Municipal elections in Bexar County, Texas (2019)

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2019 Bexar County elections
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Election dates
Filing deadline: August 19, 2019
General election: November 5, 2019
Election stats
Offices up: San Antonio River Authority
Total seats up: 2
Election type: Nonpartisan
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U.S. municipal elections, 2019

Bexar County, Texas, held general elections for two river authority seats on November 5, 2019. The filing deadline for this election was August 19, 2019.

Elections

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River authority

District 1

General election candidates

District 2

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About the county

Demographics

The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.

Demographic Data for Bexar County, Texas
Bexar County Texas
Population 1,714,773 25,145,561
Land area (sq mi) 1,240 261,266
Race and ethnicity**
White 79.4% 74%
Black/African American 7.7% 12.1%
Asian 2.9% 4.8%
Native American 0.7% 0.5%
Pacific Islander 0.1% 0.1%
Two or more 3.4% 2.7%
Hispanic/Latino 60.2% 39.3%
Education
High school graduation rate 84.2% 83.7%
College graduation rate 28% 29.9%
Income
Median household income $57,157 $61,874
Persons below poverty level 15.7% 14.7%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

One of 254 Texas counties—0.4 percent—is a Pivot County. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
County Trump margin of victory in 2016 Obama margin of victory in 2012 Obama margin of victory in 2008
Jefferson County, Texas 0.48% 1.61% 2.25%

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Texas with 52.2 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 43.2 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Texas cast votes for the winning presidential candidate 66.7 percent of the time. In that same time frame, Texas supported Democratic candidates slightly more often than Republicans, 53.3 to 46.7 percent. The state, however, favored Republicans in every presidential election between 2000 and 2016.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Texas. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[1][2]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 54 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 37.4 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 65 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 36.4 points. Clinton won 10 districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 96 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 36.2 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 85 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 34.5 points.

See also

Bexar County, Texas Texas Municipal government Other local coverage
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