SAN ANTONIO — The Bexar County Democratic Party chair announced her intent to resign Thursday, pending the appointment of her successor.
Monica Ramirez Alcántara went on to endorse Terri Flores Lopez as the next chair, saying she would "take our party to new heights."
Ramirez Alcántara submitted a letter of resignation as leader of the Bexar County Democrats. She did not say explicitly if this week's election results – which were widely lopsided in favor of Republicans and saw major shifts to the right for historically blue South Texas counties – played a role in her departure.
Instead, she said her decision was "based solely on my wanting to serve the voters of Bexar County in a different manor." She didn't elaborate on what her next path might be.
During her tenure, Ramirez Alcántara has managed 16 elections, raised millions of dollars in support of Democratic outreach efforts, helped elect Democrats to nearly all county-wide offices and implemented strategies that maintained the county as a Democratic stronghold, according to her statement.
She became the party chair in 2018 and will officially resign from her position pending the "election of her successor." She said she was "grateful" to have served in the position.
"I remain committed to our Democratic values and to public service," Ramirez Alcántara added.
The statement was also posted on the Bexar County Democrats' X page.
Gilbert Hinojosa, a Rio Grande Valley native who has led the Texas Democratic Party since 2012, also revealed Friday he was resigning after his party's defeats at the polls. Democrats have not won any statewide offices during his tenure.
All but two counties along the Texas-Mexico border, long considered Democratic strongholds, turned red for President-elect Donald Trump. It included Hidalgo and Cameron, the two most populous counties in the Rio Grande Valley. Trump easily won Texas by 14 points, which was more than double his margin of victory in 2020 and a sign of eroding Democratic support.
Hinojosa said he would step down in March 2025.
