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...Antonio elects the first big-city Mexican-American mayor...
...small, dusty courtyard outside St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in the heart of San Antonio's sprawling West Side barrio, shirtsleeved Mayoral Candidate Henry Cisneros joked with small children and chatted with old people in Spanish. Polls showed that his lead was diminishing rapidly over his nearest rival, John Steen, a wealthy insurance executive from the city's heavily Anglo North Side. At stake: the opportunity to make Cisneros, despite a tantalizingly close race, the first Mexican-American mayor of a major American city. "Now is the time, compadres," the slim, Harvard-educated city councilman told them simply...
...tears were shed among San Antonio's Mexican Americans last week, they were tears of pride and joy. Cisneros, 33, defeated Steen, 59, a pillar of old San Antonio society...
...come to symbolize the split that has dominated San Antonio's politics and social structure for years: Anglo vs. Hispanic, old money vs. new. As a result, the election turned on matters of style and symbolism, rather than any deep disagreement between the candidates over issues. Short, balding and a Reagan supporter, Steen liked to drive his own gray Lincoln Continental to campaign stops in the barrio, carrying bread around with him to feed the pigeons. Cisneros drives a battered 1972 Volkswagen and wears well-tailored jackets, which he inevitably sheds when speaking at churchyard gatherings and large rallies...
...civilian administrator for the Army, Cisneros earned a master's degree in public administration from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and a Ph.D. in that subject from George Washington University. After spending a year as a White House Fellow in 1971-72, he returned to San Antonio's West Side in 1974 to live with his wife and two daughters. Says Dan Parman, a wealthy conservative who supported Cisneros: "Henry is the guy who can heal the wounds. He's acceptable to people on both sides of the tracks...