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Manny Pelaez

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Manny Pelaez
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Prior offices
San Antonio City Council District 8
Successor: Ivalis Gonzalez
Predecessor: Ron Nirenberg

Elections and appointments
Last election

May 3, 2025

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Manny Pelaez was a member of the San Antonio City Council in Texas, representing District 8. He assumed office on June 1, 2017. He left office on June 1, 2025.

Pelaez ran for election for Mayor of San Antonio in Texas. He lost in the general election on May 3, 2025.

Biography

Pelaez was an attorney representing homeowners, business owners, schools, banks, and international companies from Japan, Spain, and Latin America. He received a bachelor's degree from Trinity University in 1997 and a J.D. from St. Mary's University in 2000.[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
Image of Gina Ortiz Jones
Gina Ortiz Jones (Nonpartisan)
 
54.3
 
77,587
Image of Rolando Pablos
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
Image of Gina Ortiz Jones
Gina Ortiz Jones (Nonpartisan)
 
27.2
 
27,517
Image of Rolando Pablos
Rolando Pablos (Nonpartisan)
 
16.6
 
16,798
Image of Beto Altamirano
Beto Altamirano (Nonpartisan)
 
12.1
 
12,190
Image of Adriana Garcia
Adriana Garcia (Nonpartisan)
 
9.9
 
10,016
Image of Manny Pelaez
Manny Pelaez (Nonpartisan)
 
7.3
 
7,398
Image of Melissa Cabello Havrda
Melissa Cabello Havrda (Nonpartisan)
 
6.7
 
6,736
Image of John Courage
John Courage (Nonpartisan)
 
5.6
 
5,625
Image of Clayton Perry
Clayton Perry (Nonpartisan)
 
5.5
 
5,575
Image of Tim Westley
Tim Westley (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
3.7
 
3,776
Image of Robert Melvin
Robert Melvin (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
0.9
 
944
Image of Christopher Reyes
Christopher Reyes (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
0.5
 
522
Sonia Traut (Nonpartisan)
 
0.4
 
449
Diana Uriegas (Nonpartisan)
 
0.4
 
444
Image of Jade McCullough
Jade McCullough (Nonpartisan)
 
0.4
 
425
Image of Brandon Gonzales
Brandon Gonzales (Nonpartisan)
 
0.4
 
355
Image of Mauricio Sanchez
Mauricio Sanchez (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
0.3
 
337
Image of Andrew Vicencio
Andrew Vicencio (Nonpartisan)
 
0.3
 
303
Michael Samaniego (Nonpartisan)
 
0.3
 
302
Chris Herring (Nonpartisan)
 
0.2
 
236
Image of Robert Salinas
Robert Salinas (Nonpartisan)
 
0.2
 
197
Gerardo Zambrano (Nonpartisan)
 
0.2
 
183
Image of Santos Alvarado
Santos Alvarado (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
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 Pelaez 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
Image of Manny Pelaez
Manny Pelaez (Nonpartisan)
 
70.5
 
9,756
Image of Cesario Garcia
Cesario Garcia (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
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
Image of Manny Pelaez
Manny Pelaez (Nonpartisan)
 
59.3
 
10,393
Image of Rob Rodriguez
Rob Rodriguez (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
20.8
 
3,650
Suzanne McCarty (Nonpartisan)
 
9.4
 
1,644
Image of Cesario Garcia
Cesario Garcia (Nonpartisan)
 
6.6
 
1,161
Image of Tammy Orta
Tammy Orta (Nonpartisan)
 
3.8
 
667

Total votes: 17,515
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2019

See also: City elections in San Antonio, Texas (2019)

General election

General election for San Antonio City Council District 8

Incumbent Manny Pelaez defeated Tony Valdivia and Frankie Gonzales-Wolfe in the general election for San Antonio City Council District 8 on May 4, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Manny Pelaez
Manny Pelaez (Nonpartisan)
 
58.4
 
7,364
Image of Tony Valdivia
Tony Valdivia (Nonpartisan)
 
29.5
 
3,717
Image of Frankie Gonzales-Wolfe
Frankie Gonzales-Wolfe (Nonpartisan)
 
12.2
 
1,538

Total votes: 12,619
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2017

See also: Municipal elections in San Antonio, Texas (2017)

The city of San Antonio, Texas, held runoff elections for mayor and six of its 10 city council seats on June 10, 2017. Manuel Pelaez-Prada defeated Cynthia Brehm in the runoff election for the District 8 seat on the San Antonio City Council.

San Antonio City Council, District 8 Runoff Election, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Manuel Pelaez-Prada 55.07% 7,084
Cynthia Brehm 44.93% 5,780
Total Votes 12,864
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 8 seat on the San Antonio City Council.[3]

San Antonio City Council, District 8 General Election, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Cynthia Brehm 33.39% 3,717
Green check mark transparent.png Manuel Pelaez-Prada 27.25% 3,034
Patricia Pliego Stout 20.89% 2,326
Anthony Valdivia 10.69% 1,190
Paul Martin 5.94% 661
Shane A. Hinze 1.83% 204
Total Votes 11,132
Source: Bexar County, Texas, "May 6, 2017 Media Report," May 18, 2017

Campaign themes

2025

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Manny Pelaez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.

2023

Manny Pelaez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.

2021

Manny Pelaez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.

2019

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Manny Pelaez did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance

2017

The table below lists campaign finance totals for the District 8 candidates as of reports available from the city of San Antonio following the May 3 filing deadline.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Ron Nirenberg
San Antonio City Council District 8
2017-2025
Succeeded by
Ivalis Gonzalez