Julian Castro Julian Castro On May 11, 2013, the city of San Antonio, Texas, held a mayoral election for the role of Mayor of San Antonio to serve a two-year term to expire in 2015.

After the deadline to file passed, pundits noted that Julian Castro would likely secure re-election as no major challengers had opted to run for the second consecutive time, and the six challengers that did file did not make significant efforts to campaign.

Julian Castro secured re-election with over 66% of the vote, thus negating the need of a runoff election.

Despite being elected to a third term as Mayor, Julian Castro would ultimately not serve the full term, as he was nominated and confirmed by the United States Senate to become the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, a role he would serve until the end of the Obama administration on January 20, 2017.

The vacancy in the mayoralty was filled by an internal election of the City Council, leading to Ivy Taylor being selected to serve the balance of the term until the 2015 mayoral election.