2022 Austin municipal elections

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The 2022 Austin, Texas municipal elections took place on January 25, May 7, November 8, and December 13, 2022. [1] [2]

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2022 Austin municipal elections
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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.

Election Results

District 4 (special)

A special election was held on January 25, 2022, for City Council District 4, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of longtime councilor Greg Casar, who resigned to run for U.S. Congress in District 35. Jose "Chito" Vela won the special election outright with 59.2% of the vote.

Declared

  • Jose "Chito" Vela, former Austin Planning Commissioner and 2018 candidate for State Representative in District 46 (party affiliation: Democratic)
  • Monica Guzman, community organizer and 2014 candidate for Austin City Council District 4 (party affiliation: Democratic)
  • Jade Lovera
  • Amanda Rios
  • Melinda Schiera (party affiliation: Democratic)
  • Isa Boonto-Zarifis
  • Ramesses II Setepenre
2022 Austin District 4 special election
CandidateVotes %
Jose "Chito" Vela2,14159.2
Monica Guzman49713.8
Jade Lovera40211.1
Amanda Rios3499.7
Melinda Schiera1754.8
Isa Boonto-Zarifis330.9
Ramesses II Setepenre170.5
Voter turnout %
Jose "Chito" Vela
State officials

Local officials

Labor unions

  • AFSCME Local 1624
  • Austin Central Labor Council
  • Austin EMS Association
  • Austin Firefighters Association
  • CWA, District 6
  • Education Austin
  • IBEW, Local 520
  • LiUNA Local 1095
  • UNITE HERE! Local 23
  • Workers Defense Action Fund

Organizations

  • AURA
  • Liberal Austin Democrats
  • Our Revolution
  • Stonewall Democrats of Austin
  • University Democrats

Newspapers

Monica Guzmán
Local officials

Organizations

  • Texas Sierra Club

Newspapers

Notable individuals

  • Carmen Llanes Pulido, District 9 Planning Commissioner
Amanda Rios
Organizations
  • Save Austin Now

Proposition A (May 2022)

"Shall an initiative ordinance be approved to (1) eliminate enforcement of low-level marijuana offenses and (2) ban the use of "no knock" warrants by Austin police?

Proposition A (May 2022)
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes58,11985.5
No9,85714.5
Total votes67,976100.00

Mayor

District 1

Incumbent Natasha Harper-Madison ran for a second term. She won in the November 8th election with 53.2% of the vote.

Declared

  • Natasha Harper-Madison, incumbent councillor (party affiliation: Democratic)
  • Melonie House-Dixon (party affiliation: Democratic)
  • Misael Ramos (party affiliation: Democratic)
  • Clinton Rarey (party affiliation: Republican) [3]

Declined

  • Ora Houston, former District 1 councilor (2015–2019) (party affiliation: Democratic)
2022 Austin District 1 general election
CandidateVotes %
Natasha Harper-Madison12,77353.2
Misael Ramos6,06525.3
Melonie House-Dixon2,64911
Clinton Rarey2,51910.5
Voter turnout %

District 3

Incumbent Pio Renteria was ineligible for a third term, as he did not choose to collect the petition signatures required to bypass Austin's term limits.

Declared

  • Jose Velasquez, community organizer (party affiliation: Democratic)
  • Jose Noe Elias (party affiliation: Democratic)
  • Gavino Fernandez Jr (party affiliation: Democratic)
  • Daniela Silva, community organizer (party affiliation: Democratic)
  • Jose Velasquez (party affiliation: Democratic)
  • Yvonne Weldon
  • Esala Wueschner [3]

Declared ineligible

  • Bertha Rendon Delgado (endorsed Silva) (party affiliation: Democratic)

Declined

  • Pio Renteria, incumbent District 3 councilor (party affiliation: Democratic)
  • Susana Almanza, community organizer and 2014+2018 candidate for District 3 (party affiliation: Democratic)

On November 8, 2022, Jose Velasquez and Daniela Silva advanced to a runoff. Velasquez went on to defeat Silva in the runoff election. [4]

Jose Velasquez
Federal officials

State officials

Local officials

  • Andy Brown, Travis County Judge
  • Delia Garza, Travis County Attorney
  • Dyana Limon-Mercado, Travis County Clerk-elect
  • Tonya Nixon, Travis County Constable, Precinct 1
  • Adan Ballesteros, Travis County Constable, Precinct 2
  • George Morales III, Travis County Constable, Precinct 4
  • Steve Adler, Mayor of Austin
  • Pio Renteria, Austin city councilor for District 3
  • Jose "Chito" Vela, Austin city councilor for District 4
  • Mike Martinez, former Austin city councillor, At-Large
  • Julie Ann Nitsch, ACC Trustee, Place 9
  • LaTisha Anderson, Austin ISD trustee, District 1
  • Geronimo Rodriguez, Austin ISD trustee, District 6
  • Jayme Mathias, former Austin ISD trustee, District 2
  • Paul Saldaña, former Austin ISD trustee, District 6
  • Cindy Anderson, former Austin ISD trustee, At-Large

Labor unions

  • AFSCME Local 1624
  • Austin Central Labor Council
  • Austin EMS Association
  • Austin Firefighters Association
  • CWA, District 6
  • Education Austin
  • IBEW, Local 520
  • LiUNA Local 1095
  • UNITE HERE! Local 23
  • Workers Defense Action Fund

Organizations

  • AURA
  • Austin Tejano Democrats
  • Black Austin Democrats
  • Friends of Austin Neighborhoods
  • South Austin Democrats
  • University Democrats

Newspapers

Notable Individuals

Daniela Silva
Organizations
  • Austin Young Democrats
  • LGBTQ+ Victory Fund
  • Run For Something
  • Austin Sierra Club
  • Austin Stonewall Democrats
  • Sunrise Movement - Austin

Notable individuals

  • Julie Oliver, 2018+2020 Democratic nominee for U.S. Congress, District 25
  • Chas Moore, founder, Austin Justice Coalition
  • Jose Noe Elias, 2022 candidate for District 3
  • Gavino Fernandez Jr, 2022 candidate for District 3
  • Bertha Rendon Delgado, 2022 candidate for District 3
José Noé Elías
Newspapers
2022 Austin District 3 general election
CandidateVotes %
Jose Velasquez7,67436.4
Daniela Silva7,26034.4
José Noé Elías2,31811
Yvonne Weldon1,9479.2
Gavino Fernandez Jr1,0785.1
Esala Wueschner8063.8
Voter turnout %
2022 Austin District 3 runoff election
CandidateVotes %
Jose Velasquez4,18153.4
Daniela Silva3,64946.6
Voter turnout100%

District 5

Incumbent Ann Kitchen was ineligible for a third term, as she did not choose to collect the petition signatures required to bypass Austin's term limits.

Declared

Declined

On November 8, 2022, Stephanie Bazan and Ryan Alter advanced to a runoff. Alter went on to defeat Bazan in the runoff election, in what was widely seen as an upset victory. [5]

Ken Craig
State officials
  • Sheryl Cole, state Representative from the 46th district
  • Lulu Flores, state Representative-elect from the 51st district

Local officials

Labor unions

  • AFSCME Local 1624
  • Austin Firefighters Association
  • LiUNA Local 1095
  • UNITE HERE! Local 23
  • Workers Defense Action Fund

Organizations

  • Austin Environmental Democrats
  • Black Austin Democrats
  • Stonewall Democrats of Austin

Newspapers

Ryan Alter
State Officials

Local Officials

  • Margaret Gómez, Travis County Commissioner, Precinct 4
  • Tonya Nixon, Travis County Constable, Precinct 1
  • Pio Renteria, Austin city councillor, District 3
  • Lynn Boswell, Austin ISD Trustee, District 5
  • Noelita Lugo, Austin ISD Trustee, At-Large Place 8
  • Arati Singh, Austin ISD Trustee, At-Large Place 9

Labor unions

  • Education Austin
  • LIUNA Local #1095

Newspapers

Stephanie Bazan
State officials

Local officials

Organizations

  • AURA
  • Austin Sierra Club
  • Austin Young Democrats
  • Friends of Austin Neighborhoods
  • Liberal Austin Democrats
  • Texas College Democrats

Labor Unions

  • Austin Firefighters Association

Notable individuals

2022 Austin District 5 general election
CandidateVotes %
Stephanie Bazan9,60029.3
Ryan Alter7,93324.2
Ken Craig6,27419.2
Bill Welch4,86114.8
Aaron Velazquez Webman3,29510.1
Brian Anderson7962.4
Voter turnout %
2022 Austin District 5 runoff election
CandidateVotes %
Ryan Alter7,93159.6
Stephanie Bazan5,36940.4
Voter turnout100%

District 8

Incumbent Paige Ellis ran for a second term. She won in the general election. [6]

Declared

  • Paige Ellis, incumbent councilor (party affiliation: Democratic)
  • Richard Smith (party affiliation: Republican)
  • Kimberly Hawkins
  • Antonio Ross

Declined

2022 Austin District 8 general election
CandidateVotes %
Paige Ellis (incumbent)20,49157.8
Richard Smith10,06628.4
Kimberly Hawkins3,3119.3
Antonio Ross1,5904.5
Voter turnout %
Richard Smith
Organizations
  • Save Austin Now

District 9

Incumbent Kathie Tovo was ineligible for a fourth term, as she did not choose to collect the petition signatures required to bypass Austin's term limits.

Declared

Declined

  • Kathie Tovo, incumbent District 9 councilor (endorsed Guerrero) (party affiliation: Democratic)
  • Chris Riley, former At-Large councillor and 2014 runner-up for District 9 (endorsed Wald+Spearman, then Qadri) (party affiliation: Democratic)
  • Danielle Skidmore, 2018 candidate for District 9 (endorsed Qadri) (party affiliation: Democratic)

Zohaib "Zo" Qadri defeated Linda Guerrero in the December 13, 2022 runoff election with 51.2% of the vote. [10]

2022 Austin District 9 general election
CandidateVotes %
Zohaib "Zo" Qadri10,87030
Linda Guerrero8,06622.3
Ben Leffler7,67721.2
Greg Smith3,1628.7
Joah Spearman1,9515.4
Tom Wald1,8785.2
Zena Mitchell1,5554.3
Kym Olson1,0312.8
Voter turnout %
2022 Austin District 9 runoff election
CandidateVotes %
Zohaib "Zo" Qadri7,29351.2
Linda Guerrero6,95048.8
Voter turnout100%
Linda Guerrero
State Officials

Local Officials

Labor unions

  • AFSCME Local 1624
  • Austin EMS Association
  • Austin Firefighters Association, IAFF Local 975 (duel endorsement with Qadri)
  • UNITE HERE! Local 23

Organizations

  • Austin Environmental Democrats
  • Austin Tejano Democrats
  • Black Austin Democrats
  • Central Austin Democrats
  • Liberal Austin Democrats
  • Austin Sierra Club

Newspapers

Notable individuals

  • Carmen Llanes Pulido, District 9 Planning Commissioner

[11]

Zohaib "Zo" Qadri
Federal Officials
State Officials

Local Officials

Notable Individuals

Labor unions

  • Austin Firefighters Association, IAFF Local 975 (duel endorsement with Guerrero)
  • Education Austin
  • LIUNA #1095
  • IBEW Local 520
  • Workers Defense Action Fund

Organizations

Newspapers

[12]

Ben Leffler
Newspapers
Joah Spearman
Local Officials

Notable Individuals

  • Chas Moore, Founder, Austin Justice Coalition
  • Nelson Linder, President, Austin NAACP

[13]

Greg Smith
Organizations
  • Save Austin Now

[14]

Proposition A (November)

Proposition A was a bond election.

The ballot language read:

"The issuance of $350,000,000 in tax-supported general obligation bonds and notes for planning, designing, acquiring, constructing, renovating, improving and equipping affordable housing facilities for low and moderate income persons and families, and acquiring land and interests in land and property necessary to do so, funding loans and grants for affordable housing, and funding affordable housing programs, as may be permitted by law; and the levy of a tax sufficient to pay for the bonds and notes." [15]

Proposition A (November 2022)
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes223,50570.90
No91,70729.10
Total votes315,212100.00

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  5. ↑ "Ryan Alter". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
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  8. ↑ "Guerrero running for District 9 seat". Austin Monitor. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
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