Carlos Antonio Raymond

Carlos Antonio Raymond ran for election to the San Antonio City Council to represent District 6 in Texas. He lost in the general election on May 3, 2025.

Biography

Carlos Antonio Raymond was born in Panama City, Panama. He served in the U.S. Army. He earned an associate degree in medical science from the University of the District of Columbia and a bachelor's degree in business administration from Georgia State University. Raymond's career experience includes working as a realtor with Icon Realty.^[1]

Elections

2025

General runoff election

General runoff election for San Antonio City Council District 6

Ric Galvan defeated Kelly Ann Gonzalez in the general runoff election for San Antonio City Council District 6 on June 7, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ric Galvan (Nonpartisan)	50.1	5,771
	Submit photo	Kelly Ann Gonzalez (Nonpartisan)	49.9	5,743

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,514
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General election

General election for San Antonio City Council District 6

The following candidates ran in the general election for San Antonio City Council District 6 on May 3, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Kelly Ann Gonzalez (Nonpartisan)	19.7	1,660
✔		Ric Galvan (Nonpartisan)	19.4	1,631
	Submit photo	Chris Baecker (Nonpartisan)	17.6	1,484
		Vanessa Chavez (Nonpartisan)	16.8	1,414
		Gerald Brian Lopez (Nonpartisan)	9.0	762
	Submit photo	Lawson Alaniz-Picasso (Nonpartisan)	8.5	715
	Submit photo	Bobby Herrera (Nonpartisan)	5.4	458
		Carlos Antonio Raymond (Nonpartisan)	3.5	298

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,422
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Endorsements

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2022

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 125

Incumbent Ray Lopez defeated Carlos Antonio Raymond in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 125 on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Ray Lopez (D)	62.4	34,762
	Carlos Antonio Raymond (R)	37.6	20,933

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 55,695
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 125

Incumbent Ray Lopez defeated Eric Michael Garza in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 125 on March 1, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Ray Lopez	58.3	5,960
	Eric Michael Garza	41.7	4,271

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,231
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 125

Carlos Antonio Raymond advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 125 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Carlos Antonio Raymond	100.0	6,595

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,595
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Campaign finance

2020

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 117

Incumbent Philip Cortez defeated Carlos Antonio Raymond and Tony Quinones in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 117 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Philip Cortez (D)	54.9	50,092
		Carlos Antonio Raymond (R)	41.3	37,711
	Submit photo	Tony Quinones (L)	3.9	3,518

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 91,321
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 117

Incumbent Philip Cortez advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 117 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Philip Cortez	100.0	14,937

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 14,937
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 117

Carlos Antonio Raymond advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 117 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Carlos Antonio Raymond	100.0	7,722

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,722
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 117

Tony Quinones advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 117 on March 21, 2020.

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Tony Quinones (L)

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.
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Campaign finance

2018

State Senate

See also: Texas state legislative special elections, 2018

A special election for the office of Texas State Senate District 19 was held on July 31, 2018. Candidates had until June 25, 2018, to file nomination papers with the secretary of state.^[2]

On June 18, 2018, state Sen. Carlos Uresti (D) resigned from the state Senate, four months after he was found guilty of charges related to bribery surrounding a government contract and charges of wrongdoing.^[3]

Pete Gallego (D) and Peter Flores (R) defeated Roland Gutierrez (D), Charles Urbina Jones (D), Tomas Uresti (D), Jesse Alaniz (R), Carlos Antonio Raymond (R), and Tony Valdivia (L) in the special election on July 31, 2018, and advanced to a runoff election. Flores then defeated Gallego in the runoff election on September 18, 2018.^[4]^[5]^[6]

General runoff election

Special general runoff election for Texas State Senate District 19

Peter P. Flores defeated Pete Gallego in the special general runoff election for Texas State Senate District 19 on September 18, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Peter P. Flores (R)	56.7	25,330
	Pete Gallego (D)	43.3	19,367

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 44,697
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General election

Special general election for Texas State Senate District 19

The following candidates ran in the special general election for Texas State Senate District 19 on July 31, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Peter P. Flores (R)	34.4	9,003
✔		Pete Gallego (D)	28.9	7,580
		Roland Gutierrez (D)	24.4	6,389
		Carlos Antonio Raymond (R)	3.5	920
		Tomas Uresti (D)	3.0	799
	Submit photo	Charles Urbina Jones (D)	3.0	789
		Jesse Alaniz (R)	1.8	461
		Tony Valdivia (L)	1.0	266

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 26,207
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State House

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 117

Incumbent Philip Cortez defeated Michael Berlanga in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 117 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Philip Cortez (D)	57.4	32,976
	Submit photo	Michael Berlanga (R)	42.6	24,480

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 57,456
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 117

Incumbent Philip Cortez defeated Terisha DeDeaux in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 117 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Philip Cortez	63.4	3,943
	Submit photo	Terisha DeDeaux	36.6	2,275

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,218
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 117

Michael Berlanga defeated Carlos Antonio Raymond in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 117 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Michael Berlanga	72.1	3,354
		Carlos Antonio Raymond	27.9	1,297

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,651
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Campaign finance

See also: Texas state legislative Republican primaries, 2018/Campaign finance

Campaign themes

2025

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Carlos Antonio Raymond completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Raymond's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

WHO ARE YOU?

HELLO, MY NAMES: CARLOS ANTONIO RAYMOND (Like, “EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND”) – I AM:

• A RETIRED US ARMY VETERAN & SERVANT

• A RETIRED FEDERAL CIVIL SERVANT

• AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY SERVANT

• A FIRST GENERATION IMMIGRANT AND MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

. I WANT TO CONTINUE MY LIFE-LONG PASSION FOR ‘SERVICE’ TO HOUSE DISTRICT # 125
I WANT TO EVATE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF HOUSE DISTRICT #125
I AM: OPEN, PEOPLE PERSON, BORN AGAIN BELIEVER IN CHRIST, COMPASSIONATE, CARING, COLLABORATOR, TEAM PLAYER, BILLINGUAL (SPANISH AND ENGLISH), EXCELLENT LISTENER,

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

(1) TAXATION (CUT TAXES, REDUCE PROPERTY TAXES) - (2) SOCIAL WELFARE (COOMUNITY SERVICES (3) IMMIGRATION (PROTECTING SOUTHERN BORDERS) - (4) HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (AFFORDABLE HOUSING (5) HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (REDUCE METABOLIC SYNDRONE) (6) SOCIAL WELFARE (PROTECTING THE UNBORN, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY STATUS - (7) STRONG MILITARY DEFENSE (8) VETERAN'S BENEFITS (9) EDUCATION & SCHOOL SAFETY ISSUES (8) CIVIL RIGHTS & LIBERTIES, MINORITY ISSUES (NON-DISCRIMINATION, DUE PROCESS RIGHTS

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2020

Carlos Antonio Raymond did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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Footnotes

[bio-1] Facebook, "Elect San Carlos, Texas State Representative," accessed February 10, 2018

[chron-2] Chron, "Governor announces July special election for empty San Antonio state senator seat," June 20, 2018

[resign-3] News4sa.com, "State senator Carlos Uresti resigns," June 18, 2018

[4] Bexar County, "Sample Ballot - Special State Senate, District 19 Election," accessed July 20, 2018

[5] Texas Secretary of State, "2018 Special Election, Senate District 19 Election Night Returns," July 31, 2018

[6] Texas Secretary of State, "2018 Special Runoff Election, Senate District 19 Election Night Returns," September 18, 2018

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Carlos Antonio Raymond

Biography

Elections

2025

General runoff election

General runoff election for San Antonio City Council District 6

General election

General election for San Antonio City Council District 6

Endorsements

2022

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 125

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 125

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 125

Campaign finance

2020

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 117

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 117

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 117

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 117

Campaign finance

2018

State Senate

General runoff election

Special general runoff election for Texas State Senate District 19

General election

Special general election for Texas State Senate District 19

State House

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 117

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 117

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 117

Campaign finance

Campaign themes

2025

Ballotpedia survey responses

2022

2020

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