Longtime GOP activist Misty Spears will represent Northside District 9 — flipping a seat her party considered must-win this election cycle.

Conservatives have long controlled just a single seat on San Antonio’s 10-member City Council, while the city’s reddest territory has been represented by Councilman John Courage (D9) , a moderate Democrat.

With Courage termed out this year, Spears finished first in the crowded May 3 race to replace him.

With all 182 vote centers reporting, she defeated Angi Taylor Aramburu , Courage’s endorsed successor and a former Democratic state House candidate, 56.74% to 43.26% in a runoff Saturday night.

Wearing a red polka-dot dress and matching red pumps, Spears spoke to supporters at a watch party at Big’z Burger Joint on the far North Side.

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