Bexar County District Attorney

Candidates for Bexar County district attorney, Democrat Luz Elena Chapa and Republican Ashley Foster, discussed their priorities Wednesday during separate interviews on Texas Public Radio's "The Source."

Bexar County voters will choose a new district attorney Nov. 3, with prosecution priorities, staffing and alternatives to incarceration shaping the race to succeed retiring Democrat Joe Gonzales. Democrat Luz Elena Chapa faces Republican Ashley Foster and independent Jason Wolff,

Luz Elena Chapa and Jane Davis are candidates in the Democratic Party runoff election for Bexar County District Attorney. The two candidates have two very different views on the job performance of current district attorney Joe Gonzales.

The center is a collaboration of more than 50 partners ranging from the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office, San Antonio Police, City of San Antonio, the Rape Crisis Center, University Health and many others. Executive Director Crystal Chandler said it’s designed to be a one-stop shop for people facing sexual assault, human trafficking, stalking, and family violence.

His time in office was marked by a pandemic that shut down many aspects of the courts, seeing a ballooning backlog of cases.

The review of Johnson’s autopsy report came 16 months after he was shot and killed by SAPD officers during an attempted arrest.

Johnson was killed by SAPD officers last March. His mother, Arlene Garcia, said she’s tried to view her son’s autopsy for over a year without success. Now, she has the chance.

Arlene Garcia says she was promised Kevin Johnson’s autopsy in a March 29 meeting, but when she arrived she was told they didn’t have it.

In his two elections, Gonzales proved adept at navigating tides of national issues to victory. In 2018 he unseated incumbent Nico LaHood in his Democratic primary, running on a police accountability and reform platform. His challenger this time, Republican Marc LaHood (Nico’s brother) was swimming against the tide of abortion access.

Republican challenger is leaning into criticism of Democratic incumbent Joe Gonzales, his record and his administration of the district attorney's office. But with gun control and abortion access at the fore of politics, will his messaging work?