Early vote totals show Marina Alderete Gavito pulling quickly ahead of Dan Rossiter in the runoff for the District 7 seat on San Antonio City Council.
If Gavito wins the runoff, she will complete a second pair of parent-child representatives for District 7.
Her father, Joe Aldrete, represented the district for four terms starting in 1977. Gavito would replace interim Councilwoman Rosie Castro, whose son Julián Castro held the seat from 2001 to 2005 before becoming mayor and, in the Obama administration, housing secretary.Rossiter, former president of the Thunderbird Hills Neighborhood Association, quit his job developing transportation technology at the Southwest Research Institute to run for office.
Gavito has held leadership positions at USAA and Rackspace, which funded her position at the tech advocacy nonprofit Tech Bloc as founding executive director and chief operating officer. She has pledged to resign from SA Digital Connects, a public-private partnership where she was hired as executive director in 2021, if she becomes a council member. Gavito took an advisory role with the organization while she campaigned.Disclosure: Marina Alderete Gavito previously served on the San Antonio Report’s board of directors.
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