Left: Jade Esteban Estrada; Proper: Courtesy Picture / U.S. Home of Representatives
Bexar County Commissioner Rebeca Clay-Flores (left) and U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales are each in excessive profile runoff elections.
A pair of San Antonio-area incumbents — one Republican and one Democrat — face high-stakes races in Tuesday’s runoff elections.
Republican two-term incumbent U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales is defending his seat representing the twenty third District, which incorporates West San Antonio and a big chunk of South Texas after failing to land 50% of the vote in a five-way major. He is locked in a runoff with pro-gun rights YouTube persona Brandon Herrera, a political novice.
Though Gonzales has drawn high-profile endorsements, together with that of Gov. Greg Abbott, he is thought of weak after his censure final 12 months by the Texas GOP over his vote in favor a bipartisan gun management measure handed within the wake of the Robb Elementary College capturing in Uvalde, which lies in his district. He is additionally staked out extra reasonable positions on immigration and homosexual marriage.
Herrera — who’s come underneath hearth for inflammatory rhetoric on his YouTube channel — has pulled in donations from small donors and gained the endorsement of the far-right Home Freedom Caucus.
In the meantime, Democrats will determine the destiny of Precinct 1 Bexar County Commissioner Rebeca Clay-Flores, who fell in need of capturing a majority of votes her six-candidate major. She faces off in opposition to Amanda Gonzalez, a former govt director of Blue Cares, a nonprofit that helps members of San Antonio’s police union.
Clay-Flores, who ousted an incumbent to win her seat in 2020, has outraised Gonzalez 7-to1 and has declined to debate her rival, in line with a latest Specific-Information evaluation.
Nevertheless, Gonzalez has gathered assist from neighborhood affiliation leaders indignant at Clay-Flores for her assist of a South Facet housing venture for individuals experiencing homelessness, in line with the San Antonio Report.
Tuesday’s election is the final likelihood to forged a poll in both the Democrat or Republican runoff, since early voting has already handed. Voters can solely forged ballots the runoff for the social gathering in whose major they voted.
Polls can be open Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and extra data is offered from the Bexar County Elections Division. Subscribe to SA Present newsletters.
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