BEXAR COUNTY, Texas — Election Day is officially here, and while national attention is on the race for the White House, residents in Bexar County will also vote on important races impacting them on a local level.
Those decisions include races for the next sheriff, a constable and two Commissioners Court seats. Below you'll find everything you need to know about each candidate in their respective races.
Check this page for results on election night after polls close at 7 p.m.
Bexar County sheriff
Javier Salazar has been reelected for a third term as Bexar County's sheriff, staving off Republican challenger Nathan Buchanan.
Salazar has been in office since he was sworn in as the 34th Bexar County sheriff on Jan. 1 2017.
The Bexar County native is a graduate of Samuel Clemens High School and earned an associates degree in criminal justice from the Alamo Colleges District. He went on to attain a bachelor's degree from Wayland Baptist University and has a Master's Peace Officer License from the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.
Before being elected to sheriff, Salazar spent 23 years serving with the San Antonio Police Department in various roles then went on to join the sheriff's office.
At the Democratic National Convention this summer, Salazar was given a massive platform to give a speech in which he endorsed Kamala Harris. He discussed the border and made his feelings clear when it came to who he thought was the better option when it comes to immigration and border security.
"He is a self-serving man," Salazar said, referring to Trump while on the DNC stage. "He made our jobs harder."
"(Kamala Harris) has gone down to Mexico and worked to stop the traffickers, and when the traffickers didn’t stop, she put them in jail," Salazar added. "Down in my neck of the woods, we call that fooling around and finding out."
Nathan Buchanan is looking to change things up in Bexar County when it comes to who's in office.
Buchanan, also a native of Bexar County, is a business owner who has worked for the Castle Hills Police Department and the Bexar County Sheriff's Office, according to Ballotpedia.
He previously ran for the Republican nomination in races for Bexar County judge and Precinct 3 constable, coming up short both times at the primary stage.
Back on March 5, Buchanan defeated Victor Mendoza and Dennis Casillas in the Republican primary for sheriff.
Some of the main issues Buchanan is running on includes enhanced public safety, confronting domestic violence, disaster preparedness/response and youth engagement programs.
Bexar County constable, Precinct No. 2
Democratic incumbent Leticia Vazquez has defeated Republican challenger Paul Alexander Canales in the race for Bexar County Constable, Precinct 2 by nearly 25 points.
Vazquez has been the sitting Precinct 2 constable since being sworn into office on Jan. 1, 2021. During that 2020 campaign, Vasquez beat out Ino Badillo, earning almost 60% of votes.
She ran unopposed in the Democratic primary.
Vazques is a San Antonio native who joined the Bexar County Sheriff's Office in 1994 after graduating from San Antonio College. Since being elected constable, she has hosted a slew of community events and partnered with various organizations that give back to the community.
Canales has served as the director of a Scholarship Board of Directors for the last five years; it's an organization that offers scholarships to teens who serve the community and their peers.
The Canales campaign has been open about its policy propositions for immigration, election protection, community involvement and school and church safety.
Canales also ran in the Republican primary unopposed.
Commissioners Court, Precinct 1
Incumbent Rebeca Clay-Flores is expected to win Bexar County Commissioner, Precinct 1 over Republican challenger Lina Prado after earning almost 59% of the vote.
Clay-Flores has been a county commissioner since being sworn in on Jan. 1, 2021. Before being elected, she spent 15 years serving in education and nonprofits, and six years working for the City of San Antonio.
During her time in education, she taught English in Mexico at the state university and worked at a small university in Tennessee where she helped recruit college students to take a year off to serve as community volunteers.
Clay-Flores won 63% of the vote against Amanda Gonzalez in the Democratic primary runoff back in May.
Lina Prado was born in the Dominican Republic before coming to America, where she graduated from Sam Rayburn High School and earned a bachelor's degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 2010. She went on to earn a graduate degree from the University of Phoenix in 2012.
Prado has worked as an aircraft mechanic and operation analyst, along with being affiliated with Women in Aviation Alamo City.
Back in March, Prado collected more than 10,000 votes while running unopposed in her party's primary.
Commissioners Court, Precinct 3
Republican Grant Moody is expected to be reelected to Bexar County Commissioner, Precinct 3 as he has almost an 11-point lead over challenger Susan Korbel.
Moody has been in office since November 2022, having received almost 54% of the vote against his current competition, Korbel.
Back in March, he defeated Christopher Schuchardt by more than 2,000 votes in the Republican primary.
Moody grew up on a farm in Kansas before becoming an F-18 fighter pilot for the U.S. Marine Corps. He earned a bachelor's degree in statistics from Texas A&M University, along with an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
In his career, he has worked for Valero Energy, USAA and McKinsey & Company.
Korbel is hoping the second time's a charm against her opponent Moody, having lost to him in 2022 after earning just 46% of the vote. Out of more than 192,000 ballot cast in that race, the two candidates were separated by fewer than 14,000.
The Democratic nominee earned a bachelor's degree from Cornell University in 1971, a graduate degree from the University of Michigan in 1973, and a doctorate from the University of Michigan in 1975.
Korbel has taught middle school, served as a chief operating officer, worked in public and commercial media for more than six years, and has been affiliated with the American Association of Public Opinion Researchers and the Qualitative Research Consultants Association
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