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A primary was scheduled for March 3, The filing deadline for this election was December 9, The deadline for candidates to file to run in this election was August 19, Bexar County, Texas , held general elections for county judge, county commissioner, district attorney, district clerk, and county clerk on November 6, If a race had multiple candidates for a party nomination, a primary was held on May 5, The commissioners court functions as the county's primary legislative and policy-making body.

Most boards also control county land usage, oversee environmental issues and possess executive powers, meaning they have the authority to appoint or remove departmental heads.

The Bexar County Commissioners Court is made up of the county judge, who serves as the county's chief executive officer, and four commissioners. The judge is elected county-wide and the commissioners are elected by district to four-year terms.

Bexar County is served by four constables who are elected by district to four-year terms. A constable is "an authorized peace officer and is the chief process server of the justice court.

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Share this page Follow Ballotpedia. What's on your ballot? Jump to: navigation , search. In a second railroad, the International—Great Northern, reached the city from the northeast. The completion of the two railroads not only brought new prosperity, but helped to change the physical face of the county. Before the s most visitors had been struck by the fact that San Antonio and environs, despite relatively large numbers of English , Irish , and Germans , still more resembled a Mexican community than an American one.

The influx of new settlers and manufactured building products gradually transformed the city and county, altering its appearance to more closely resemble that of other communities in Texas. The changing character of Bexar was perhaps most tellingly revealed in , when for the first time the number of the county's inhabitants born in Germany 4, actually outnumbered those who had been born in Mexico 3, The construction of the railroads also stimulated the establishment or greatly spurred the growth of numerous new communities, particularly along their route, including Macdona, Von Ormy, Cassin, Atascosa, Thelma, Beckman, Luxello, Converse, and Kirby.

But despite the growth of the new communities, in the overwhelming majority of the county's inhabitants, 37, of 49,, lived in San Antonio. The s also saw many new industries. By San Antonio listed among its businesses three bookbinderies, four breweries, three carriage factories, four ice factories, three tanneries, one wool-scouring plant, and an iron foundry.

Between and employees in manufactures in the county grew from to 2, After the turn of the century the manufacturing sector continued to show impressive growth. By the county had factories employing 6, persons.

During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the agricultural economy, too, grew markedly. Between and the number of farms grew from 1, to 3,, and the amount of land in farming increased from less than , acres to more than , Soon after World War I , a colony of Belgian immigrants began truck farming on a large scale just south and west of the city.

The principal crops during the early years of this century included corn, milo, hegari, cane, oats, vegetables, and fruits. Prior to World War II Bexar County also remained a significant source of beef cattle, and poultry raising and dairying took an increasingly important place in the county's economy.

By the late s more than half of the county's agricultural receipts came from livestock and livestock products. In addition, large amounts of wool and mohair were shipped to the Midwest and to New England for manufacture.

Oil was first discovered in the county in , and since World War II has represented a significant part of the area's economy. In county wells produced , barrels. Total production up to January 1, , amounted to 32,, barrels. Another important spur to the county's economy was tourism. By the turn of the century, Bexar County and San Antonio began to attract increasing numbers of tourists, drawn by the Alamo, the missions, and the area's mild winter climate.

A spa and hotel opened in the s at Hot Sulphur Wells, just south of the city, drew guests from as far away as the Midwest and the East Coast. And for a short time just after San Antonio vied with Hollywood as a center for the infant movie industry. Beginning in the second half of the nineteenth century San Antonio also developed as an important military center. The San Antonio Arsenal was opened in , and in the city deeded ninety acres to the federal government for what eventually became Fort Sam Houston.

At the end of the war, a part of Kelly Field became Duncan Field , and in Randolph Field was established as a primary flight training base. Between and cotton, which had previously been grown only on small quantities, became one of the county's most important cash crops.

The census reported that only 1, bales of cotton had been produced in the county that year; by the number had grown to 19,; and in the figure reached 27, During the same period the amount of land given to cotton production grew steadily, and by the mids nearly a third of the improved farmland was used for cotton culture.

The same period also saw a steady rise in the number of tenant farmers in the county. Before fewer than 10 percent of the farmers were tenants; in some 40 percent of the farms were worked by tenants; and by more than half, 1, of 3, farms, were operated by nonowners.

The majority of the leaseholders were Anglos, but much of the labor was performed by persons of Mexican descent, who were poorly paid and frequently lived in poverty. During the s Bexar County experienced the beginnings of agricultural mechanization. Tractors and other machines appeared in the county in increasing numbers, and by the eve of World War II, Bexar County farms were among the most mechanized in the state.

The onset of the Great Depression , falling agricultural prices, and the arrival of the boll weevil brought hardships for many of the farmers of Bexar County. Many were forced to leave the land and move to the city or to turn to other occupations. Cotton production, which peaked in the mids, fell dramatically during the s and s. Farmers who remained in the area began to devote more of their resources to truck farming and to growing feed for livestock.

Despite the area's relatively diversified economy, the depression hit Bexar County hard. By the mids many people were out of work and very glad of the New Deal programs that gave them work paving streets and building bridges, sewers, and parks. Among the largest projects of the period were the renovation of La Villita and the San Antonio missions, and the construction of the Paseo del Rio along the San Antonio River in the center of the city.

During World War II, Bexar County's already large military presence grew even more, as the area's bases became an important center for the training of army air corps cadets under the auspices of the San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center. At the height of the war, more than 21, civilian war workers were employed at Kelly Field alone. After the war, the presence of so many military personnel continued to bring changes to the county.

Thousands of returning veterans enrolled in local colleges and universities, and many others, attracted by the area during their service years, moved to the city.

San Antonio also developed into a major retirement center for military families, drawn by the relatively low cost of living and the access to the two large area military medical centers, Wilford Hall and Brooke Army Medical Center. Since the end of the Second World War, the economy of the area has continued to depended heavily on a large federal payroll from the various military bases and research facilities, and from the large number of retired military residents.

During the twentieth century Bexar County developed into a major educational center. There were several private or free schools in the late Spanish and Mexican period, usually meeting in private homes. During the revolution most of these schools closed, but by the early s two private schools were in operation, one for boys and one for girls, run by the Brothers of Mary Marianists and the Ursuline Sisters respectively.

In the late s and s several additional schools were opened, including the German-English School , St. Mary's Hall , and a Freedmen's Bureau school for the children of newly liberated slaves.

Several public elementary schools followed, and in the first public high school was founded. Since then a number of institutions of higher learning have opened, including Incarnate Word College, chartered in ; Our Lady of the Lake University, founded as a two-year college in ; St.

Mary's University, which started as a junior college in ; Trinity University, which moved to its present site in San Antonio in ; and the University of Texas at San Antonio, which was established in The county is also served by two community colleges, San Antonio College, which opened in ; and St.

Philip's College, which became a junior college in In the early s Bexar County had fifteen community school districts with elementary, 55 middle schools, 35 high schools, and 19 special-education schools.

Fifty-five percent of the 12, high school graduates planned to attend college. In —83, 35 percent of the school graduates were White, 58 percent Hispanic, 7 percent Black, 0. Politically, from the time of the annexationqv of Texas to the Union until the s, Bexar County was staunchly in the Democratic camp.

The voters of Bexar County favored the Democratic candidate in virtually every presidential election through ; the only exceptions occurred in , when Republican Warren G.

Harding carried the county, and in , when Herbert Hoover did. Though the Democrats won majorities there in , and , the Republicans took the county in , , and George W. Bush carried the county by comfortable margins in and The number of businesses in Bexar County in the early s was 18, In , 6 percent of the labor force were self-employed, 21 percent were employed in professional or related services, 11 percent in manufacturing, 24 percent in wholesale and retail trade, 10 percent in public administration, and 2 percent in other counties; 60, retired workers lived in the county.

Leading industries included oil and gas extraction, brewing of beer, general and heavy construction, soft-drink canning and bottling, commercial printing, bookbinding, lumber milling, iron and steel milling, and the manufacture of men's and women's clothing, household furniture, curtains and draperies, cardboard boxes, pharmaceuticals, shoes, ready-mix concrete, construction machinery, aircraft and aircraft parts, and electronic components.