Grant Moody, who was elected in November to fill the remaining year of Trish DeBerry’s term on the Bexar County Commissioners Court, will seek reelection for a full four-year term in 2024.
Moody represents Bexar County’s Precinct 3, the only precinct whose voters have reliably sent Republicans to the court in recent years. He defeated Democrat Susan Korbel with 54% of the vote in a November 2022 special election.
“This is a big job, it takes time to get things done,” Moody told the San Antonio Report. “I feel like we’ve done a lot in the eight months we’ve been here in office, but there’s obviously a lot of work still left to do.”
Moody raised $220,000 for his reelection race in the first half of 2023, according to his campaign. No Democratic opponents have yet announced their intention to run.
Bexar County commissioners are on a staggered election schedule. Voters in precincts 1 and 3 elect their representatives in presidential election years, while voters in Precincts 2 and 4 select theirs on a midterm ballot.
Elected to the court in 2020, DeBerry vacated the Precinct 3 seat just a year after taking office to launch an unsuccessful campaign for county judge. Former Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff chose Republican Marialyn Barnard to serve in DeBerry’s place until the special election, but Republican precinct chairs chose Moody as their nominee over Barnard.
Before joining the court, Moody worked for Valero and USAA. He has spent much of his first eight months in office trying to use his corporate experience and political connections to address persistent issues at the county jail.
“There’s not one simple solution there,” Moody said of the jail’s staffing shortages and growing population of mentally ill inmates.
“We need to be thoughtful about how we attack the problem and make sure that we have a comprehensive solution.”
He also pushed successfully for the county to commit to hiring 62 additional sheriff’s deputies in the next 18 months to serve unincorporated parts of the county.
