San Antonio: Nirenberg coasts to third term with dominating win over Brockhouse

[LeftInTX]

With nearly all of the votes tallied Saturday night, Mayor Ron Nirenberg secured a third term as he claimed 62% of the vote. Former District 6 councilman Greg Brockhouse – who failed to capture the same support he had in 2019, when he took Nirenberg to a runoff – trailed with 31.4%.

Avoiding a runoff “is what we were planning for and working toward, and I’m glad to see that taking shape,” Nirenberg said Saturday after early voting results came in.

Only two of the other 12 candidates in the race gained more than 1% of the vote in an election that drew a higher turnout than is typical for city elections. Though just 17%, the turnout was likely driven by a contentious ballot proposition on police union bargaining rights, Proposition B, which appeared headed to defeat.

With the mayoral race’s outcome apparent relatively early in the evening, Brockhouse offered the mayor his congratulations.

https://sanantonioreport.org/san-antonio-mayoral-race-2021/

However, Proposition B, which would have removed collective bargaining for SAPD did not pass. After heavy presence of SAPOA and pushing against the Proposition by AFL-CIO and other unions, the measure was defeated 51-49%. (Man those Vote No people at the polls were just crazy and were total bullies) Heck, I think those bullies at the polls may have scared off a few voters, but they were extremely, extremely loud.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/ballot-measure-puts-police-reform-racial-injustice-san-antonio-voters-rcna792

[PortTack]

1. Nirenberg a dem?

[LeftInTX]

2. These races are non-partisan, but Nirenberg is the progressive