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Clayton Perry
Clayton Perry was a member of the San Antonio City Council in Texas, representing District 10. Perry assumed office on June 1, 2017. Perry left office on June 1, 2023.
Perry ran for election for Mayor of San Antonio in Texas. Perry lost in the general election on May 3, 2025.
Biography
Perry was a civil engineer and served in the U.S. Air Force. He received a bachelor's degree in building construction from Texas A&M University in 1979 and a master's degree in aerospace technology from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 1989.[1][2]
Elections
2025
See also: Mayoral election in San Antonio, Texas (2025)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Mayor of San Antonio
Gina Ortiz Jones defeated Rolando Pablos in the general runoff election for Mayor of San Antonio on June 7, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Gina Ortiz Jones (Nonpartisan) | 54.3 | 77,587 |
 | Rolando Pablos (Nonpartisan) | 45.7 | 65,245 | |
| Total votes: 142,832 | |||
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General election
General election for Mayor of San Antonio
The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of San Antonio on May 3, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gina Ortiz Jones (Nonpartisan) | 27.2 | 27,517 |
| ✔ | | Rolando Pablos (Nonpartisan) | 16.6 | 16,798 |
 | Beto Altamirano (Nonpartisan) | 12.1 | 12,190 | |
 | Adriana Garcia (Nonpartisan) | 9.9 | 10,016 | |
 | Manny Pelaez (Nonpartisan) | 7.3 | 7,398 | |
 | Melissa Cabello Havrda (Nonpartisan) | 6.7 | 6,736 | |
 | John Courage (Nonpartisan) | 5.6 | 5,625 | |
 | Clayton Perry (Nonpartisan) | 5.5 | 5,575 | |
 | Tim Westley (Nonpartisan) | 3.7 | 3,776 | |
 | Robert Melvin (Nonpartisan) | 0.9 | 944 | |
 | Christopher Reyes (Nonpartisan) | 0.5 | 522 | |
| Sonia Traut (Nonpartisan) | 0.4 | 449 | ||
| Diana Uriegas (Nonpartisan) | 0.4 | 444 | ||
 | Jade McCullough (Nonpartisan) | 0.4 | 425 | |
 | Brandon Gonzales (Nonpartisan) | 0.4 | 355 | |
 | Mauricio Sanchez (Nonpartisan) | 0.3 | 337 | |
 | Andrew Vicencio (Nonpartisan) | 0.3 | 303 | |
| Michael Samaniego (Nonpartisan) | 0.3 | 302 | ||
| Chris Herring (Nonpartisan) | 0.2 | 236 | ||
 | Robert Salinas (Nonpartisan) | 0.2 | 197 | |
| Gerardo Zambrano (Nonpartisan) | 0.2 | 183 | ||
 | Santos Alvarado (Nonpartisan) | 0.2 | 164 | |
| James Melvin (Nonpartisan) | 0.2 | 163 | ||
| Armando Dominguez (Nonpartisan) | 0.2 | 152 | ||
| April Guadarrama (Nonpartisan) | 0.1 | 149 | ||
| Bill Ruppel (Nonpartisan) | 0.1 | 113 | ||
| Arturo Espinosa (Nonpartisan) | 0.1 | 81 | ||
| Total votes: 101,150 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Perry in this election.
2021
See also: City elections in San Antonio, Texas (2021)
General election
General election for San Antonio City Council District 10
Incumbent Clayton Perry defeated Ezra Johnson, Emily Norwood, Gabrien Gregory, and Alexander Svehla in the general election for San Antonio City Council District 10 on May 1, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Clayton Perry (Nonpartisan) | 54.3 | 10,694 |
 | Ezra Johnson (Nonpartisan) | 29.3 | 5,776 | |
 | Emily Norwood (Nonpartisan) | 7.8 | 1,534 | |
 | Gabrien Gregory (Nonpartisan) | 5.6 | 1,093 | |
| Alexander Svehla (Nonpartisan) | 3.0 | 586 | ||
| Total votes: 19,683 | |||
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2019
See also: City elections in San Antonio, Texas (2019)
General election
General election for San Antonio City Council District 10
Incumbent Clayton Perry defeated Reinette King, Elise Kibler, Maria Perez, and Linda Montellano in the general election for San Antonio City Council District 10 on May 4, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Clayton Perry (Nonpartisan) | 63.8 | 8,562 |
| Reinette King (Nonpartisan) | 17.3 | 2,323 | ||
 | Elise Kibler (Nonpartisan) | 7.3 | 986 | |
| Maria Perez (Nonpartisan) | 6.4 | 856 | ||
| Linda Montellano (Nonpartisan) | 5.2 | 702 | ||
| Total votes: 13,429 | |||
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2017
The city of San Antonio, Texas, held runoff elections for mayor and six of its 10 city council seats on June 10, 2017. Clayton Perry defeated Ezra Johnson in the runoff election for the District 10 seat on the San Antonio City Council.
| San Antonio City Council, District 10 Runoff Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Clayton Perry |
53.08% | 7,157 |
| Ezra Johnson | 46.92% | 6,326 |
| Total Votes | 13,483 | |
| Source: Bexar County, Texas, "June 10, 2017 Media Report," June 22, 2017 | ||
The city of San Antonio, Texas, held general elections for mayor and all 10 of its city council seats on May 6, 2017. Candidates had to earn a majority of the votes cast in this election to win. Any race where no candidate received a majority (50 percent plus one) of the general election votes cast for that position advanced to a runoff election on June 10, 2017. The following candidates ran in the general election for the District 10 seat on the San Antonio City Council.[3]
| San Antonio City Council, District 10 General Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Ezra Johnson |
21.69% | 2,733 |
| Clayton Perry |
21.55% | 2,715 |
| Jonathan Delmer | 15.85% | 1,997 |
| Reinette King | 11.79% | 1,486 |
| Diana Kenny | 11.26% | 1,419 |
| John Alvarez | 9.60% | 1,209 |
| Celeste Montez-Tidwell | 3.05% | 384 |
| Andrew Padilla | 2.66% | 335 |
| Eric Morse | 1.54% | 194 |
| Lon Jett IV | 1.01% | 127 |
| Total Votes | 12,599 | |
| Source: Bexar County, Texas, "May 6, 2017 Media Report," May 18, 2017 | ||
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Clayton Perry did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
2021
Clayton Perry did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Clayton Perry did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
Noteworthy events
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On February 2, 2021, Perry announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.[4]
See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ San Antonio Report, "Who is running for mayor in San Antonio? Here’s the full list." March 27, 2025
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Clayton Perry," accessed April 3, 2025
- ↑ City of San Antonio, "Candidate Listings," accessed February 21, 2017
- ↑ KSAT, "San Antonio City Councilman Clayton Perry tests positive for COVID-19," February 2, 2021
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| Preceded by - |
San Antonio City Council District 10 2017-2023 |
Succeeded by Marc Whyte |
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