CITY COUNCIL PLACE 3
60.37% Dale Randol 39.63% Shea Johnson
NOTE: ALL RESULTS ARE OFFICIAL. THE TOWN OF HOLLYWOOD PARK CANVASSED VOTES ON MAY 16 AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CANVASSED VOTES ON MAY 17.
SOURCE: BEXAR COUNTY COMMUNITY IMPACT
Randol succeeds Michael Voorhies, who did not seek a second term. In a statement, Randol thanked
“Hollywood Park won today with a great slate of candidates. Thank you for the support,” Randol said.
For more election information, visit communityimpact.com .
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NORTH SAN ANTONIO EDITION • MAY 2023
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