Westside runoff activists-turned-candidates back off…
Two young activists whose careers have so far been spent pushing local leaders to the left suddenly find themselves seeking broader appeal as they compete for the same fast-growing, politically swingy Westside council district. District 6 is hardly a bastion of progressive politics — sending the more moderately liberal Councilwoman Melissa Cabello Havrda to the City County for the past six years, and conservative Greg Brockhouse before that. Yet the race to represent it is now down to a June 7 runoff between labor organizer and Democratic precinct chair Kelly Ann Gonzalez, 34, who completed a leadership program for progressive candidates before this race, and District 5 special projects manager Ric Galvan, 24, who is endorsed by the San Antonio chapter of the Democratic Socialists of Ameri
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