2012 Austin mayoral election

2012 Austin mayoral election

←  2009 May 12, 2012 [1] 2014  →
Turnout	10.60% [1]
Candidate Lee Leffingwell Brigid Shea Clay Dafoe Popular vote 25,446 18,126 5,310 Percentage 52.06% 37.08% 10.86%
Mayor before election Lee Leffingwell Elected mayor Lee Leffingwell

The 2012 Austin mayoral election was held on May 12, 2012, to elect the mayor of Austin, Texas. It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Lee Leffingwell.

Due to a shift in the following 2014 election from mayoral elections from being held every three years to being held every four years in United States midterm election years, this was an election to an abbreviated term.

Debate

2012 Austin mayoral debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Nonpartisan	Nonpartisan	Nonpartisan
Key:  P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Clay Dafoe	Lee Leffingwell	Brigid Shea
1	Apr. 16, 2012	KXAN	Robert Hadlock	YouTube (Part 1) YouTube (Part 2) YouTube (Part 3) YouTube (Part 4) YouTube (Part 5) YouTube (Part 6)	P	P	P

Election results

Results ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Lee Leffingwell (incumbent)	25,446	52.06
	Nonpartisan	Brigid Shea	18,126	37.08
	Nonpartisan	Clay Dafoe	5,310	10.86
Turnout			48,882

References

1. "May 12, 2012 Joint General and Special Elections Travis County Official Results City of Austin Cumulative Report" (PDF). Travis County. May 18, 2012. Retrieved October 22, 2019.