'We couldn't be at more polar ends': Jones (D) vs. Pablos (R) race divides San Antonio into political camps
Now down to just two candidates in the mayor’s race, local politicos and organizing groups are finally starting to come off of the sidelines in the race between former Air Force Under Secretary Gina Ortiz Jones and former Texas Secretary of State Rolando Pablos.
Initially faced with a 27-candidate race that included four sitting council members, Jones and Pablos were two of the only candidates with moneyed outside groups willing to wade into a crowded contest.
Jones ran for Congress twice as a Democrat and had national Democratic groups behind her in the first round, while Pablos, who has close ties to state GOP leaders, received help from a PAC aligned with Gov. Greg Abbott.
More than a week after Jones and Pablos emerged victorious from the first round of voting, past and present council members, labor unions, law enforcement groups and local Republican and Democratic clubs are just now starting to get organized behind their respective candidates in the June 7 runoff.
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