Gina Ortiz Jones

Gina Maria Ortiz Jones (born February 1, 1981) is an American politician and U.S. Air Force veteran serving as the 184th mayor of San Antonio, Texas, since 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as Under Secretary of the Air Force from 2021 to 2023. Jones was the 2018 Democratic nominee for Texas's 23rd congressional district, narrowly losing to the incumbent Republican Will Hurd. She ran again as the nominee for the seat in 2020, losing to Tony Gonzales in the general election. After her second loss, she served as Under Secretary of the Air Force in the Biden administration from 2021 to 2023. She ran for mayor of San Antonio in the 2025 election, winning in a runoff. She is the first Asian-American female mayor of a major city in Texas, the first openly lesbian mayor of San Antonio, and the first female mayor in Texas to have served in war. Jones is also the first mayor since 2005 to have not previously served on San Antonio's city council.

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