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Stephanie Powell
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Stephanie Powell ran for election to the San Antonio City Council to represent District 2 in Texas. She lost in the general election on May 3, 2025.
Powell completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Stephanie Powell was born in Houston, Texas. Powell served in the U.S. Air Force from 1989 to 2013. She earned a graduate degree from Business, Wayland Baptist University in 2017. Her career experience includes working as a federal employee. She has been affiliated with Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion.[1]
Elections
2025
See also: City elections in San Antonio, Texas (2025)
General election
General election for San Antonio City Council District 2
The following candidates ran in the general election for San Antonio City Council District 2 on May 3, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jalen McKee-Rodriguez (Nonpartisan) | 61.4 | 3,944 |
 | Carla-Joy Sisco (Nonpartisan) | 9.1 | 587 | |
 | Stephanie Powell (Nonpartisan)  | 9.1 | 582 | |
 | Kizzie Thomas (Nonpartisan) | 6.0 | 386 | |
| Rose Requenez Hill (Nonpartisan) | 5.4 | 344 | ||
| Sean Hanlin (Nonpartisan) | 4.3 | 278 | ||
| Sonya Moore (Nonpartisan) | 2.5 | 158 | ||
| Bryant Livingston (Nonpartisan) | 2.3 | 149 | ||
| Total votes: 6,428 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Stephanie Powell completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Powell's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I’m a native Texan, born in Houston, TX, the youngest of six children. I'm a Widow, Mother, Gigi, and Worlds Best Auntie, if you ask. I’m a retired Air Force Veteran and another ten years in the same industry. I’ve spent the last 30+ years in service to others and want to continue that service for District 2. I joined the USAF to “runaway from home” and San Antonio was my first duty station for 12 years. I retired in 2013 and returned to the city I love with my husband Ronald (USAF Ret MSgt). I was in Personnel (Enlisted) and Program Management (Officer) for the USAF. I also worked part time in San Antonio driving a river tour boat, retail (Auto Trader, QVC, and Stein Mart for a few) and hotel in SA. Attended St. Phillips and Palo Alto Community Colleges. Finally graduating from Wayland Baptist University San Antonio (Batchelor's and Masters). I spend my time outside of work trying to assist others, mostly Seniors, get through paperwork for various reasons (i.e. Social Security, VA, and City Housing benefits). I want this city to thrive so our grandchildren will have a safe place to live and grow. I'm self funding so I can serve the citizens.
- Infrastructure and Basic Operations. San Antonio is growing exponentially, but we must have roads not under construction for more than three years and don't plan to have SAFD and SAPD to serve the growing need. We have too many areas where the streets, lighting, speed bumps, and crosswalks have been neglected or not updated/replaced. Instead of concentrating our tax dollars on an "Entertainment Center" we need to PRIORITIZE our Citizens health and safety. Port San Antonio already gave us a new entertainment venue, near the current Missions Stadium. Then we can look at other things. Invest in basic fire and police safety, especially when considering building large complexes such as project marvel.
- Fair and affordable housing, especially for our Seniors, should be a priority. District 2 has many people who require housing assistance and have been displaced due to current policies. We can’t abidicate our responsibilities to our Seniors, hospitality/retail industry and Veterans in need of housing. We also have a responsibility to our homeless teenagers for safe place to land. I would work with existing and innovative agencies to find appropriate housing.
- Budget. We need to take a scalpel to the budget and eliminate or reform existing programs that are underperforming. That frees up those resources to be used elsewhere. We need to take common sense to what our tax dollars are being used for. If one program is failing and another is at 80% to the goal; we need to evaluate that. Also programs should be for all COSA and not a pet project in one District or the other. Don't throw good money after bad....reallocate those funds for the good of COSA which could at least prevent another property tax increase and even find a way to reduce those taxes.
The budget and utilization of external state and federal funds. The City Council should be caring for the Citizens and not everyone's pet project. We need to prioritize how, when and where we spend our funds. We have limited resources (i.e. $100) and a number of bills (i.e. $1000) and our debt for bonds. We'll go down the rabbit hole called "BROKE" if we don't get a common sense handle on things.
COSA District 2 City Council means I represent the long time residents, veterans, current active duty and ALL of their unique talents. We have the Carver Center that should be on the lips of every musician and artist that don't want to be crowded in other TX cities. We have original historical sites/museums that include African American, Indian, Mexican, German, and many others. COSA District 2 touches multiple District where we can work together and include our smaller cities (Alamo Heights, Terrell Hills, etc.) where we can proclaim the history of San Antonio and its place in Texas history.
I look up to Calvin and Margaret Coleman, President Lincoln, W.E.B. DuBois and Prince (the musician). I take a little bit of all of them. My parents didn't have a conventional story and neither did the others. I jumped off a cliff without a parachute and ended up soaring. So did they.
Politics for Dummies. When you trash that read a book called "The President and The Slave" this book is about Abraham Lincoln and W.E.B. DuBois. You can't find it digitally, and I don't have it next to me to tell you the author but this is the story of two men torn in different ways but found a common ground. That is how you SERVE citizens.
Ethics and Transparency. Our representatives must be ethical in dealing with anyone or any business. I'm doing a campaign alone so I'm open to citizens who get upset with me about my response time. However, I'm still working where I'm not readily available. I take those shots because no one can answer for me but me. When I get a staff then they will still be honest and transparent because the goal is to SERVE THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO.
Besides hard work, everyone says that. Dedication and taking opinions of others and facts to make a better decision. If I'm the lone hold out I will absolutely own it and why.
Simple, make the best decisions to SERVE the CITIZENS of San Antonio. Public service means just that, serve the public. My personal bias has to go away, what my constituents say via Town Halls, Office Visits and Emails determines how I move. I'm independently funded so my goal is to truly SERVE.
A safe and enjoyable city for my grandkids and a house that we worked hard for in a safer neighborhood.
President Carter election. I was eight and everyone was talking about how he was going to take care of black people finally.
Non-paying job being a sous chef to my Mom. Paying job was a legal transcriber/assistant to Greg H. Walker in a high school magnet work program. I worked there until I started U of H.....should have kept that job. But God always has other plans to benefit your life.
I love trash romance so I don't have one in particular. If I go back to my childhood The Scarlett Letter.
Queen Wizard Dragon. That way I can fix most things, use my magic to get people help and as a Dragon slay anyone coming for me before I'm done. Is that a character somewhere? She BAD
Happy by Pharrell
That I would rather watch a favorite TV show rerun than go to an award dinner with a known outcome. Ron always made us be on time.
I'm sure there are but I don't know that yet. I know I'll be active in some COSA sub committees. If anything else my constituents need to know how I spend my time on their dime.
Yes. I have over 40 years experience in the government. My job for the last 25 years involve planning how to acquire a service or thing, balancing a budget and finding the road in between if there is room. Managing the $100 to spend against the $1,000 in requirements. It is important to have experience to keep an open mind and do the best for the Citizens and their grandchildren. That is the legacy.
Budget management......thank you Dave Ramsey.
Patience. Prayer. Patience. An open mind and ear. Any personal bias or party has to stay out the decision room, no I'm not naive, but we have to do our best to SERVE the citizens who are trusting us to do our best on THEIR behalf.
We have so many unique and hidden gems in San Antonio. District 2 touches several others where we can work together and maybe come to a consensus that benefits the City, but especially D2.
We have so many unique and hidden gems in San Antonio. District 2 touches several others where we can work together and maybe come to a consensus that benefits the City, but especially D2.
anything by Steve Harvey or Bernie Mac
Yes we get an overarching budget each year. But as a person who works to go line by line and take a scalpel to the fat/unproductive.....COSA needs that to benefit all the citizens. People need to know what is successful and what is failing. Then we can allocate funding away from failures to promote successes across the city and not a pocket. If it can benefit all of us then we have a bigger problem.
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See also
2025 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 3, 2025
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