SAN ANTONIO — Two seats on Bexar County's chief governing body are up for grabs in 2024.
Precinct 1 incumbent Rebeca Clay-Flores had 46% of the vote, with five different challenger splitting the remaining ballots in the Democratic Primary.
Clay-Flores now will face Amanda Gonzalez, who got 20% of the vote, in the May 28 runoff.
Meanwhile, Grant Moody was able to win the Republican nomination for a full four-year term as Precinct 3 commissioner. He hled off Chris Schuchardt by 53% to 47% on Tuesday night.
Moody won a special election in 2022 to serve out the rest of Trish DeBerry's term (she vacated her seat to mount an unsuccessful campaign for county judge.)
Moody will face Democrat Susan Korbel in the general election.
About the race
County commissioners serve four-year terms and are led by the Bexar County judge. It's the primary governing body for Bexar County, responsible for the county budget, personnel decisions, and tax and revenue policy.
Clay-Flores has been Precinct 1 commissioner since January 2021, and is an experienced educator and local nonprofit leader. She says the highest priority for Precinct 1 is to address neglected infrastructure and wants to prioritize economic development.
Gonzalez is a west-side native who has focused on education advocacy, having researched issues for the Texas House Committee on Public Education. She says she would focus on property tax relief, closing the employment gap and expanding health care access in Precinct 1, among other issues.
Bustamante is a longtime Alamo Colleges trustee who says she has the "administrative experience necessary" to serve on the court.
El Paso native Alaniz-Picasso says she would champion "forward-thinking policies" and "innovative ideas" to improve life in Precinct 1, adding she has used her experienced as a briefly homeless resident to advocate for change. Alaniz-Picasso says she is focused on issues such as infrastructure, economic development, housing, and public safety.
Garcia previously unsuccessfully ran for a commissioners court seat in the 2018 Republican primary; two years later he mounted a failed independent bid for Congressional District 20.
Arrellano says he grew up in the south side before enlisting in the U.S. Air Force and, later, serving as a SAWS trustee; he says he would advocate for better resources for local firefighters, accessible health care for county residents and refunding law enforcement.
The winner of Tuesday's Precinct 1 primary will face uncontested Republican candidate Lina Prado, who does not appear to have run in any previous elections. According to Prado's campaign website, she says she is committed to working with tax organizations on program effectiveness to tackle rising property taxes, and will support law enforcement to prioritize neighborhood safety in the community.
Moody is the lone Republican currently serving on the commissioners court in Bexar County. He served with the U.S. Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan, he says, and later worked as an assistant to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during Donald Trump's presidency. Moody says his priority is to address crime and infrastructure in Precinct 3.
Schuchardt touts himself as a "local business owner and job creator," saying he began his own business at 26 with a trucking and materials company. Schuchardt previously ran an unsuccessful, mostly self-funded campaign for San Antonio Mayor last year, ultimately only receiving about 20% of the votes. He says San Antonio City Council's endorsement of an "insane" justice charter proposal – which sought to decriminalize abortion, decriminalize low-level marijuana possession and ban no-knock warrants before voters failed it last spring – spurred him to run for office.
The winner of the Precinct 3 primary will go on to face uncontested Democrat candidate and Michigan native Susan Korbel in the general election. This would be a repeat match between Korbel and Moody if he were to win the Republican primary; Korbel previously lost to Moody in the 2022 special election held to replace Trish DeBerry.
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