San Antonio City Council District 1 incumbent Sukh Kaur held on to her seat in Saturday's runoff election, in which three new city councilmembers were also elected in a political shakeup. Why it matters: A new generation of councilmembers can help shape a range of transformative city plans as they work with new mayor Gina Ortiz Jones over the next four years — but they'll also have to contend with a possible budget deficit and cuts to

Ms. Jones, a former under secretary of the Air Force under the Biden administration, prevailed over Rolando Pablos, a conservative with ties with to Gov. Greg Abbott.

The highly contested mayoral race in San Antonio narrowed from 27 candidates to a pair of runoff candidates. Gina Ortiz Jones leads the mayoral race after early voting totals were tallied with 52 percent of the vote to Rolando Pablos' 48 percent.