SCENE. YOU CAN EXPECT MUCH MORE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR ABOUT THIS MASS SHOOTING
LATER ON IN THE NEWSCAST.
GOOD EVENING. AND BACK HERE
IN SAN ANTONIO, IT IS ELECTION
NIGHT UP FOR GRABS. TONIGHT.
THE MAYOR’S SEAT ALONG WITH ALL
10 CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
YEAH, THAT’S NOT ALL THE HIGHLY
ANTICIPATED THAT WOULD CHANGE
THE WAY LAW ENFORCEMENT
OPERATES. AND AS ALWAYS, WE
HAVE THE RESULTS TO OTHER RACES
IN OUR AREA. ALAMO HEIGHTS,
BALCONES HEIGHTS HELOTES KIRBY
LEON VALLEY JUST TO NAME A FEW.
SO LET’S NOT WASTE ANY MORE
TIME. LET’S START WITH THE BIG
ONE ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW.
A LIST OF THE CHANGES PROP 8
SUPPORTERS ASKED THE PEOPLE OF
SAN ANTONIO TO VOTE ON FROM
DECRIMINALIZING MARIJUANA AND
ABORTION TO EXPANDING, CITE AND
RELEASE JUST TO NAME A FEW.
LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE
RESULTS TONIGHT. PROP 8 EASILY
BEING DEFEATED WITH 72% OF THE
PEOPLE VOTING AGAINST IT.
YEAH. AND GARRETT BRNGER HAS
BEEN FOLLOWING THIS PROP A
BATTLE FOR A WHILE NOW. HE
JOINS US LIVE. GARRETT, YOU’RE
AT THE OPPOSITION PARTY WHERE
THE MOOD IS PRETTY LIGHT.
I ASSUME.
ABSOLUTELY. FROM THE WORD GO AS
EARLY RESULTS CAME IN, IT WAS
VERY CLEAR THAT PROP 8 WAS
GOING TO GET A LITTLE RATED
TONIGHT. THEY STARTED OFF WITH
ABOUT 48 AND A HALF PERCENTAGE
POINTS BETWEEN THE OPPOSITION
AND SUPPORTERS. SO IT MADE FOR
A PRETTY EASY NIGHT.
>> HERE ON THE NORTH SIDE NOW,
THE JUSTICE CHARTER AS
SUPPORTERS CALLED IT TO
DECRIMINALIZE MARIJUANA
POSSESSION AND ABORTION AND
EXPAND THE CITY CITE AND
RELEASE PROGRAM, CREATE A NEW
JUSTICE DIRECTOR POSITION AND
EMBED BANS ON CHOKE HOLDS AND
NO-KNOCK WARRANTS IN THE
CHARTER. BUT SEVERAL COUNCIL
MEMBERS CAME OUT AGAINST IT AND
THE CITY’S ATTORNEYS SAID MOST
OF IT WASN’T EVEN ENFORCEABLE.
CITE AND RELEASE IN PARTICULAR
BECAME A FOCUS SINCE THE CHANGE
WOULD LARGELY MANDATE OFFICER
SITE RATHER THAN ARREST PEOPLE
FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES. WHERE’S
THEY NOW HAVE MORE DISCRETION?
OPPONENTS IN THE POLICE UNION
AND BUSINESS COMMUNITY CLAIMED
THAT WOULD LEAD TO MORE CRIME.
WHAT STRUCK A CHORD WITH
VOTERS?
>> YOU KNOW, AND AND
>> IN MENTIONING THE PEOPLE, NO
ONE HAS A RIGHT TO TAKE YOUR
STUFF. BUT AND I’VE SAID THIS
BEFORE AS KIDS, WE WERE TAUGHT
NOT TO LIE, CHEAT OR STEAL.
THIS PROPOSITION ALLOWED SOME
OF THAT. AND THAT’S JUST NOT
RIGHT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
>> BOTH SIDES ACCUSE THE OTHER
OF MISLEADING MISINFORMATION
AND A POLICE UNION CONTROLLED
PACK PUMP MORE THAN 1.8 MILLION
DOLLARS INTO THE RACE. THE HEAD
OF BACK FOR SA WHICH LED THE
CAMPAIGN TO GET ONTO THE BALLOT
LANE, THE SIZE OF THEIR LOSS ON
THE AMOUNT OF MONEY, THE UNION
AND OTHERS AND SPENT FIGHTING
IT. SHE SAID SHE DIDN’T REGRET
PUTTING ALL OF THE ISSUES ON
THE SAME BALLOT. PROPOSITION.
AND WHILE THIS ONE WENT DOWN,
PARTICULARLY HARD, SHE DOES.
SHE SAID SHE DOES EXPECT TO SEE
SIMILAR INITIATIVES SOMETIME IN
THE FUTURE. LIVE IN THE NORTH
SIDE. I’M GARRETT BRNGER KSAT,
12 NEWS.
>> THANK YOU, GARRETT. NOW TO
THE MAYORAL RACE FOR MAYOR RON
NIRENBERG WINDS HIS LAST TERM
AS MAYOR BY A LANDSLIDE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE MAYOR THERE
TAKING 61% OF THE VOTE TONIGHT.
8 OTHER CANDIDATES RUNNING
AGAINST HIM. THE CLOSEST ONE
CHRISTIAN CART COMING IN SECOND
WITH 22% OF THE VOTE. BUT IT IS
PATTY SANTOS WAS THAT RON
NIRENBERG IS WATCH PARTY AT
THE FRIENDLY SPOT WHERE HE
SEEMED TO OVERCOME WITH EMOTION
AT TIMES. EVEN TEARY EYED AT
ONE POINT ABOUT IT.
>> YEAH. MAYOR RON NIRENBERG
SAID HE DID NOT TAKE THIS
CAMPAIGN FOR GRANTED. HE TELLS
US HE WORKED REALLY HARD AND
HE’S HUMBLED THAT VOTERS
DECIDED TO ELECT THEM ONCE
AGAIN FOR HIS FINAL TERM.
THE CELEBRATION WAS LOUD HERE
AT THE FRIENDLY SPOT IN
DOWNTOWN. BUT EMOTIONS WERE
HIGH. MAYOR RON NIRENBERG IS
ONE OF THE FEW MAYORS TO BE
ELECTED TO ALL TO HIS TERM
LIMITS, MAKING HIM ONE OF THE
LONGEST-SERVING MAYORS IN THE
CITY AFTER HENRY SINCE NARROWS
IN TOTAL. HE SERVED THE CITY 10
YEARS, INCLUDING HIS TIME AS
COUNCILMAN. HIS BIG PUSH HAS
BEEN AFFORDABLE. HOUSING
FIGHTING ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
AND JOB CREATION. ANY TELLS US
TONIGHT HE WILL FINISH HIS
FINAL TERM.
>> WE’RE GOING TO KEEP WORKING
ALL THE WAY TO THE WHISTLES OF
THE ONLY PLANS I HAVE IS TO
BE TO HAND THE BALL OFF AS FAR
DOWN THE FIELD AS I POSSIBLY
CAN.
>> AND HE WAS ASKED IF HE’S
THINKING BEYOND THE NEXT 2
YEARS AND WHAT’S NEXT FOR HIM
POLITICALLY, YOU SAYING YOU’RE
NOT GOING TO ALLOW HIMSELF TO
THINK ABOUT THAT. HE’S GOING TO
FINISH OUT THE JOB THAT HE WAS
ELECTED TO DO TONIGHT, HIS
FOCUS, HE SAYS HE’S GOING TO BE
ON CONTINUING TO PROVIDE
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND
JOB CREATION HERE IN SAN
ANTONIO. WE’RE LIVE IN DOWNTOWN
PATTY SANTOS, KSAT, 12 WEEKS.
>> THANK YOU, PATTY. AS WE
MENTIONED, ALL CITY COUNCIL
RACES ARE UP TONIGHT. FRESHMAN
DISTRICT ONE CITY COUNCIL
MEMBER MARIO BRAVO FACING A
HALF DOZEN CHALLENGERS IN HIS
FIRST RUN FOR REELECTION,
INCLUDING A WOMAN WHO WAS THE
FIRST TO ANNOUNCE SHE WOULD
SEEK THE DISTRICT ONE SEAT LAST
YEAR AND A LOCAL BUSINESSMAN
WHO HAD THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE
SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS.
SO LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE
RACE FOR THE DISTRICT. ONE
COUNCIL SPOT A TIGHT ONE
BETWEEN 3 CANDIDATES.
>> DOCTOR, SO CORE, A NEWCOMER
CURRENTLY IN THE LEAD.
>> BUT I TEAM’S LEIGH WALDMAN
IS AT A WATCH PARTY TONIGHT.
LEE, HOW IS THAT FAIR?
>> HOPEFUL US TALKING TO YOUR
EARLIER AND SHE SAID SHE’S
READY FOR THE FIGHT THAT COMES
WITH A RUNOFF ELECTION RACE.
NOT STOP BY ALL 3 OF THE WATCH
PARTIES FOR THOSE TOP 3
CANDIDATES HOPING AND VYING FOR
THIS DISTRICT ONE SEAT. THEY
ALL SAID THAT EXACT SAME AS
YOU KNOW, WE’RE LOOKING AT
THOSE NUMBERS NOW. 64 HAS 34%
OF THE VOTE. INCUMBENT MARIO
BRAVO HAS 26%. AND JEREMY
ROBERTS FILLING UP 3RD WITH
21% OF THAT VOTE. NONE OF THESE
CANDIDATES RUNNING AWAY WITH
THE MAJORITY OF THE VOTES
NEEDED TO CLINCH A VICTORY
TONIGHT, I ASKED EACH OF THEM
HOW THEY’RE PLANNING RATES.
>> I WILL CONTINUE TO KNOCK ON
DOORS AND WILL CONTINUE TO TALK
TO VOTERS. AND I WILL CONTINUE
TO MODIFY WHAT I’VE WANTING TO
PROPOSE FOR THE CITY BASED ON
WHAT VOTERS TELL ME. I THINK
IT’S AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK
TO OUR STRONG SUPPORTERS AND
MAKE SURE THAT THEY’RE ALL
SHOWING UP TO VOLUNTEER TAPPING
INTO THEIR NETWORK. WE’RE GOING
TO KNOCK A LOT MORE DOORS JUST
LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE
ELECTIONS HAPPENING. WE’RE
GOING TO GO AND HIRE. WE’RE
GOING TO PLAY CLEAN RACE.
>> WE’RE GOING TO GO AND ASK
FOR A VOTE AND WE’RE GOING TO
BE SINCERE. ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT’S BEEN CRAZY AS I PUT MY
PHONE NUMBER OUT THERE AND I’VE
ASKED VOTERS TO CALL ME.
>> THAT RUNOFF ELECTION RACES
HAPPENING ON. 10TH. THAT’S
ACCORDING TO BEXAR COUNTY
ELECTION DEPARTMENT.
>> WE’RE LIVE. WE’VE ALL BEEN
KSAT, 12 NEWS.
>> ALL RIGHT. WE THANK YOU SO
MUCH. SOUNDS LIKE FUN OUT THERE
NOW TO JALEN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ
WHO MADE HISTORY WHEN HE WON
THE DISTRICT TO SEE 2 YEARS
AGO AS THE FIRST OPENLY MAN
TO SERVE ON CITY COUNCIL.
BUT TO KEEP HIS JOB, HE HAS
TO GET PAST 9 CHALLENGERS IN A
DISTRICT THAT HISTORICALLY HAS
BEEN PRONE TO INCUMBENTS,
GETTING VOTED OUT AFTER ONE
TERM. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE
RESULTS IN DISTRICT. 2.10,
CANDIDATES ON THE BALLOT.
>> IN DISTRICT 2, BUT INCUMBENT
JALEN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, UNFAZED
BY THAT LONG LIST OF
CHALLENGERS. THE EASTSIDE
COUNCILMAN AVOIDING A RUNOFF
AFTER CAPTURING 56% OF THE VOTE
AND HOLDING STEADY AS TONIGHT’S
RESULTS HAVE ROLLED AT. YEAH,
THAT’S A BIG LANDSLIDE. DILLON
COLLIER IS JOINING US LIVE AT
MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. WATCH PARTY.
AND WE KNOW DYLAN SUPPORTERS
HAVE HAD PLENTY TO CHEER ABOUT
TONIGHT SINCE THE BEGINNING.
>> THE FORMER SCHOOL TEACHER
TAUGHT HIS LESSON TONIGHT ON
HOW TO REMAIN IN OFFICE ON YOUR
OWN TERMS. MCKEE RODRIGUEZ
BECOMES THE FIRST COUNCIL
PERSON FROM DISTRICT 2 TO WIN
REELECTION IN A DECADE. YOU
HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE DAYS
OF IVY TAYLOR FOR THE LAST TIME
THAT WAS DONE ON THE EAST SIDE.
MCKEE RODRIGUEZ IN SUPPORT OF
PROP A WHICH DATA WENT DOWN BY
A RESOUNDING MARGIN. TONIGHT.
ALSO DIDN’T REALLY SEEM TO
IMPACT HIS ABILITY TO GET VOTES
AT THE POLLS.
I THINK PEOPLE REALLY
UNDERESTIMATE THE RELATIONSHIPS
THAT I’VE BUILT IN IN
MY DISTRICT.
>> SO WHILE I WHEN WE WERE
KNOCKING ON DOORS, PEOPLE YOU
SUPPORT BUT I REALLY LIKE YOU,
I LIKE THE THINGS YOU’VE BEEN
DOING AND THE WAY YOU
COMMUNICATE WITH ME. BUT I
DON’T THINK I CAN BUY WITH THIS
ONE THING. AND SO.
>> I RESPECT THAT.
WITH A SECOND TERM. SECURE
RICKY RODRIGUEZ CITIES HOPING
TO SERVE ALL 4 TERMS AS COUNCIL
PERSON FOR DISTRICT TO SAY IN
THE EAST SIDE IS IN DESPERATE
NEED OF THAT KIND OF STABILITY.
REPORTING LIVE AT THE MOSAIC
MULTIPLEX, DILLON, COLLIER,
KSAT, 12 NEWS.
>> THANK YOU, DYLAN. AND AFTER
GETTING PAST A DOZEN OTHER
CANDIDATES TO WIN HER FIRST
TERM IN OFFICE IN 2021
DISTRICT, 3 COUNCIL MEMBER
PHYLLIS VIAGRAN IS FACING JUST
3 CHALLENGERS IN HER BID FOR
ANOTHER TERM IN OFFICE. THE
SOUTHSIDE DISTRICT HAS BEEN
REPRESENTED BY VIAGRAN FOR 10
YEARS HERE. THE RESULTS OF THAT
RACE, THOSE BE A GRANT PULLING
IN 51% OF THE VOTE AVOIDING A
RUNOFF IN THAT RACE.
>> AND DISTRICT 4 IS THE FIRST
RACE ON THE BALLOT WITH JUST
2 CANDIDATES IS AROUND A ROAD
TO GARCIA WHO IS SEEKING HER
3RD TERM IN OFFICE. AND MARINE
VETERAN GREGORIO DE LA PAZ
SEEKING HIS FIRST. HERE ARE THE
RESULTS RIGHT THERE ON YOUR
SCREEN. ROAD TO GARCIA WITH
AN OVERWHELMING WIN. 75% TO 25.
>> OVER IN DISTRICT 5 COUNCIL
MEMBER TERI CASTILLO IS
FINISHING UP. HER FIRST TERM IS
LOOKING TO CONTINUE HER WORK IN
CITY HALL. AND THE MAN WHO
FACED HER IN A RUNOFF IN 2021.
FORMER CITY EMPLOYEE RUDY LOPEZ
IS BACK TO TAKE ANOTHER SHOT
TO LEAD THE WESTSIDE DISTRICT.
THE RESULTS TONIGHT SHOW THAT
TERRI CASTILLO EASILY MOVES ON
TO ANOTHER TERM WAS 63% OF THE
VOTE.
>> AND IF THE CANDIDATES IN
DISTRICT 16 FAMILIAR TO YOU,
THERE’S A GOOD REASON. THEY
WERE ALL ON THE BALLOT IN 2021,
THE WINNER THEN INCUMBENT
MELISSA CABELLO HAVRDA WHO IS
NOW SEEKING HER 3RD TERM AND
THE FAR WESTSIDE DISTRICT SMALL
BUSINESS OWNER INA RUDOLPH, AN
ECONOMICS PROFESSOR CHRIS BAKER
STANDING IN HER WAY. SO LET’S
SEE HOW THAT RACE TURNED OUT
RIGHT NOW. 54% FOR MELISSA
CABELLO HAVRDA CLOSE
CALL THERE.
>> NOW OVER TO DISTRICT 7 WHERE
THE RACE TO REPLACE ANA
SANDOVAL AND VOTERS WILL NOW
HAVE TO WAIT FOR A RUNOFF
ELECTION TO DETERMINE WHO WILL
BE THERE. NEXT. CITY COUNCIL
THIS RACE TO A FIELD OF SEVERAL
UP AND COMING. CITY LEADERS AND
ACTIVISTS. RJ MARQUEZ IS LIVE
AT THE WATCH PARTY FOR THE
FRONT RUNNER. THE ARENA AND
RECORD OF THE DOUBT.
>> YEAH, THAT’S WATCHING US
RIGHT NOW ON KSAT 12. SO YOU
CAN HEAR SOME OF THE FLAWS AS A
BUDDY. YOU KNOW, IS STILL
MEETING WITH SUPPORTERS OUT
HERE AT HER WATCH PARTY.
NOW SHE WAS CONSIDERED BY MANY
TO BE THE FAVORITE AND ACTUALLY
HELD A MORE THAN 20 POINT
PERCENTAGE LEAD THROUGHOUT THE
EVENING. BUT IT WAS NOT ENOUGH
TO AVOID A RUNOFF AGAINST THE
SECOND-PLACE FINISHER TONIGHT
THAT WOULD BE LOST OR OTHER.
THE OTHER. I DIDN’T THINK OF,
YOU KNOW HOW THEIR WATCH PARTY
RIGHT HERE IN THE RESTAURANT ON
BANDERA ROAD THANKING
SUPPORTERS AND THAT INCLUDED
THE FIRE AND POLICE UNIONS
HAVE, YOU KNOW, HAS WORKED WITH
RACKSPACE AND USA AND IS
CONSIDERED A RISING TECH AND
BUSINESS LEADER.
>> SHE TOLD US SHE FELT
CONFIDENT SHE COULD CONTINUE
HER MOMENTUM MOVING FORWARD AND
ADDRESS ISSUES FOR DISTRICT
7 VOTERS.
>> I STILL WANT TO USE MY
BUSINESS ACUMEN AND COMMUNITY
LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE TO SERVE.
THE REALLY BRING ACCOUNTABILITY
AND TRANSPARENCY TO CITY HALL.
USE MY BUSINESS DOCUMENT TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE’RE USING OUR
TAXPAYER DOLLARS EFFICIENTLY
AND EFFECTIVELY.
>> THAT’S RIGHT. AND DOWN THE
ROAD AND ROSS ARE MET WITH HIS
SUPPORTERS AS WELL, HAS WORKED
WITH SOUTHWEST RESEARCH
INSTITUTE FOR YEARS AND WITH
THE BROOKS DEVELOPMENT.
ACCORDING NOW, HE TOLD US
EARLIER TONIGHT THAT THIS IS
EXACTLY WHERE THEY WANTED TO BE
AND WHAT THEY HOPE FOR TO
TASTE.
♪
TASTE. ♪ SO WE ARE MISSING THAT SOUND
LIVE RIGHT NOW FROM GETTING
ROSTER. BUT BASICALLY HE SAID
HE WANTED TO FOCUS ON IS GOING
BACK TO WHEN HE STARTED TO RUN
THIS CAMPAIGN IN JANUARY.
>> AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT
TRANSPORTATION ISSUES,
INFRASTRUCTURE AND FILLING THE
NEEDS OF VOTERS IN DISTRICT 7.
SO BACK OUT HERE LIVE AT THAT
THEY GOT TO DO IS WATCH PARTY.
SHE NOTED THAT INFRASTRUCTURE
ON BANDERA ROAD
>> AND SOMETHING THAT’S HELPING
TO ADDRESS AS WELL. BUT FOR
NOW, THESE CANDIDATES WILL HAVE
TO PREPARE FOR A RUNOFF NEXT
MONTH.
>> BUT AGAIN, OVERALL, THE MOOD
HERE PRETTY GOOD. THIS IS KIND
OF EXPECTED WITH THE FIELD OF
ABOUT 5 CANDIDATES HEADING INTO
TONIGHT, REPORTING LIVE FROM
NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
RJ NOW TO DISTRICT 8 MANNY
PALAEZ RUNNING FOR HIS LAST
TERM IN OFFICE. AS YOU CAN SEE
ON THE SCREEN, CLEARLY SECURING
IT THE NORTHEAST SIDE DISTRICT.
HE’S BEEN RUNNING SINCE 2017
AND HE WILL GET A COUPLE MORE
YEARS. HIS CHALLENGERS DID
AGAINST HIM BUT SAYS GARCIA,
WITH 29% OF THE VOTE.
>> AND OUT IN DISTRICT 10
INCUMBENT JOHN COURAGE WAS
HOPING TO SEE HIS FINAL TERM IN
OFFICE. HE GETS IT WITH 63% OF
THE VOTE, AVOIDING A RUNOFF
WITH HIS CHALLENGERS.
>> AND DISTRICT 10, A NEW
COUNCILMAN HEADING THERE AS
CLAYTON PERRY DID NOT SEEK
RE-ELECTION. THE RACE GOING IN
FAVOR OF MARK WHITE.
>> OUR ERICA HERNANDEZ IS
JOINING US LIVE FROM HIS
CAMPAIGN WATCH PARTY TONIGHT
AS THE CELEBRATIONS BEGIN
PRETTY EARLY THERE TONIGHT,
ERICA.
>> YEAH, TIM, SO EARLY THAT
THEY’VE ALREADY RACKED UP, BUT
IT WAS DURING WHEN EARLY VOTING
NUMBERS CAME OUT. THE CHEERS
BROKE OUT HERE AT THE BARN DOOR
AND ON NORTH NEW BRAUNFELS
AVENUE. NOW, MARK, WHY ARRIVING
WITH HIS WIFE AND YOUNG
DAUGHTERS GREETED EVERY
SUPPORTER THAT WAS HERE.
WHITE RENEGADE 6 OTHERS AND HAD
A LOT OF SUPPORT AND
ENDORSEMENTS. MANY OF THE PAST
DISTRICT, 10 COUNCILMAN
ADDRESSING WHITE, INCLUDING
CURRENT EMBATTLED COUNCILMAN
CLAYTON PERRY, WHO IN APRIL
PLEADED NO CONTEST TO DRIVING
WHILE INTOXICATED. HE ALSO
SHOWED UP TONIGHT IN SUPPORT
OF WHITE. WHY A CONSERVATIVE
KNOWS HE HAS HIS WORK CUT OUT
FOR HIM BUT HAD THIS MESSAGE
FOR HIS NEW COLLEAGUES.
>> I KNOW THAT WE’RE NOT GOING
TO BE ON EVERYTHING.
>> THAT’S FOR BUT I’M READY TO
WORK WITH ALL OF YOU ON ANY
ISSUE AT ANY TIME IN MAY,
YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE SOMEBODY
THAT TELLS YOU WHAT I THINK
THAT FIGHTS FOR FOR WHAT I
BELIEVE IS RIGHT. BUT THAT
SOMEONE THAT’S ALWAYS WILLING
TO LISTEN TO YOU TO HEAR YOUR
PERSPECTIVE IN TO TRY TO FIGHT,
FIND COMMON GROUND.
>> WAS IT?
NOW WHITE WENT ON TO TELL ME
THAT HE IS READY TO WORK FOR
DISTRICT 10 AND HEARD THEIR
CONCERNS. ONE OF THOSE CRIME.
HE SAID HE IS WORKING TO HELP