San Antonio mayor-elect Gina Ortiz Jones tells Axios she's not waiting to be sworn in to start tackling issues like a potential new Spurs arena, an expected budget deficit and the impact of Trump administration policies.

Jones, who served in the Biden administration, defeated Rolando Pablos, a former Texas secretary of state, in a high-profile, bitterly partisan contest.

Early voting numbers in Saturday night's mayoral runoff race showed Gina Ortiz Jones leading over Rolando Pablos. By 7 p.m., the early vote tally was 53,645 for Jones and 48,863 for Pablos.