Gina Ortiz Jones is leading the race to be San Antonio's new mayor, edging out Rolando Pablos in early election results posted Saturday. Why it matters: The mayoral election, the city's first in 16 years without an incumbent on the ballot,

Jones, who served in the Biden administration, defeated Rolando Pablos, a former Texas secretary of state, in a high-profile, bitterly partisan contest.

Early voting numbers in Saturday night's mayoral runoff race showed Gina Ortiz Jones leading over Rolando Pablos. By 7 p.m., the early vote tally was 53,645 for Jones and 48,863 for Pablos.