Updated Nov. 5 

Results are complete but unofficial. 

Matthew Mendoza, who has served as San Marcos City council member Place 1, since 2022, has been reelected to the council after running against Chase Norris.

Mendoza received 56.77% of the vote and has been elected for the term 2025-27.

Norris received 43.23% of the vote.

According to a Community Impact questionnaire with Mendoza, his priorities include drainage and utility improvements in Sunset Acres and Barrio Pescado, as well as environmental restoration for Sessom Creek.

Mendoza said that another one of his focuses for the upcoming term is creating diverse jobs in San Marcos. 

“Sometimes you’ve got to get two or three different jobs, and we need to make sure we have as many opportunities as we possibly can for our people,” Mendoza said. 

As of Jan. 1, 2025, San Marcos’ population is estimated to be 90,988 with an average growth rate of 4.56%. With this growth, Mendoza plans on addressing the cost of living changes by strengthening the tenant’s right to organize.  

The San Marcos city council passed an ordinance allowing for tenant’s right to organize.  Mendoza said with the San Marcos population being 71% renters, residents should have the right to live a quality life. 

“First and foremost, we need to finish up that renter’s rights ordinance. We need to go establish some rules that have some teeth to them for people that are just bad landlords, slumlords,” Mendoza said. 

Mendoza said that the reason he ran for reelection is that San Marcos is his home and wanted to help build a foundation in the city to grow. 

“We should be going preparing for the future when it comes to infrastructure, when it comes to job development, when it comes to education,” Mendoza said.  “We have to ensure that generations to come have a high quality of life.”

Mendoza wanted to make sure that Texas State students have just as much of a right to speak up as residents who have lived in San Marcos for over 30 years.