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Marina Alderete Gavito*
Cynthia Lugo Alderete
Trinity Haddox
(246 / 246)
UPDATE AT 10:10 P.M.:
Councilwoman Marina Alderete Gavito will keep her position as District 7 councilwoman, according to results from the Bexar County Elections Department.
With 100% of precincts reporting, Gavito, the incumbent, received 72% of the vote. She was followed by Cynthia Lugo Alderete with 21% of the vote.
Bexar County had a 7.81% voter turnout in the May 3 election, according to the Bexar County Elections Department.
Out of 1,257,459 registered voters in Bexar County, 20,201 voted on Election Day and 74,238 cast a ballot during early voting. Another 3,751 were absentee ballots.
Compared to the last city election in 2023, Bexar County saw a 15.34% voter turnout.
District 7 is split by the boundaries of Leon Valley and encompasses much of San Antonio’s Northwest Side from Woodlawn Lake to a small piece of land south of Helotes.
In 2023, the hotly contested District 7 race came down to Alderete Gavito and Dan Rossiter, an engineer and program manager. Alderete Gavito clinched the race in a runoff, taking home 62% of the vote.
BACKGROUND
Alderete Gavito, a member of the city’s Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, has often touted support for measures to curb speeding and implement relevant traffic safety infrastructure.
Alderete Gavito was part of a group of council members who signaled support for ousting city attorney Andy Segovia last year over comments he made about council members potentially leaking information from closed-door sessions.
Two candidates are vying for the council seat ahead of the May election:
- Cynthia Lugo Alderete, no relation, is self-employed, according to her general election filing paperwork. Some of her campaign priorities include building a stronger local economy, enhancing public safety and addressing infrastructure issues, her website said.
- Trinity Haddox, whose occupation is listed as “political candidate” on his filing paperwork, is advocating for a “stronger, safer and more affordable San Antonio,” according to his Facebook campaign page. KSAT could not find a website outlining Haddox’s policies or plans for the district should he be elected.
All incoming council members will receive pay raises and lengthened terms thanks to a city charter passed last November.
The ballot order for the District 7 race is:
- Marina Alderete Gavito (Incumbent)
- Cynthia Lugo Alderete
- Trinity Haddox
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