Roughly a quarter of Bexar County voters have either a school board race, municipal election or bond proposal to decide on the May 2 municipal election ballot.
School districts holding elections include North East ISD, Alamo Heights ISD, Southwest ISD and Medina Valley ISD. Plus, there’s one seat up on the Alamo Colleges District Board race, and a bond election in Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD.
Additionally, 14 smaller municipalities are electing mayors, council members and weighing in on taxing issues. Just one, Leon Valley, has a contested mayor’s race.
If you’re not sure whether you should be voting in this election, find your home on the map above or verify your voter registration status with the Bexar County Elections Department.
Once you’ve pulled up your registration online, click the link to download a copy of your personalized sample ballot.
Voters who don’t have any races on the May 2 ballot will pull up a message saying, “There is currently no election information available.”
Early voting ended Tuesday with just 6,100 early, in-person ballots cast — less than 2% turnout from the roughly 340,000 voters who are eligible.
Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, and eligible Bexar County voters can vote at any election day vote center.
Looking for the Republican and Democratic primary runoffs? That’s a different election coming up soon, on May 26.
Which cities are holding elections?
Fourteen smaller municipalities in Bexar County are electing city leaders on the May 2 ballot. Ten of them are electing mayors, though Leon Valley Mayor Chris Riley is the only one facing a contested race. Six of those municipalities are also deciding on sales tax measures.
- Balcones Heights: Mayor (unopposed), plus two council seats
- Castle Hills: Three aldermen, plus a sales tax measure
- Grey Forest: Mayor (unopposed), plus two council seats and a sales tax measure
- Helotes: Three council seats
- Hollywood Park: Mayor (unopposed), plus two council seats and a sales tax measure
- Kirby: Three at-large council seats
- Leon Valley: Contested mayoral race, plus two council seats
- Live Oak: Mayor (unopposed), plus two council seats
- Olmos Park: Mayor (unopposed), plus two contested council seats and a sales tax measure
- Selma: Mayor (unopposed), plus two contested council seats
- Shavano Park: Three at-large aldermen, plus a sales tax measure
- Somerset: Mayor (unopposed), plus one council seat
- Terrell Hills: Mayor (unopposed), plus two council seats and a sales tax measure
- Universal City: Mayor (unopposed), plus three at-large council seats
Why don’t I have a race on the May 2 ballot?
The City of San Antonio typically votes in its City Council and mayor in May of odd-numbered years, and last year elected Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones and 10 council members to four-year terms. In an effort to improve voter turnout, however, the city is moving its municipal elections to November of odd-numbered years, meaning the next will be held in November 2029.
Some San Antonio-area school districts also elect their school board members in November, or in May of odd-numbered years.
Even if your school district is voting this May, school boards typically only elect a portion of their members at a time. That means those using single-member districts — members who represent a specific geographic region — may not see their representative on this year’s ballot.
For example, North East ISD elected roughly half of its board in May of 2024. Now the other half of the board is up in 2026, but District 3 and District 7 are the only ones with contested races.
Similarly, the Alamo College District board has about half of its seats up for reelection this year, but just one, District 9, has a contested race.
Alamo Heights ISD and Southwest ISD elect their board members at-large, meaning every resident in the district can weigh in on all of its members.
Medina Valley ISD has a combination of single-member and at-large representatives, but only at-large members are on the ballot this year.
Learn more about the candidates and races
Use the San Antonio Report’s Education Voter Guide to read more about all of the school board and Alamo Colleges District candidates.
