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Ivalis Gonzalez
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2025 - Present
2029
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Ivalis Gonzalez is a member of the San Antonio City Council in Texas, representing District 8. She assumed office on June 18, 2025. Her current term ends on June 1, 2029.
Gonzalez ran for election to the San Antonio City Council to represent District 8 in Texas. She won in the general runoff election on June 7, 2025.
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
Gonzalez received the following endorsements.
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Bexar County, Texas (2022)
General election
General election for Bexar County Judge
Peter Sakai defeated Trish DeBerry and Edgar Coyle in the general election for Bexar County Judge on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Peter Sakai (D) | 57.3 | 303,377 |
| Trish DeBerry (R) | 39.3 | 208,238 | ||
 | Edgar Coyle (L) | 3.3 | 17,631 | |
| Total votes: 529,246 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Bexar County Judge
Peter Sakai defeated Ina Minjarez in the Democratic primary runoff for Bexar County Judge on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Peter Sakai | 58.0 | 37,649 |
 | Ina Minjarez | 42.0 | 27,214 | |
| Total votes: 64,863 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Bexar County Judge
Peter Sakai and Ina Minjarez advanced to a runoff. They defeated Ivalis Gonzalez and Gerardo Ponce in the Democratic primary for Bexar County Judge on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Peter Sakai | 40.7 | 37,241 |
| ✔ | | Ina Minjarez | 30.7 | 28,033 |
| Ivalis Gonzalez | 18.9 | 17,265 | ||
| Gerardo Ponce | 9.7 | 8,854 | ||
| Total votes: 91,393 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Bexar County Judge
Trish DeBerry defeated Nathan Buchanan in the Republican primary for Bexar County Judge on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Trish DeBerry | 63.0 | 49,961 | |
| Nathan Buchanan | 37.0 | 29,330 | ||
| Total votes: 79,291 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Bexar County Judge
Edgar Coyle advanced from the Libertarian convention for Bexar County Judge on March 12, 2022.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Edgar Coyle (L) |
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Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Ivalis Gonzalez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Ivalis Gonzalez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Manny Pelaez |
San Antonio City Council District 8 2025-Present |
Succeeded by - |
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