Poll shows Gina Ortiz Jones leading in race to replace San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg

With the San Antonio mayoral race heading into the home stretch, city hall outsider Gina Ortiz Jones is leading the pack by a considerable margin, a poll released Tuesday shows.

Some 12.8% of 685 likely voters surveyed April 7-9 said they plan to cast ballots for Jones, according to the University of Texas at San Antonio’s Center for Public Opinion and Research.

District 9 City Councilman John Courage came in second, polling at 7.1%. Meanwhile, tech entrepreneur Beto Altamirano, whose campaign has raised more than $500,000, polled at 6.6%, securing third place.

The largest upticks in support compared to UTSA’s February survey are for Altamirano and former Texas Secretary of State Rolando Pablos, the latter of whom is now polling at 5% and tied with District 8 City Councilman Manny Pelaez.

Even so, it’s probably too soon for Jones — a former Biden administration Under Secretary of the U.S. Air Force — to take a victory lap. More than 45% of respondents said they either “don’t know” or are “not familiar with” any of the candidates on the ballot.

UTSA’s poll has a 3.7% margin of error.

Early voting in the mayoral election runs April 22-29, with polls reopening at 7 a.m. for general voting on May 3.

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This article appears in Apr 2-15, 2025.