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'''Ronald Adrian Nirenberg''', known as '''Ron Nirenberg''' (born April 11, 1977), is an [[United States|American]] [[politician]] who has been the [[mayor]] of  [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], the seventh largest city in the [[United States]], since June 21, 2017. Though he is not officially a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], as are nearly all big-city mayors, he holds [[Partisan|non-partisan]] position. Nirenberg calls himself a "[[progressive]]" and was endorsed for mayor by the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer group, the Stomewall Democrats of Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://outinsa.com/stonewall-democrats-endorse-nirenberg-mayor/|title=Stonewall Democrats Endorse Nirenberg for Mayor|publisher=outinsa.com|date=March 26, 20176|author=Sam Sanchez|accessdate=March 24, 2018}}</ref>

'''Ronald Adrian Nirenberg''', known as '''Ron Nirenberg''' (born April 11, 1977), is an [[United States|American]] [[politician]] who has been the [[mayor]] of  [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], the seventh largest city in the [[United States]], since June 21, 2017. Though he is not officially a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], as are nearly all big-city mayors, he holds a [[Partisan|non-partisan]] position. Nirenberg calls himself a "[[progressive]]" and was endorsed for mayor by the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer group, the Stomewall Democrats of Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://outinsa.com/stonewall-democrats-endorse-nirenberg-mayor/|title=Stonewall Democrats Endorse Nirenberg for Mayor|publisher=outinsa.com|date=March 26, 20176|author=Sam Sanchez|accessdate=March 24, 2018}}</ref>

With 54.6 percent of the ballots cast, Nirenberg unseated in a runoff the more [[conservative]] Ivy Ruth Taylor, an [[African-American]] native of [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]], who served just over two years as mayor following the resignation of the [[Hispanic]] [[liberal]] [[Julian Castro]], who joined the second term administration of former [[U.S. President]] [[Barack H. Obama]] as the secretary of the [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development]].  Nirenberg was the first candidate for mayor in twenty years to unseat an incumbent in the municipal election. Prior to his becoming mayor, he served for four years as the District 8 member of the city  in the northwestern portion of the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/ron-nirenburg-sworn-in-as-mayor-of-san-antonio|title=Ron Nirenberg sworn in as mayor of San Antonio|publisher=News 4 San Antonio ([[NBC]])|date=June 21, 2017|accessdate=June 22, 2017}}</ref>

With 54.6 percent of the ballots cast, Nirenberg unseated in a runoff the more [[conservative]] Ivy Ruth Taylor, an [[African-American]] native of [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]], who served just over two years as mayor following the resignation of the [[Hispanic]] [[liberal]] [[Julian Castro]], who joined the second term administration of former [[U.S. President]] [[Barack H. Obama]] as the secretary of the [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development]].  Nirenberg was the first candidate for mayor in twenty years to unseat an incumbent in the municipal election. Prior to his becoming mayor, he served for four years as the District 8 member of the city  in the northwestern portion of the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/ron-nirenburg-sworn-in-as-mayor-of-san-antonio|title=Ron Nirenberg sworn in as mayor of San Antonio|publisher=News 4 San Antonio ([[NBC]])|date=June 21, 2017|accessdate=June 22, 2017}}</ref>