Ron Nirenberg
2017 - Present
2025
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Ron Nirenberg is the Mayor of San Antonio in Texas. He assumed office on June 21, 2017. His current term ends in 2025.
Nirenberg ran for re-election for Mayor of San Antonio in Texas. He won in the general election on May 6, 2023.
Mayoral elections in San Antonio are nonpartisan. Media outlets have reported that Nirenberg identifies as an independent.[1][2]
Before serving as mayor, Nirenberg was the District 8 representative on the San Antonio City Council in Texas from 2013 to 2017.
Biography
Nirenberg was born on April 11, 1977. He obtained a B.A. from Trinity University (1999) and an M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania (2001), both in communications. His professional experience includes working as the general manager of KRTU-FM, Trinity University’s non-commercial radio station, and as a former program director for the Annenberg Public Policy Center.[3][4]
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Elections
2023
See also: Mayoral election in San Antonio, Texas (2023)
General election
General election for Mayor of San Antonio
The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of San Antonio on May 6, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ron Nirenberg (Nonpartisan) | 60.7 | 83,238 |
 | Christopher Schuchardt (Nonpartisan)  | 21.9 | 30,011 | |
 | Gary Allen (Nonpartisan) | 6.2 | 8,462 | |
 | Michael Samaniego (Nonpartisan) | 3.3 | 4,529 | |
| Diana Uriegas (Nonpartisan) | 3.0 | 4,061 | |
 | Christopher Longoria (Nonpartisan) | 2.3 | 3,115 | |
 | Ray Adam Basaldua (Nonpartisan) | 1.5 | 2,123 | |
| Armando Dominguez (Nonpartisan) | 0.7 | 965 | |
 | Michael Idrogo (Nonpartisan) | 0.4 | 535 | |
| Total votes: 137,039 | |||
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2021
See also: Mayoral election in San Antonio, Texas (2021)
General election
General election for Mayor of San Antonio
The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of San Antonio on May 1, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ron Nirenberg (Nonpartisan) | 61.9 | 92,156 |
 | Greg Brockhouse (Nonpartisan) | 31.5 | 46,829 | |
 | Denise Gutierrez (Nonpartisan) | 1.8 | 2,711 | |
| Gary Allen (Nonpartisan) | 1.4 | 2,049 | |
 | Antonio Diaz (Nonpartisan) | 0.9 | 1,358 | |
 | Tim Atwood (Nonpartisan) | 0.5 | 786 | |
| Jacq'ue Miller (Nonpartisan) | 0.5 | 703 | |
| Ray Adam Basaldua (Nonpartisan) | 0.4 | 631 | |
| Michael Idrogo (Nonpartisan) | 0.3 | 406 | |
 | John Velasquez (Nonpartisan) | 0.2 | 340 | |
| Dan Martinez (Nonpartisan) | 0.2 | 334 | |
| Frank Muniz (Nonpartisan) | 0.1 | 208 | |
| Justin Macaluso (Nonpartisan) | 0.1 | 207 | |
| Joshua Galvan (Nonpartisan) | 0.1 | 172 | |
| Total votes: 148,890 | |||
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2019
See also: Mayoral election in San Antonio, Texas (2019)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Mayor of San Antonio
Incumbent Ron Nirenberg defeated Greg Brockhouse in the general runoff election for Mayor of San Antonio on June 8, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ron Nirenberg (Nonpartisan) | 51.1 | 61,741 |
| Greg Brockhouse (Nonpartisan) | 48.9 | 59,051 | |
| Total votes: 120,792 | |||
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General election
General election for Mayor of San Antonio
The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of San Antonio on May 4, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ron Nirenberg (Nonpartisan) | 48.7 | 49,579 |
| ✔ | | Greg Brockhouse (Nonpartisan) | 45.6 | 46,414 |
| John Velasquez (Nonpartisan) | 1.6 | 1,644 | |
| Antonio Diaz (Nonpartisan) | 1.1 | 1,104 | |
| Tim Atwood (Nonpartisan) | 1.0 | 1,026 | |
 | Matthew Piña (Nonpartisan) | 0.7 | 762 | |
| Bert Cecconi (Nonpartisan) | 0.6 | 573 | |
| Michael Idrogo (Nonpartisan) | 0.4 | 434 | |
| Carlos Castanuela (Nonpartisan) | 0.3 | 330 | |
| Total votes: 101,866 | |||
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2017
Runoff
The city of San Antonio, Texas, held runoff elections for mayor and six of its 10 city council seats on June 10, 2017. Ron Nirenberg defeated incumbent Ivy R. Taylor in the runoff election for mayor of San Antonio.
| Mayor of San Antonio, Runoff Election, 2017 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Ron Nirenberg |
54.60% | 54,020 |
| Ivy R. Taylor Incumbent | 45.40% | 44,922 |
| Total Votes | 98,942 | |
| Source: Bexar County, Texas, "June 10, 2017 Media Report," June 22, 2017 | ||
General
The city of San Antonio, Texas, held general elections for mayor and all 10 of its city council seats on May 6, 2017. Candidates had to earn a majority of the votes cast in this election to win. Any race where no candidate received a majority (50 percent plus one) of the general election votes cast for that position advanced to a runoff election on June 10, 2017. The following candidates ran in the general election for mayor of San Antonio.[6]
| Mayor of San Antonio, General Election, 2017 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Ivy R. Taylor Incumbent |
42.01% | 41,794 |
| Ron Nirenberg |
37.08% | 36,890 |
| Juan Manuel Medina | 15.13% | 15,049 |
| Keven Roles | 1.57% | 1,557 |
| Antonio Diaz | 0.97% | 966 |
| Will McLeod | 0.55% | 545 |
| Felicio Hernandez Flores II | 0.43% | 429 |
| John Velasquez | 0.39% | 383 |
| Gerard Ponce | 0.37% | 366 |
| Michael Idrogo | 0.37% | 366 |
| Rhett Rosenquest Smith | 0.32% | 321 |
| Stephen Lucke | 0.32% | 315 |
| Julie Iris Oldham | 0.27% | 270 |
| Napoleon Madrid | 0.23% | 225 |
| Total Votes | 99,476 | |
| Source: Bexar County, Texas, "May 6, 2017 Media Report," May 18, 2017 | ||
Endorsements
On May 13, 2017, former Mayor Julián Castro endorsed Nirenberg.[7]
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2015The city of San Antonio, Texas, held elections for mayor and city council on May 9, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was February 27, 2015. All 10 city council seats were up for election. In District 8, incumbent Ron Nirenberg defeated Adam I. Goodman, Yvonne Martinez, and Robert L. Meeks .[8][9][10]
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Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Ron Nirenberg did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2021
Ron Nirenberg did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Ron Nirenberg did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
2017
Nirenberg participated in Ballotpedia's 2017 survey of municipal government candidates.[11] The following sections display his responses to the survey questions. When asked what his top priority would be if elected, the candidate made the following statement:
| “ | Restoring public trust so that all residents are confident that their representatives are working in their best interests.[5] | ” |
| —Ron Nirenberg (April 18, 2017)[3] | ||
Ranking the issues
The candidate was asked to rank the following issues by importance in the city, with 1 being the most important and 12 being the least important: city services (trash, utilities, etc.), civil rights, crime reduction/prevention, environment, government transparency, homelessness, housing, K-12 education, public pensions/retirement funds, recreational opportunities, transportation, and unemployment. This table displays this candidate's rankings from most to least important.
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Issue | Candidate's ranking |
Issue |
| Transportation | Unemployment | ||
| Housing | Government transparency | ||
| Crime reduction/prevention | Civil rights | ||
| No item ranked at this value by the candidate. | Homelessness | ||
| Environment | Recreational opportunities | ||
| K-12 education | Public pensions/retirement funds | ||
Local topics
Ballotpedia asked candidates specific questions regarding recent issues in the city. The questions are in the left column and the candidate's responses are in the right column.
| Question | Response |
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| At present, the Vista Ridge project is no longer meeting the criteria I set for it before the contract was changed without City Council approval. Unless SAWS can meet the conservation, transparency, regional responsibility, and fiscal responsibility standards that I set for it during the only vote that was taken for the project - in October 2014 – I will not support the project as mayor. | |
| We should first work with our state delegation to expand the list of legal compassionate uses for medical marijuana in Texas, while we also examine the results from other jurisdictions regarding the treatment and enforcement of marijuana possession laws. | |
| We should continue to vigorously establish and enforce nondiscrimination policies in the city of San Antonio. | |
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Nationwide municipal issues
The candidate was asked to answer questions from Ballotpedia regarding issues facing cities across America. The questions are in the left column and the candidate's responses are in the right column. Some questions provided multiple choices, which are noted after those questions.
| Question | Response |
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| Increased economic opportunities. We must grow the department in a fiscally responsible way while focusing on restoring equity throughout our community. | |
| Focusing on small business development. Encourage and support the work of our small business and entrepreneurship communities while mobilizing successful business leaders to promote San Antonio to the world (instead of bureaucrats selling our city on tax incentives and abatement). | |
| The diversity, heritage and compassion of our neighbors. | |
| We need to build a modern transportation system that gets you out of gridlock and keeps our economy moving. |
Nirenberg added to his survey response:
| “ | I'm running for mayor because I want you to have the city you deserve - a place you’d choose even if you could live anywhere else on earth. It should be an exciting place where all sides of town can say. 'I love it here.' The way I see it, the city you deserve delivers good-paying jobs, rewarding careers, safe streets, beautiful parks, museums, clean water, fewer traffic jams … It should be a place where our children flourish.
You deserve a city that listens to you, that treats you with respect, that spends your tax dollars responsibly and openly. You deserve a city whose leaders are ethical and accountable and a mayor who has a vision for a bright and successful future. These are all things I've fought for as District 8 Councilman. These are things you shouldn’t have to wait any longer for.[5] |
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| —Ron Nirenberg (April 18, 2017)[3] | ||
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Campaign finance
2017
The table below lists campaign finance totals for the mayoral candidates as of reports available from the city of San Antonio following the May 3 filing deadline.
Noteworthy events
Events and activity following the death of George Floyd
Nirenberg was mayor of San Antonio during the weekend of May 29-31, 2020, when events and activity took place in cities across the U.S. following the death of George Floyd. Events in San Antonio, Texas began on Saturday, May 30, 2020, at Travis Park.[12] The same day, Mayor Ron Nirenberg (NP) issued a curfew.[13] On May 30, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced that he had activated the Texas National Guard. The following day, he declared an emergency and announced that national guard members and state troopers had been sent to the city.[14]
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Notable endorsements
This section displays endorsements this individual made in elections within Ballotpedia's coverage and endorsements scopes.
See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Pew, "Mayors to Texas Governor: Let Us Require Masks," June 17, 2020
- ↑ MySA, "Nirenberg defeats Taylor by large margin," June 11, 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Ballotpedia's municipal government candidate survey, 2017, "Ron Nirenberg's Responses," April 18, 2017
- ↑ City of San Antonio, "District 8 - Ron Nirenberg," accessed June 19, 2017
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ City of San Antonio, "Candidate Listings," accessed February 21, 2017
- ↑ mySA, "Former Mayor Castro to endorse Ron Nirenberg," May 13, 2017
- ↑ Bexar County Elections, "2015 Unofficial Election Results," accessed May 9, 2015
- ↑ Harris County, "Important 2015 Election Dates," accessed January 12, 2015
- ↑ City of San Antonio, "2015 Candidate Listing," accessed March 18, 2015
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ KSAT, "Peaceful protest over George Floyd’s death erupts into violence in downtown San Antonio," May 31, 2020
- ↑ KENS 5, "After peaceful protests, rioters confront police, vandalize downtown San Antonio," May 31, 2020
- ↑ Chron, "Abbott signs Texas disaster declaration following George Floyd protests," May 31, 2020
- ↑ Washington Post, "The death of George Floyd: What video and other records show about his final minutes," May 30, 2020
- ↑ The New York Times, "8 Minutes and 46 Seconds: How George Floyd Was Killed in Police Custody," May 31, 2020
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 USA Today, "Medical examiner and family-commissioned autopsy agree: George Floyd's death was a homicide," June 1, 2020
- ↑ Associated Press, "Chauvin guilty of murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death," April 20, 2021
- ↑ CNN, "Protests across America after George Floyd's death," accessed June 2, 2020
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| Preceded by Ivy R. Taylor |
Mayor of San Antonio 2017-Present |
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| Preceded by Reed Williams |
San Antonio City Council District 8 2013-2017 |
Succeeded by Manny Pelaez |
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