All but one redrawn district favored Democrat Beto O’Rourke by wide margins in November, according to data from Flagship Campaigns.
Councilman John Courage speaks outside Brook Hollow Library in support of Beto O'Rourke in late October, a week before the midterm election.Under the city’s newly drawn maps, all but one of San Antonio’s City Council districts favored Democrat Beto O’Rourke for governor this year by wide margins, according to data provided by the progressive political firm Flagship Campaigns.
Overall, data from Flagship Campaigns showed little change in the partisan makeup of the districts since the last municipal elections, which placed a class of new progressive members on the dais in 2021.Success! You're on the list. That district is currently represented by housing organizer Teri Castillo , who was part of the progressive wave elected in 2021 and intends to seek reelection.from the business community, favored O’Rourke with roughly 73% of its vote.
Santibañez said the dropoff between general elections and municipal elections is typically steeper in districts with a higher concentration of Democratic voters than in those with more Republican voters. In a municipal election, four of the 10 council districts — districts 7, 8, 9 and 10 — typically account for an average of 58% of the vote, he said.
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