Irina Rudolph

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Irina Rudolph

Nonpartisan

Elections and appointments

Last election

May 6, 2023

Personal

Religion

Christian: Baptist

Profession

Business owner

Contact

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Irina Rudolph ran for election to the San Antonio City Council to represent District 6 in Texas. She lost in the general election on May 6, 2023.

Rudolph completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Irina Rudolph was born in Khabarovsk. Her professional experience includes being a business owner.

Elections

2023

See also: City elections in San Antonio, Texas (2023)

General election

General election for San Antonio City Council District 6

Incumbent Melissa Cabello Havrda defeated Irina Rudolph and Chris Baecker in the general election for San Antonio City Council District 6 on May 6, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Melissa Cabello Havrda (Nonpartisan)	53.8	6,187
		Irina Rudolph (Nonpartisan)	35.0	4,030
	Submit photo	Chris Baecker (Nonpartisan)	11.2	1,292

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,509
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2021

See also: City elections in San Antonio, Texas (2021)

General election

General election for San Antonio City Council District 6

Incumbent Melissa Cabello Havrda defeated Irina Rudolph, Robert Hernandez, Robert Walker, and Chris Baecker in the general election for San Antonio City Council District 6 on May 1, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Melissa Cabello Havrda (Nonpartisan)	55.5	6,899
		Irina Rudolph (Nonpartisan)	28.3	3,518
	Submit photo	Robert Hernandez (Nonpartisan)	7.8	965
	Submit photo	Robert Walker (Nonpartisan)	4.8	599
	Submit photo	Chris Baecker (Nonpartisan)	3.7	454

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 12,435
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Campaign themes

2023

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Irina Rudolph completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Rudolph's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I legally immigrated to the United States almost twenty years ago. I am the proud wife and mother of two. I am very active in my community and care a great deal for all residents. My team and I have cleaned up many sites lacking beautification in District 6. I speak fluent English, Russian, and improving on my Spanish daily.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Cleaning Up Streets and Reducing Homelessness
• Lowering City Debt
• Supporting Police, Military and All Veterans

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

When running in 2021, I discovered there were many homeless camps in District 6. Since that time the number of homeless camps have only increased. Now many are within close proximity to elementary schools, where needles and drugs can be found on a daily basis.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

I believe hard work and having my constituents' best interests in mind with every decision I make are the two most important characteristics for any elected official who wishes to serve their community.

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

Passionate and Honest

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

As a city councilwoman, I believe bringing money into the district which directly impacts the lives of every resident is a core responsibility. I also believe all money coming in must be accounted for.

One thing I'd like to do is form a rapid response team for concerns and that replies within one business day by phone or in person. Leading a volunteer neighborhood clean-up group for the entire district.

What legacy would you like to leave?

That my district was safe and clean.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

I used to live in the Soviet Union, and I remember vividly when Communism fell. Immediately after we experienced a Civil War.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

I have been a business owner for the past 11 years.

What is something that has been a struggle in your life?

Under communism, my family would go hungry. We had to constantly fight to put food on the table.

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2021

Irina Rudolph completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Rudolph's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am an immigrant, small business owner, mother, and wife. My educational background is in engineering. I am passionate about solving the problems within District 6 and San Antonio as a whole. As a City Council person, I believe that every politician is obligated to serve their constituents to the best of their ability, and that is my goal.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• I support our first responders 100%. However, every organization has issues and needs support to root out those not working in the best interest of the citizens. I will balance supporting both.

• Homelessness, it is important to utilize the existing programs while increasing areas that are deficient in assisting those less fortunate.
• Trash/illegal dumping has become a huge issue within the district, educating businesses and citizens of the ramifications both environmental and potential fines could work toward fixing the problem.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

As a female small business owner, I am most passionate about assisting small businesses in economic recovery, maintaining employment levels to support all San Antonians, and remove the double-standard between small and large businesses blatantly exposed during 2020. Due to the staggering closures of businesses, women and youth are going to be the biggest loss of potential business owners which will decrease the diversity within the small business community that will set us back over 50 years. I will never stop fighting for growing and strengthening San Antonio's business community.

What qualities does this office possess that makes it a unique and important part of the state government and legal system?

City Council is supposed to be about dialogue and representing the vision of all San Antonians, that has been neglected without any respect for far too long and has been a group think exercise.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

To remember that they are not "leaders", they are representatives of and for their constituents, so their job is to serve.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

During my early teen years, the collapse of communism in the USSR is the first major historical event that I recollect.

If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?

Rosie the Riveter, which is why I made my poster reminiscent of her, I saw that as a kid and wanted to be her and that inspired my desire to come to the United States.

What is something that has been a struggle in your life?

The biggest struggle was being a single mother, with two minor children, working two jobs. The desire to hide the struggles from my children and not being able to give the amount of attention to my them that I would have liked.

Do you believe that it's beneficial for holders of this office to have previous experience in government or politics?

This position that requires passion for the area in which you reside, for the person to love their neighbors and community, I have that in spades.

What kind of skills or expertise do you believe would be the most helpful for the holders of this office to possess?

I am a small business owner. I have education in engineering. I am a strong, hard-working, dedicated, fierce woman who will never settle for anything but was is right. I love San Antonio, I love Texas, and I love United States of America.

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