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Rolando Pablos
Rolando Pablos (Republican Party) was the Texas Secretary of State. Pablos assumed office on January 5, 2017. Pablos left office on December 15, 2018.
Pablos ran for election for Mayor of San Antonio in Texas. Pablos lost in the general runoff election on June 7, 2025.
Pablos previously served as a member of the Public Utility Commission of Texas from September 2011 to February 2013. He was appointed to the commission by Governor Rick Perry (R).[1]
Biography
Prior to his position on the Public Utility Commission, Pablos was a senior advisor to the global law firm of SNR Denton. Earlier, he served as general counsel and chief legal officer to Francois-Charles Oberthur, a multinational firm specializing in high-security printing.[2]
Education
- St. Mary's University, B.A.
- University of Texas at San Antonio, M.B.A
- St. Mary's University School of Law, J.D.
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 Pablos in this election.
2016
Pablos was appointed Texas secretary of state by Governor Greg Abbott (R) on December 5, 2016.
2011
In September of 2011, Texas Governor Rick Perry appointed Rolando Pablos to the Public Utility Commission, where he was charged with regulating the state’s electric and telecommunication utilities.[2]
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Rolando Pablos did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
Noteworthy events
June 2017 request for voter rolls
On June 29, 2017, the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, created by President Donald Trump (R) on May 11, requested information on registered voters from all 50 states dating back to 2006. The states were given until July 14 to respond. Secretary Pablos announced that the state would provide only publicly available information to the commission.
| “ | The Secretary of State’s office will provide the Election Integrity Commission with public information and will protect the private information of Texas citizens while working to maintain the security and integrity of our state’s elections system. As always, my office will continue to exercise the utmost care whenever sensitive voter information is required to be released by state or federal law.[3] | ” |
| —Secretary Rolando Pablos[4] | ||
See also
2025 Elections
External links
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Candidate Mayor of San Antonio |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Governor.state.TX.us, "Gov. Perry appoints Pablos to Public Utility Commission," September 20, 2011
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rolando Pablos Bio
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ KXAN, "Texas to give public voting info to president’s election integrity commission," June 30, 2017
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