Gina Ortiz Jones was declared the winner in the runoff election deciding the next mayor of San Antonio, Texas, on June 7.
Voters in San Antonio returned to the polls on June 7, after a general election held on May 3 saw a field of 27 candidates for mayor shrink to two: Gina Ortiz Jones and Rolando Pablos.
With the closing of polls at 7 p.m. CT, early voting numbers were released showing Ortiz Jones leading Pablos 53,645 votes to 48,863 votes, according to Decision Desk HQ.
She was declared the winner a little more than two hours later with 63 percent of the vote counted, at which point she had earned 63,856 votes to Pablos’s 55,155 votes….
Gina Ortiz Jones Wins Runoff to Become San Antonio’s Next Mayor
