Overview

• Jones secured 54% of the vote against Rolando Pablos in the June 7 runoff, turning the officially nonpartisan contest into a partisan showdown
• Her victory followed a significant fundraising gap and heavy spending by conservative PACs backing Pablos
• She will be sworn in on June 18 as San Antonio’s first four-year term mayor and its first openly lesbian mayor
• Jones has proposed expanding the Pre-K4 SA full-day prekindergarten program and repurposing closed schools to meet demand
• She inherits a projected $31 million budget deficit for the next fiscal year and a $148 million shortfall by 2027