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Five city council seats (District 1, District 3, District 5, District 8, and District 9) and the Mayor had regular elections, in addition to a special election in District 4. All positions are nominally non-partisan, though most candidates choose to affiliate with a party given Austin's strong Democratic lean.
Watson has served a term shorter than the standard four years that City Council members get because Austin voters in 2021 opted to have the mayoral election line-up with the presidential election.
The 2024 Austin, Texas municipal elections took place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Five city council seats (District 2, District 4, District 6, District 7, and District 10) and the mayor have regular elections. All positions are nominally non-partisan, though most candidates choose to affiliate with a party given Austin's strong Democratic lean.
In 2020, now-Congressman Greg Casar led a charge while on the City Council to cut the Police Department's budget by more than $150 million and reallocate funds to other city services.
Six candidates are competing to succeed Council Member Ann Kitchen in the south Austin district.
On November 15, over a week after election day, Watson was declared the apparent winner of the race after securing 50.0041% of the vote. In the final tally, Watson was a mere 13 votes over the cutoff to avoid a runoff with Carmen Llanes Pulido. Due to the passage of Prop D in 2021, this is the first Austin mayoral election to coincide with a ...
The affluent district in West Austin will have a vacant City Council seat up for grabs in the November 2024 election. Two candidates enter District 10 Austin City Council race. Here's what you ...
The Austin City Council 7th district covers north Austin including Crestview, Allendale, and Shoal Creek. The current councillor is Mike Siegel, who has represented the district since January 6th, 2025. [29] He is a member of the Democratic Party, as well as the Democratic Socialists of America.