By the tip of this week, way more might be identified about San Antonio’s highly-anticipated mayoral race than prior to now six months.
The primary marketing campaign to switch term-limited Mayor Ron Nirenberg launched almost a 12 months in the past, and since then, a complete of 19 candidates have filed a treasurer’s report to permit them to begin elevating cash.
It’s the town’s first open mayoral race in 16 years, and the winner will serve a four-year time period, due to modifications voters accepted in November.
On Wednesday, marketing campaign finance experiences masking July 1 by Dec. 31 are due, providing the primary have a look at mayoral candidates’ and Metropolis Council hopefuls’ struggle chests since final summer time.
Political consultants put the value of a high-functioning mayoral marketing campaign at about $400,000 — an quantity they are saying permits the candidate to determine potential supporters and goal them throughout varied platforms on-line.
Final 12 months Metropolis Council voted to cancel its quarterly experiences, so the latest fundraising glimpse occurred in mid July — earlier than Councilwomen Adriana Rocha Garcia (D4) and Melissa Cabello Havrda (D6), former Air Pressure Underneath Secretary Gina Ortiz Jones, former Councilman Clayton Perry, former Texas Secretary of State Rolando Pablos and plenty of others had launched their campaigns.
On the time, tech entrepreneur Beto Altamirano and Councilman Manny Pelaez (D8) led the pack with hauls of $62,000 and $47,000 respectively.
Additionally on Wednesday, the race will cross one other massive milestone when submitting opens, permitting candidates to formally register to seem on the Could 3 poll.
The submitting interval closes Feb. 14, so candidates who haven’t raised the cash to be aggressive nonetheless have time to alter their minds earlier than the sphere is ready.
Key dates within the 2025 municipal election
Jan. 15-Feb. 14: Candidate submitting interval
April 3: Final day to register to vote for the municipal election
April 22-29: Early voting
June 7: Runoff election
An entire record of key dates for the 2025 municipal election could be discovered on the Secretary of State’s web site.
