On May 14, 2011, the city of San Antonio, Texas held an election to choose who would serve as Mayor of San Antonio for a two-year term to expire in 2013. Julian Castro, the incumbent Mayor, was re-elected with over 81% of the vote, earning a second term.
Julian Castro, who was first elected mayor in the 2009 mayoral election, opted to seek re-election as mayor. The three main challengers that challenged him in 2009 (Trish DeBerry-Mejia, Diane Cibrian and Sheila McNeil), opted not to seek a re-match, and at the closing of the filing period, faced only four challengers. [1]
On May 14, 2011, the election for Mayor was held. Julian Castro secured re-election with over 81% of the vote, thus negating the need of a runoff election (which would have been required if no candidate got 50%+1 of all votes cast). [1]
San Antonio Mayor, 2011 Regular election, May 14, 2011
Candidate
Votes
%
±
✓
Julian Castro
34,309
81.44%
+25.21%
Will McLeod
2,846
6.76%
Rhett R. Smith
2,153
5.11%
+4.17%
James Rodriguez
1,675
3.98%
Michael "Commander" Idrogo
1,145
2.72%
+2.23%
Turnout
42,128
5.66%*
* Vote percentage include all of Bexar County with a total of 10,538 either voting in another municipal election, casting a spoiled vote or casting no ballot for San Antonio mayor.