Phillip Duane Hardberger (born July 27, 1934) is an American politician and lawyer who served as mayor of San Antonio, taking office in June, 2005.

As chief justice, he presided over the Littleton v. Prange case, invalidating marriages in the court's jurisdiction if the transgender partner is of the same birth sex.

[4] It simultaneously also opened the option for some same-sex couples to marry as long as the two partners were assigned to the opposite sex at birth.

[citation needed] He was in office during the fall of 2005 when the New Orleans Saints were displaced as a result of Hurricane Katrina and set up their operations in San Antonio.

Hardberger hasn't given up hope on another professional sports team even though the Saints have returned to New Orleans when he said, "Sometimes dates do lead to marriage proposals.

But there isn't any doubt in my mind that, if we're going to take on an additional professional franchise, the great majority of people here would like a football team."...

He garnered 77% of the vote during his re-election in 2007 and left the mayor's office at the end of his second term with an approval rating of 86 percent.

One of Taylor's mayoral opponents, city council member Ron Niremberg, however, charged her with "changing the rules in the middle of the process to rig the outcome."

Taylor had favored retention of the local contract company, Rio San Antonio Cruises.