DeBerry filed her candidacy minutes earlier the deadline; authorities instrumentality requires her to resign

Trish DeBerry (Contributed photo, KSAT)

SAN ANTONIO – Bexar County Pct. 3 Commissioner Trish DeBerry announced Monday she volition beryllium moving for region judge.

DeBerry made her candidacy authoritative minutes earlier Monday’s 6 p.m. deadline. She volition tally arsenic a Republican and joins 1 different GOP campaigner and 4 Democrats.

Under authorities law, DeBerry’s candidacy for region justice means she’ll beryllium required to forfeit her existent spot connected the Bexar County Commissioner’s Court, wherever she represents the North Side precinct.

Regardless of who wins the wide predetermination successful November, Bexar County volition person caller practice successful that bureau for the archetypal clip since 2001, aft longtime County Judge Nelson Wolff announced helium would not question re-election.

A timeline is not instantly wide connected erstwhile DeBerry volition permission the commissioner’s court. She volition beryllium replaced by an appointee, who volition service until her word ends successful 2024.

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Trish DeBerry makes her candidacy for Bexar County Judge authoritative minutes earlier the filing deadline connected Dec. 13, 2021. (KSAT)

Other candidates

The superior is slated for March 1, 2022. Here are the different candidates who person filed:

  • Small concern proprietor Nathan Buchanan, Republican

  • State Rep. Ina Minjarez, Democrat

  • Mayoral main of unit Ivalis Meza Gonzalez, Democrat

  • Former mayoral campaigner Gerard Ponce, Democrat

  • Former territory tribunal justice Peter Sakai, Democrat

Election outlook

DeBerry, a erstwhile mayoral campaigner and selling radical CEO, bushed retired Democrat Christine Hortick to win her archetypal region commissioner word successful 2020. The presumption is DeBerry’s archetypal elected office.

In her 11 months successful office, DeBerry has scrutinized the operations astatine the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office, often clashing with Sheriff Javier Salazar connected his department’s purchasing requests and policies.

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Her chances of securing the Republican superior are strong, with tiny concern proprietor Nathan Buchanan arsenic the lone different candidate.

However, she faces a overmuch tougher conflict successful the wide election.

The region has not elected a Republican arsenic Bexar County Judge since 1998, erstwhile Cyndi Taylor Krier clinched her 2nd word successful office. Krier resigned successful 2001 aft she was named to the UT System Board of Regents. Wolff was appointed successful her spot and remained successful the bureau since past aft winning 5 consecutive terms.

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