San Antonio mayor

[jimrtex]

Leticia Van De Putte, the Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 2014, and former state senator, has finished first in the race for mayor of San Antonio, and will face Ivy Taylor in a runoff next month,  Taylor is acting mayor, having been appointed after Julian Castro departed to become HUD Secretary.  At that time, it was believed that Ivy, a member of the city council, would not run for a full term.  Mike Villarreal is a former state representative,  Villarreal and Van De Purtte resigned their legislative positions to campaign, triggering 3 special elections.   Tommy Adkisson is a Bexar County commissioner, and in the 1980s, a state representative.

The other 10 mayoral candidates liven up race.


 Leticia Van De Putte.  .  .  .  .  .  .     25,982   30.43%
 Ivy R. Taylor .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     24,245   28.40
 Mike Villarreal  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     22,246   26.06
 Tommy Adkisson.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .      8,344    9.77
 Paul A. Martinez .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .      1,877    2.20
 Cynthia Brehm .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .      1,497    1.75
 Douglas S. Emmett.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        221     .26
 Michael "Commander" Idrogo.  .  .  .  .        221     .26
 Cynthia T. Cavazos  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        201     .24
 Raymond Zavala.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        196     .23
 Rhett Rosenquest Smith .  .  .  .  .  .        111     .13
 Mama Bexar .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        103     .12
 Gerard Ponce  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .         97     .11
 Pogo Mochello Reese .  .  .  .  .  .  .         29     .03


Note that "Bexar" is pronounced like "bear" if you don't pronounce "bear" like "bare"

[smoltchanov]

Probably - leans Van De Putte in runoff. Villarreal is a Hispanic, like her, and Adkisson (the most liberal candidate in race) is, probably, closer to Van De Putte too....

[Kushahontas]

Tilt Van de Putte. Of course, I wouldn't count Taylor out considering how favorably she's seen by reliable northside voters because of her bigotry tbh. If events should play out in such a manner, it would make me even more frustrated with Van de Putte, who already reneged on not running and threw away a safe senate seat now held by a more moderate democrat who won on the backs of Republicans and the tort reform lobby...

[badgate]

Tilt Van de Putte. Of course, I wouldn't count Taylor out considering how favorably she's seen by reliable northside voters because of her bigotry tbh. If events should play out in such a manner, it would make me even more frustrated with Van de Putte, who already reneged on not running and threw away a safe senate seat now held by a more moderate democrat who won on the backs of Republicans and the tort reform lobby...

Do you think her Senate replacement will be virtually invincible by next year's Dem primary?

Taylor is going to get the conservative vote now, for sure.

[Kushahontas]

Tilt Van de Putte. Of course, I wouldn't count Taylor out considering how favorably she's seen by reliable northside voters because of her bigotry tbh. If events should play out in such a manner, it would make me even more frustrated with Van de Putte, who already reneged on not running and threw away a safe senate seat now held by a more moderate democrat who won on the backs of Republicans and the tort reform lobby...

Do you think her Senate replacement will be virtually invincible by next year's Dem primary?

Taylor is going to get the conservative vote now, for sure.

No clue, but I would probably put my money on it at this point.

[SATW]

Ivy Taylor has my support.

[jimrtex]

Leticia Van De Putte, the Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 2014, and former state senator, has finished first in the race for mayor of San Antonio, and will face Ivy Taylor in a runoff next month,  Taylor is acting mayor, having been appointed after Julian Castro departed to become HUD Secretary.  At that time, it was believed that Ivy, a member of the city council, would not run for a full term.  Mike Villarreal is a former state representative,  Villarreal and Van De Purtte resigned their legislative positions to campaign, triggering 3 special elections.   Tommy Adkisson is a Bexar County commissioner, and in the 1980s, a state representative.

The other 10 mayoral candidates liven up race.


 Leticia Van De Putte.  .  .  .  .  .  .     25,982   30.43%
 Ivy R. Taylor .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     24,245   28.40
 Mike Villarreal  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     22,246   26.06
 Tommy Adkisson.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .      8,344    9.77
 Paul A. Martinez .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .      1,877    2.20
 Cynthia Brehm .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .      1,497    1.75
 Douglas S. Emmett.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        221     .26
 Michael "Commander" Idrogo.  .  .  .  .        221     .26
 Cynthia T. Cavazos  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        201     .24
 Raymond Zavala.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        196     .23
 Rhett Rosenquest Smith .  .  .  .  .  .        111     .13
 Mama Bexar .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        103     .12
 Gerard Ponce  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .         97     .11
 Pogo Mochello Reese .  .  .  .  .  .  .         29     .03


Note that "Bexar" is pronounced like "bear" if you don't pronounce "bear" like "bare"

Results from runoff.


 Candidate                                    Total    Pct.         Early      Elect. Day
 Ivy R. Taylor .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     50,659   51.70        34,070        16,589
 Leticia Van De Putte.  .  .  .  .  .  .     47,328   48.30        30,813        16,515


Based on the early voting, I suspect some folks knew it was over several days ago.  The groups who would be likely to turn out based on last minute to a "get out the vote" appeal, Republicans and blacks, would tend to support Taylor.  So Van De Putte would have to identify her voters AND get them to vote.

[smoltchanov]

Of course i knew that Hispanic turnout is low in such elections, but i didn't know that it's SO low. Well, deserved victory for Taylor...

[Maxwell]

RIP Van de Putte's career.