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Cesario Garcia
Cesario Garcia ran for election to the San Antonio City Council to represent District 8 in Texas. He lost in the general election on May 3, 2025.
Biography
Cesario Garcia was born in Houston, Texas. Garcia earned an associate degree from San Antonio College in 2005. His career experience includes working as a product manager. Garcia has been affiliated with Latino Strike Force.[1]
Elections
2025
See also: City elections in San Antonio, Texas (2025)
General runoff election
General runoff election for San Antonio City Council District 8
Ivalis Gonzalez defeated Paula McGee in the general runoff election for San Antonio City Council District 8 on June 7, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ivalis Gonzalez (Nonpartisan) | 57.4 | 9,366 | |
| Paula McGee (Nonpartisan) | 42.6 | 6,959 | ||
| Total votes: 16,325 | |||
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General election
General election for San Antonio City Council District 8
The following candidates ran in the general election for San Antonio City Council District 8 on May 3, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ivalis Gonzalez (Nonpartisan) | 40.4 | 4,981 | |
| ✔ | Paula McGee (Nonpartisan) | 22.2 | 2,739 | |
| Sakib Shaikh (Nonpartisan) | 21.6 | 2,664 | ||
 | Cesario Garcia (Nonpartisan) | 9.0 | 1,111 | |
 | Cindy Onyekwelu (Nonpartisan) | 3.8 | 475 | |
| Rodney Kidd (Nonpartisan) | 3.0 | 368 | ||
| Total votes: 12,338 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Garcia in this election.
2023
See also: City elections in San Antonio, Texas (2023)
General election
General election for San Antonio City Council District 8
Incumbent Manny Pelaez defeated Cesario Garcia in the general election for San Antonio City Council District 8 on May 6, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Manny Pelaez (Nonpartisan) | 70.5 | 9,756 |
| Cesario Garcia (Nonpartisan) | 29.5 | 4,089 | |
| Total votes: 13,845 | |||
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2021
See also: City elections in San Antonio, Texas (2021)
General election
General election for San Antonio City Council District 8
Incumbent Manny Pelaez defeated Rob Rodriguez, Suzanne McCarty, Cesario Garcia, and Tammy Orta in the general election for San Antonio City Council District 8 on May 1, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Manny Pelaez (Nonpartisan) | 59.3 | 10,393 |
 | Rob Rodriguez (Nonpartisan) | 20.8 | 3,650 | |
| Suzanne McCarty (Nonpartisan) | 9.4 | 1,644 | ||
| Cesario Garcia (Nonpartisan) | 6.6 | 1,161 | |
 | Tammy Orta (Nonpartisan) | 3.8 | 667 | |
| Total votes: 17,515 | |||
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Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Cesario Garcia did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
2023
Cesario Garcia completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Garcia's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- We need to become more visibly accountable on how tax dollars are used on any public project.
- San Antonio should never be given away. It sells itself.
- Community engagement and growth is the single most important building block!!
San Antonio was once an energy independent city with abundance of energy.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
2021
Cesario Garcia did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2025 Elections
External links
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Candidate San Antonio City Council District 8 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 26, 2023
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