The 2006 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 7,2006,to elect the governor of Texas. The election was a rare five-way race,with incumbent Republican Governor Rick Perry running for re-election against Democrat Chris Bell and Independents Carole Keeton Strayhorn and Kinky Friedman,as well as Libertarian nominee James Werner.
Kirk Preston Watson is an American attorney and politician who has served as the 59th mayor of Austin,Texas since 2023,previously holding the office as the 54th mayor from 1997 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party,he ran unsuccessfully for Texas Attorney General in the 2002 election,when he was defeated by Republican Greg Abbott,later governor of Texas. In 2006,Watson was elected to the Texas Senate from District 14.
William Patrick Wynn is an American businessman and politician,who was the mayor of Austin,Texas from 2003 to 2009.
Chris Myers is an American business executive and politician,ex-Mayor in Medford,New Jersey. He was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for New Jersey's 3rd congressional district,a seat which was open due to the retirement of incumbent Jim Saxton,in 2008.
The 2010 Texas gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday,November 2,2010,to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Republican Governor Rick Perry ran successfully for election to a third consecutive term. He won the Republican primary against U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison and political newcomer,Debra Medina. The former mayor of Houston,Bill White,won the Democratic nomination. Kathie Glass,a lawyer from Houston and previous candidate for Texas Attorney General,won the Libertarian nomination. Deb Shafto was the nominee of the Texas Green Party. Andy Barron,an orthodontist from Lubbock,was a declared write-in candidate.
The 2009 Austin mayoral election was held on May 9,2009. Incumbent Mayor Will Wynn was term-limited. No candidate received a majority of the vote,which would have precipitated a runoff election,but second-place finisher Brewster McCracken withdrew from the race making Lee Leffingwell the winner by default.
Travis Leldon LaRue was an American politician who served as the Mayor of Austin,Texas,from 1969 until 1971. LaRue was the last Mayor of Austin to be elected by Austin City Council rather than a direct election by city voters.
Michael W. Martinez is a former Austin City Council member and former mayoral candidate in Austin,Texas. He served as the Board Chair of the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (CapMetro),the Minority-Owned and Women-Owned Business Enterprise and Small Business Council Subcommittee. Martinez was a member of the Judicial Committee,Public Health and Human Services Subcommittee and was on the CapMetro Board of Directors. He has served on the Board of Directors of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas and worked as a diversity trainer with the National Coalition Building Institute.
Stephen Ira Adler is an American lawyer and politician who was the 58th mayor of Austin,Texas from 2015 to 2023.
The 2020 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 3,2020,to elect a member to the United States Senate to represent the State of Texas,concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican Senator John Cornyn won re-election to a fourth term against Democratic nominee MJ Hegar by 9.6%.
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas were held on November 3,2020,to elect the 36 U.S. representatives from the state of Texas,one from each of the state's 36 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the U.S. Senate and various state and local elections. Primaries were held on March 3 and run-offs were held on July 14.
The 2022 Texas gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Republican governor Greg Abbott won re-election to a third term,defeating Democratic nominee and former Congressman,Beto O'Rourke. All statewide elected offices are currently held by Republicans. In his previous gubernatorial race in 2018,Abbott won with 55.8% of the vote.
The 2018 Austin mayoral election was held on November 6,2018 to elect the mayor of Austin,Texas. The election was a non-partisan mayoral election. If a candidate received a majority of the votes,the candidate was elected,otherwise a runoff would be held between the top two candidates with the most votes. As incumbent Steve Adler secured a majority in the first round,a runoff was not required,and Adler was re-elected mayor for a second term.
Sheldon A. Neeley is an American politician,currently serving as the Mayor of Flint,Michigan. He was elected as Flint's mayor in 2019 and served an abbreviated three-year term before being re-elected in 2022. Neeley is a registered Democrat and a former state representative in Michigan's 34th House district. He served two complete terms and one partial term in the Michigan House of Representatives between 2015 and 2019. He resigned from his position in the House when he was elected as the Mayor of Flint in 2019. Neeley's wife,Cynthia,was elected to his former seat on March 10,2020. Neeley served two complete terms and one partial term on the Flint City Council between 2005 and 2014,prior to his tenure as Michigan Representative and was the Council's first African-American member to have come from Flint's Sixth Ward.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in California were held on November 8,2022,to elect representatives for the 52 seats in California. This marked the first time in the state's history where it lost a seat.
The Willie Nelson statue,or simply Willie,is a bronze sculpture of singer-songwriter Willie Nelson,located in Downtown Austin,Texas. The statue was commissioned to artist Clete Shields by the nonprofit organization Capital Area Statues.
Mayoral elections in Irvine,California,are held every two years.
The 2022 Austin mayoral election was held on November 8,2022 to elect the next mayor of Austin,Texas. The election was nonpartisan;candidates' party affiliations did not appear on the ballot. Incumbent mayor Steve Adler was term-limited and could not run for re-election. In the general election,state representative Celia Israel and former mayor Kirk Watson took the first two spots,leading realtor Jennifer Virden and several other candidates. Because no candidate received more than 50% of the vote,the race proceeded to a runoff election between Israel and Watson on December 13,which Watson won by 30 votes.
The 2023 Houston mayoral election was held on November 7,2023,with a runoff on December 9 because no candidate won a majority of the vote in the first round. It was held to elect the mayor of Houston,Texas. Incumbent Democratic mayor Sylvester Turner was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third term in office. Municipal elections in Texas are officially nonpartisan.
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