This election cycle's limited choices for mayor is a direct result of term limits that San Antonio voters opted for in 1991. SanAntonio SATX SanAntonioTX Elections2023 Texas
Front yards are sprouting the signs for local political candidates that appear in odd-numbered years.It's spring in San Antonio. The mountain laurels have bloomed, and the esperanza is starting to grow again. Our lawns, brown and burned out from a brutal summer, are finally turning green.
A petition effort led by the Homeowner-Taxpayer Association put a term proposition on the ballot back then. The specifics of the HTA effort were draconian: two two-year terms, followed by a lifetime ban. With a broad array of candidates opposing incumbent Mayor Lila Cockrell — from Nelson Wolff and Maria Berriozabal to Van Henry Archer, Jimmy Hasslocher and Kay Turner — the mayoral race and a proposal to halt the proposed Applewhite dam and reservoir project got most of the media attention.
Over the past two decades, there have been efforts to ease the drastic term limits adopted in 1991. As a result, Nirenberg can now seek a fourth, and final, two-year term. But for potential challengers the political logic is clear. Why fight an incumbent with substantial name recognition and a campaign war chest when you can just wait two years and try for an entirely open seat? In that contest, the only necessity is to rack up just enough votes to get into a runoff with the leader.
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