Five San Antonio City Council incumbents win reelection

Editor’s note: This story was later edited to reflect final vote counts, and correct the number of incumbents who won their seats.

Five of six incumbents running for reelection to San Antonio City Council survived Saturday’s contest and will be back for another term.

Only District 1’s Sukh Kaur failed to grab more than 50% of the vote, meaning she’ll face off against conservative Patty Gibbons in the June 7 runoff.

Meanwhile, only one of the candidates running for an empty seat, District 4’s Edward Mungia, received more than 50% of the vote. That means the contests to represent districts 6, 8 and 9 all head to a the runoff.

Here’s a rundown of the results.

District 1:
Sukh Kaur (incumbent): 48.9%
Patty Gibbons: 17.8%

District 2:
Jalen McKee-Rodroguez (incumbent): 61.4%
Carla-Joy Sisco: 9.1%
Stephanie E. Powell: 9.1%

District 3:
Phyllis Viagran (incumbent): 57.3%:
Kendra Wilkerson: 18.2%
Larry LaRose: 16.5%

District 4:
Edward Mungia: 56.8%
Jose “Pepe” Martinez: 15.2%
Johnathon Cruz: 12.7%

District 5:
Teri Castillo (incumbent): 76.8%
Pablo Arriaga III: 17%
Raymond Zavala: 6.1%

District 6:
Kelly Ann Gonzalez: 19.7%
Ric Galvan: 19.4%
Chris Baecker: 17.6%

District 7:
Marina Alderete Gavito (incumbent): 71.6%
Cynthia Lugo Alderete: 21.2%
Trinity Haddox: 7.2%

District 8:
Ivalis Meza Gonzalez: 40.3%
Paula McGee: 22.2%
Sakib Shaikh: 21.6%

District 9:
Misty Spears: 38%
Angi Taylor Aramburu: 35.6%
April Chang: 9%

District 10:
Marc Whyte (incumbent): 69.1%
Roy Anthony II: 12.4%
Eric Litaker: 8.8%

Staff writer Michael Karlis contributed to this report.

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