Ric Galvan
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Tenure
2025 - Present
Term ends
2029
Years in position
0
Predecessor
Ric Galvan is a member of the San Antonio City Council in Texas, representing District 6. He assumed office on June 18, 2025. His current term ends on June 1, 2029.
Galvan ran for election to the San Antonio City Council to represent District 6 in Texas. He won in the general runoff election on June 7, 2025.
Galvan completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Ric Galvan was born in San Antonio, Texas. He earned a high school diploma from Oliver Wendell Holmes High School and a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas, Austin in 2022. Galvan's career experience includes working as a policy director.[1]
Elections
2025
See also: City elections in San Antonio, Texas (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 |
| Kelly Ann Gonzalez (Nonpartisan) | 49.9 | 5,743 | ||
| 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 | ||
| ✔ | Kelly Ann Gonzalez (Nonpartisan) | 19.7 | 1,660 | |
| ✔ | | Ric Galvan (Nonpartisan) | 19.4 | 1,631 |
| Chris Baecker (Nonpartisan) | 17.6 | 1,484 | ||
 | Vanessa Chavez (Nonpartisan) | 16.8 | 1,414 | |
 | Gerald Brian Lopez (Nonpartisan) | 9.0 | 762 | |
| Lawson Alaniz-Picasso (Nonpartisan) | 8.5 | 715 | ||
| Bobby Herrera (Nonpartisan) | 5.4 | 458 | ||
 | Carlos Antonio Raymond (Nonpartisan) | 3.5 | 298 | |
| Total votes: 8,422 | |||
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Endorsements
Galvan received the following endorsements.
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Ric Galvan completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Galvan's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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My name is Ric Galvan and I am running for San Antonio City Council District 6. I was born and raised here in District 6, in the Pipers Meadow Neighborhood, where I currently serve as president of our neighborhood association. I am a proud product of our district’s public schools, graduating from Holmes High School, and going on to earn my bachelor's degree at UT Austin in History and Public Policy. Currently, I serve as the Director of Special Projects at City Council, earning me the experience of working with residents to resolve neighborhood issues as well as deliver policies that support our working families at City Council.
If we want San Antonio to be a city that is safe, affordable, and a quality place to live in for all of our working families then we must have bold leadership ready and willing to take these issues head on.
I am running for City Council District 6 and have committed to not accepting a cent of corporate or real estate PAC dollars to my campaign because I believe that the working families of District 6 deserve a council member that will always put them first. With my experience growing up in District 6, serving as a neighborhood leader, and delivering for residents while working at City Hall, together, we can make San Antonio a safe, affordable, and quality place to live in for generations to come.- Housing costs and utility rates have skyrocketed over the past several years, making it harder for many of our working families, seniors, and young residents alike to make ends meet. To bring housing costs down so that our current residents and new residents alike can afford to live in our city, I am committed to expanding and preserving housing opportunities for families across our city, expanding our home repair and weatherization programs for more of our residents to access, and ensure our public utilities make our largest energy and water users pay their fair share before raising rates on our working families again.
- To ensure our longtime neighborhoods can enjoy the benefits of our city and district’s growth, I am committed to investing directly in our neighborhoods with safer streets, better drainage, safer and more resilient parks and trails., and expanded and modernized libraries, senior centers, and community centers. This way, no neighborhood gets left behind.
- To keep our communities safe and healthy our City must invest in a holistic public safety system that supports our first responders and expands our Animal Care Services, our mental health outreach services, and our violence interrupter teams. This way, our first responders can focus on quickly and effectively handling emergencies while our other public safety teams can work to break the cycles of crime and violence in our communities at their roots.
Personally, I am passionate about policies that strengthen our public schools, modernize our public transportation system, and ensure our City finances are sustainable and using our tax dollars appropriately to support our working families and our neighborhoods
Unlike other city governments across the country, San Antonio city councilmembers are elected directly by the residents of the district they seek to represent, rather than at large by all city residents. This allows for each city councilmember to directly and solely represent their neighbors and neighborhoods that are generally similar geographically and demographically. This is crucial as San Antonio's population has grown to over 1.5 million residents, and is expected to double by 2040, all of our residents deserve elected officials that represent them and their local communities at City Hall -- especially with a City budget of over $3.9 billion.
"In The Loop: A Political and Economic History of San Antonio" by J.D. Robinson and "The Illusion of Inclusion: The Untold Political Story of San Antonio" by Rodolfo Rosales.
An elected official should be someone with that is honest with the residents they represent, has the experience to materially deliver for their residents, and have a heart for the communities they serve.
With my experience growing up in District 6, as a proud product of our district's public schools, serving as a neighborhood leader, delivering for residents while working at City Hall, and as the only candidate not taking a cent of corporate or real estate PAC dollars to my campaign, I believe that, together, we can make San Antonio a safe, affordable, and quality place to live in for generations to come.
With my experience growing up in District 6, as a proud product of our district's public schools, serving as a neighborhood leader, delivering for residents while working at City Hall, and as the only candidate not taking a cent of corporate or real estate PAC dollars to my campaign, I believe that, together, we can make San Antonio a safe, affordable, and quality place to live in for generations to come.
The core responsibilities for a City Councilmember is to represent the residents they are elected by, to pass a City Budget that is fiscally sustainable, and to ensure our City's programs and policies supports the needs of our neighborhoods and our working families.
Fresh by Kool & the Gang.
San Antonio City Council is unique in that it owns our local energy and water utilities. Even though each utility has its own unelected board of directors, San Antonio City Council still has final authority on many of our utilities' actions such as utility rate increases, general direction and goals of the utilities, and development fees and fee waivers for each utility.
This is a crucial power that our City Council holds that impacts the daily lives of our residents as it gives our residents a voice in how our energy and water utilities operate. Most other US cities have private utility companies that profit off of their residents' energy and water usage, have no local oversight or accountability, and have no public process for shaping their goals and direction for the residents they serve. By electing and voicing our opinions to councilmembers that oversee both of our utilities, San Antonio residents have a say in ensuring our public utilities adequately serve our needs, act in a sustainable manner, and keep our energy and water prices affordable.
This is a crucial power that our City Council holds that impacts the daily lives of our residents as it gives our residents a voice in how our energy and water utilities operate. Most other US cities have private utility companies that profit off of their residents' energy and water usage, have no local oversight or accountability, and have no public process for shaping their goals and direction for the residents they serve. By electing and voicing our opinions to councilmembers that oversee both of our utilities, San Antonio residents have a say in ensuring our public utilities adequately serve our needs, act in a sustainable manner, and keep our energy and water prices affordable.
I do. While it should never be required for candidates to have previous experience in government in order to run for city council, I do believe that it is beneficial for a City Councilmember to have previous experience given the high learning curve of navigating municipal government processes.
With my current and relevant experience working at City Hall, I am proud to have built strong working relationships with other city council offices and City Staff, the experience securing signatures from 4 city councilmembers for multiple city council policies, the experience working with City departments and City management to deliver quality City programming for our working families, and the support of current City Councilmember Teri Castillo. If elected, I will be able to hit the ground running to deliver for the working families of District 6.
With my current and relevant experience working at City Hall, I am proud to have built strong working relationships with other city council offices and City Staff, the experience securing signatures from 4 city councilmembers for multiple city council policies, the experience working with City departments and City management to deliver quality City programming for our working families, and the support of current City Councilmember Teri Castillo. If elected, I will be able to hit the ground running to deliver for the working families of District 6.
An elected official should be someone with that is honest with the residents they represent, has the experience to materially deliver for their residents, and have a heart for the communities they serve.
Unlike other city governments across the country, San Antonio city councilmembers are elected directly by the residents of the district they seek to represent, rather than at large by all city residents. This allows for each city councilmember to directly and solely represent their neighbors and neighborhoods that are generally similar geographically and demographically. This is crucial as San Antonio's population has grown to over 1.5 million residents, and is expected to double by 2040, all of our residents deserve elected officials that represent them and their local communities at City Hall -- especially with a City budget of over $3.9 billion.
I am proud to have earned the support of City Councilmember Teri Castillo, Bexar County Constable Leticia Vazquez, Edgewood ISD School Board member Michael Valdez, the San Antonio AFL-CIO, ATU 694 (VIA Transit Workers Union), Northside ISD AFT 3216 (teacher and support staff union), SAISD Alliance 67 (teacher and support staff union), Communication Workers of America 6143, and Unite Here Local 23 (hospitality workers union).
As a public entity, our city government must be transparent and accountable to the residents of the city it is meant to serve. The same goes for our City Councilmembers.
As councilman, I am committed to fully staffing both of the City Council District 6 Field Offices to have responsive constituent services, having one council office staffer designated to each registered neighborhood and homeowner association within the district, and providing regular newsletters to our constituents by mail and email, as well as frequent public facing events, so our residents can stay up to date with what their local government is working on and connect with their council office. Further, I am committed to creating robust public engagement processes for City projects in the district and large-scale citywide projects through public digital and print surveys on the city budget, on public facility namings in the district, and more; public visioning meetings for the development of new parks, traffic calming infrastructure, large vacant lot activation, and new city facilities coming to the district; and public visioning meetings and surveys on large scale redevelopment efforts in the district (especially the redevelopment of the Wolff Stadium).
As councilman, I am committed to fully staffing both of the City Council District 6 Field Offices to have responsive constituent services, having one council office staffer designated to each registered neighborhood and homeowner association within the district, and providing regular newsletters to our constituents by mail and email, as well as frequent public facing events, so our residents can stay up to date with what their local government is working on and connect with their council office. Further, I am committed to creating robust public engagement processes for City projects in the district and large-scale citywide projects through public digital and print surveys on the city budget, on public facility namings in the district, and more; public visioning meetings for the development of new parks, traffic calming infrastructure, large vacant lot activation, and new city facilities coming to the district; and public visioning meetings and surveys on large scale redevelopment efforts in the district (especially the redevelopment of the Wolff Stadium).
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See also
2025 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 24, 2025
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| Preceded by Melissa Cabello Havrda |
San Antonio City Council District 6 2025-Present |
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