DeBerry believes a Republican can win the top elected position in Democrat-dominated Bexar County, especially in a midterm election.
So it wasn’t entirely out of character for her to jump into the Bexar County judge’s race as a Republican —Whether DeBerry, 57, can defeat her Democratic opponent,, 67, a highly regarded former state district judge who spent 26 years on the bench, is an open question. The voters will decide that Nov. 8.
Biden’s approval ratings are climbing, though they remain below 50 percent, and he’s signed major legislation in the last year, including a $1.3 trillion infrastructure bill and another to combat climate change. Also, the price of gas in San Antonio has dropped to a little more than $3 a gallon on average from a high of $4.69 in June.
Trish DeBerry, 57, the former Precinct 3 county commissioner, attends a 9/11 event at San Antonio American Legion Post 2 as she campaigns for Bexar County judge.She described rallying the support of Democrats on the five-member Commissioners Court to establish a family leave policy for county employees and to lower Bexar County’s property tax rate by a small amount. She was the sole Republican county commissioner.
“Just the fact that she’s in tune with San Antonio’s poverty rate is, I think, a big step forward for any Republican,” said Garza, who served two terms as mayor and now serves on the San Antonio Independent School District’s board. “Right now, when times are so divisive, it’s refreshing to have candidates on either side take a stand on their values, not just on what the party dictates.”
“I believe the future of this county is too important not to frame a platform and a vision for what we need to accomplish in the next 20 to 25 years,” she said. “And quite honestly, I don’t believe that anyone is crowned or is anointed without having to articulate a vision for what they want to accomplish.”
Henry and The PM Group of San Antonio have vehemently denied DeBerry’s claims, which she leveled at a news conference on the Bexar County Courthouse steps Monday.in a race defined mostly by undramatic policy disagreements“Life is short. I felt like this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” DeBerry said. “And I know it’s risky, and I know all the odds are stacked against me.”
“For the most part, it was my mom and I,” she recalled. “My mom worked full time in civil service out at Fort Sam Houston. DeBerry’s mother transferred from Fort Sam Houston to Kelly AFB but began having back problems and took a disability retirement. This cut into the family’s income when it was time for DeBerry to go to college. With little money for tuition, her mother asked her to enroll at the University of Texas at San Antonio. DeBerry attended classes there for two years, then transferred to Trinity University with the help of a scholarship and a student loan.
For a time, she worked with H-E-B’s corporate communications, developing a corporate video news magazine and producing training videos for the grocery giant. She became a mother relatively late in life, giving birth in 2002 to her son, Scott Mejia, when she was 37, and her daughter, Maddie Mejia, in 2005, when she was 40. DeBerry raised her children mostly as a single mom following her divorce in 2009.
In November 2020, DeBerry won a hard-fought race for the Bexar County Precinct 3 commissioner’s seat. She took office Jan. 1, 2021.DeBerry was criticized for not divesting herself of public agency contracts soon enough while she was on Commissioners Court. At the time, she said she’d given up operational control of the company and handled only private sector accounts.
She proposed the first county homestead exemption for taxpayers, which Commissioners Court approved in March. And she championed a small cut in the county’s property tax rate, which drew votes of support from Wolff and Commissioner Tommy Calvert. That saved taxpayers $1.7 million, less than $4 annually for a typical homeowner.
During what was perhaps their most vitriolic fight, DeBerry argued that sheriff’s deputies had other equipment needs and that Salazar hadn’t provided the county enough information on the boat. Salazar insisted the vessel was a necessary rescue tool. She has said the county should explore whether to move the jail out of the West Side, an area she said has been “dumped upon” for too long. Moving the lockup elsewhere could open the door to revitalizing and redeveloping that area, she said.
“She knew the biggest way to make a name for herself was to make a fight,” Salazar said. “Me being a highly visible target, she saw that as a way to garner positive attention.” “She’s going against the grain, no doubt,” he said. “The fact that she gave up her seat is another indication of willing to take risks for what she believes is the betterment of the county. I think she can work with people on both sides.
“I would not have been able to carry that baby to term; and if I did, it would have been a stillborn baby,” DeBerry said. “It was a horrible decision for me to have to make. And it affected me for six to eight months after that decision was made.”
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