2024 Austin municipal elections

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2024 Austin municipal elections
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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.

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Candidates

Mayor

Incumbent Mayor Kirk Watson won re-election, defeating four other candidates.

City Council, District 2

Incumbent Vanessa Fuentes won re-election to a second term.

City Council, District 4

Incumbent Jose "Chito" Vela won a full term, after being elected in a 2022 special election.

City Council, District 6

Incumbent Mackenzie Kelly was defeated by challenger Krista Laine.

Mackenzie Kelly
Elected Officials
  • Ellen Troxclair, state representative from the 19th district
  • Cynthia Long, Williamson County Commissioner
  • Stacy Suits, Travis County Constable, Precinct 2
  • Lee Cooke, former Mayor of Austin

Organizations

  • Austin EMS Association
  • Austin Firefighters Association
  • Save Austin Now
  • Travis County Republican Party

Newspapers

  • Austin American Statesman

Notable Individuals

Krista Laine
Elected officials

Newspapers

  • The Austin Chronicle

City Council, District 7

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

Civil rights attorney Mike Siegel won the seat in a runoff election, defeating opponent Gary Bledsoe.

Mike Siegel
Elected officials [1]

Notable individuals

  • Jane Fonda, actress and climate activist

Organizations [2]

  • Democratic Socialists of America [3]
  • Austin Sierra Club
  • Emgage Action
  • Equity Action, criminal justice reform advocacy organization that sponsored the Austin Police Oversight Act ballot initiative that was passed by voters in May 2023 [4]

Labor Unions

  • AFSCME Local 1624, City of Austin and Travis County labor union [5]
  • Austin Central Labor Council, local affiliate of the AFL-CIO [6]
  • Austin EMS Association
  • Austin Firefighters Association
  • Education Austin
  • IBEW 520
  • Workers Defense Action Fund

Newspapers

Gary Bledsoe
Elected officials
Organizations [8]
  • Black Austin Democrats
  • Central Austin Democrats
Newspapers
Adam Powell
Local officials
Edwin Bautista
Organizations
  • Run For Something

City Council, District 10

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

Marc Duchen narrowly defeated Ashika Ganguly in the November election.

Ashika Ganguly
Elected officials
  • Garry Mauro, former Texas Land Commissioner
  • Sheryl Cole, state Representative from the 46th district
  • James Talarico, state Representative from the 50th district
  • John Bucy III, state Representative from the 136th district
  • Wendy Davis, former state Senator from the 10th district and 2014 Democratic nominee for Governor of Texas
  • Eddie Rodriguez, former state Representative from the 51st district
  • Jose Velasquez, Austin City Council member, District 3
  • Ryan Alter, Austin City Council member, District 5
  • Paige Ellis, Austin City Council member, District 8
  • Zohaib "Zo" Qadri, Austin City Council member, District 9
  • Sean Hassan, ACC Trustee, Place 4
  • Manuel Gonzalez, ACC Trustee, Place 5
  • Candace Hunter, Austin ISD Trustee, District 1
Marc Duchen
Elected Officials
  • Alison Alter, Austin City Council member, District 10
  • Brigid Shea, Travis County Commissioner, Precinct 2
  • Stacy Suits, Travis County Constable, Precinct 3

References

  1. ↑ "Mike Siegel - Candidate for Austin City Council District 7". Siegel for Austin. Archived from the original on December 24, 2024. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Mike Siegel - Candidate for Austin City Council District 7". Siegel for Austin. Archived from the original on December 24, 2024. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Past Endorsements". DSA National Electoral Commission. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Equity Action 2024 General Election Endorsements". Equity Action. Archived from the original on January 9, 2025. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
  5. ↑ "November 2024 VOTE PAC Recommendations". AFSCME Local 1624 VOTE PAC. Archived from the original on January 9, 2025. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Austin Central Labor Council 2024 Endorsements". Austin Central Labor Council. Archived from the original on January 9, 2025. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Mike Siegel - Candidate for Austin City Council District 7". Siegel for Austin. Archived from the original on December 24, 2024. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Gary Bledsoe for Austin City Council District 7". Bledsoe for Austin. Archived from the original on December 2, 2024. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Mike Siegel - Candidate for Austin City Council District 7". Siegel for Austin. Archived from the original on December 24, 2024. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
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