See who’s on the May 3 ballot for San Antonio mayor, City Council districts 8, 9, 10

There will be three contested North San Antonio City Council seats and a contested mayoral race on the May 3 ballot, based on candidacy filings submitted by the Feb. 14 deadline.

The details

As Mayor Ron Nirenberg finishes his final term as mayor, 27 candidates have filed with the city to run as mayor. For the City Council seats, there are six candidates for District 8, seven candidates for District 9 and five candidates for District 10.

Mayoral race candidates:

• Adriana Rocha Garcia, incumbent District 4 council member
• Melissa Cabello Havrda, incumbent District 6 council member
• Manny Pelaez, incumbent District 8 council member
• John Courage, incumbent District 9 council member
• Beto Altamirano, tech CEO and co-founder of Irys Technologies
• Santos Alvarado, native San Antonian and retired Army veteran
• Armando Dominguez
• Arturo Espinosa, professional chemical engineer
• Brandon Gonzales, granite polisher
• April Guadarrama
• Christopher Herring, retired U.S. Air Force officer
• Gina Ortiz Jones, former undersecretary of the U.S. Air Force
• Jade McCullough, child care professional
• James “Jae” Melvin, construction liaison
• Robert Melvin, CEO of Limitless Creations and real estate developer
• Rolando Pablos, former Texas Secretary of State
• Clayton Perry, former District 10 council member
• Christopher Reyes, survey tech
• William John Ruppel Jr.
• Robert Salinas, auto repair shop owner
• Michael “Sam” Samaniego, retired U.S. Air Force veteran
• Mauricio Sanchez, chief investment officer and founder of Portafolia Capital Management
• Sonia Traut, retired U.S. Air Force veteran
• Diana Flores Uriegas
• Andrew Fernandez Vicencio, retired Army lieutenant colonel
• Tim Westley, education specialist
• Gerardo Zambrano, engineer

District 8 candidates:

• Cesario Garcia, small business owner and producer
• Ivalis Meza Gonzalez, former chief of staff to the mayor of San Antonio
• Rodney Kidd, operations consultant
• Paula McGee, attorney
• Cindy Onyekwelu, software engineer
• Sakib Shaikh

District 9 candidates:

• Angi Taylor Aramburu, business owner
• April Chang, executive director of the nonprofit Mitchell Chang Foundation
• Emily Joy Garza
• Tristen Hoffman, student
• Daniel Mezza
• Misty Spears
• Celeste Tidwell, district office aide at the Texas House of Representatives

District 10 candidates:

• Roy Anthony II, business owner
• Eric Litaker, chef
• Clint Norton
• Mark Duane O’Donnell, consultant
• Marc Whyte, incumbent District 10 council member

What to expect

After the passage of Proposition F in 2024, council members and the mayor serve two four-year terms and run for election every four years. Elections are held in odd-numbered years.