| − | '''San Antonio''', also known as "Alamo City," is a growing metropolis in south-central [[Texas]], approximately 140 miles northwest of the [[Gulf of Mexico]] and 150 miles northeast of the city of [[Laredo]] on the Mexican border. San Antonio covers 368.6 square miles, and is in the Bexar County.<ref>It is predominantly [[Latino]].http://www.sachamber.org/relo/general_info.php</ref>
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| − | Its [[Leftist]] mayor, [[Julian Castro]] joined the [[Barack Obama]] Cabinet and was succeeded by a moderately [[conservative]] [[African-American]], Ivy Taylor. In an upset election outcome in June 2015, Taylor as the interim mayor, defeated a liberal Hispanic, Leticia Van de Putte, a former member of the Texas State Senate who ran unsuccessfully against [[Dan Patrick]] for lieutenant governor of Texas in 2014.
| + | '''San Antonio''', also known as "Alamo City," is a growing metropolis in south-central [[Texas]], approximately 140 miles northwest of the [[Gulf of Mexico]] and 150 miles northeast of the city of [[Laredo]] on the [[Mexico|Mexican border]], and 197 miles west of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]]. The seat of government of Bexar County, San Antonio covers 368.6 square miles.<ref>It is predominantly [[Latino]]. Less than a third of the population is [[Anglo]]. It is nearly 7 percent [[African-American]].<ref>http://www.sachamber.org/relo/general_info.php</ref> |
| | + | When its [[leftist]] mayor, [[Julian Castro]] joined the [[Barack H. Obama]] Cabinet, he was succeeded by a moderately [[conservative]] African-American, Ivy Taylor. In an upset election outcome in June 2015, Taylor as the interim mayor, defeated a liberal Hispanic, Leticia Van de Putte, a former member of the Texas State Senate who ran unsuccessfully against her colleague [[Dan Patrick]] for lieutenant governor in 2014. |