SATX-NSA: Impact 11/5/2025

Updated 11:50 p.m.
With all 285 polling locations reporting results, voters approved both Propositions A and B, which clears the way for the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo to transform the county’s Eastside properties into its permanent home, and funds 25%, or $311 million, of the new downtown Spurs Arena.

Zooming in: 248,428 out of 1.3 million voters, or 19.31%, cast their ballots for the Nov. 4 election.

137,804, or 55.91%, voted for Proposition A, while 108,671, or 44.09%, voted against it. 128,642 voters, or 52.14%, voted for Proposition B, while 118,068, or 47.86%, voted against.

Proposition A
Authorizing Bexar County to provide for the acquisition and financing of the Freeman Coliseum, Frost Bank Center and other San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo facilities, together known as the Coliseum Complex Venue Project.

Proposition B
Authorize Bexar County to plan, develop and finance a new multipurpose arena designed primarily as the home venue for the San Antonio Spurs basketball team, known as the Arena Venue Project.

Updated 12:55 a.m., Nov. 5

With 285 out of 285 polling locations reporting results, 248,428 out of 1.3 million voters, or 19.31%, cast their ballots for the Nov. 4 election. Voters approved Propositions A-C and voted against Propositions D and E.

• Proposition A: 41,302, or 60.40% voted in support, while 27,080, or 39.60% voted against.
• Proposition B: 38,537, or 56.60%, voted for the proposition, while 29,545, or 43.40%, voted against.
• Proposition C: 34,079 or 50.10%, voted in support, while 33,939, or 49.90%, voted against.
• Proposition D: 31,749, or 46.85%, voted in support, while 36,019, or 53.15%, against.
• Proposition E: 33,681, or 49.72%, voted for the proposition, while 34,056, or 50.28%, voted against.

For a group that rescues over 10,000 animals each year, this San Antonio-based organization had to start somewhere.

How we got here: Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation, or WRR, started from “literally nothing” back in 1977, Founder and President Lynn Cuny said.

“The whole concept of rehabilitation and rescue wasn’t really in existence in Texas, back then,” Cuny said. “Nothing like what we do now.”

The breakdown: WRR’s sanctuary in Kendall County is home to hundreds of displaced animals rescued from not just the San Antonio area, but across the entire country.

The sanctuary’s Executive Director, Ashton Kuhn, said the primary goal of operations is to limit exposure to human contact and give them the best possible chance to thrive and survive.

The big picture: Overall, Cuny said that while the efforts of WRR are relatively small compared to the dangers that native animals face as a whole, doing something is better than doing nothing at all.

• Serving Boerne, San Antonio and surrounding areas

As of press time, all 17 constitutional amendments on the Texas ballot were poised to become law. The state propositions with the most support would either expand property tax exemptions or prohibit new taxes, while voters also favored measures aimed at funding infrastructure and research.

The overview: Some of the state propositions on the ballot included:

• Proposition 1: new funding to support the Texas State Technical College System
• Proposition 3: tighter restrictions on when Texas judges can grant bail for felony offenses
• Proposition 4: $20 billion for water supply projects and infrastructure
• Proposition 9: a $125,000 property tax exemption for businesses
• Propositions 11 and 13: expanded property tax exemptions for Texas homeowners
• Proposition 14: $3 billion to create a state dementia research institute