Elections
First-ever opportunity to elect appraisal board members
Right now local voters are of course focused on the Super Tuesday primary elections of March 5th, but another election two months later should...
They’re off and running for council
As in horse racing, the bugler has sounded, “Call to the Post” for the Austin City Council campaigns that are now officially underway.
A well...
District 10 Council candidates jump in early
With 2024 being a presidential election year—maybe a rerun of the 2020 election between Joe Biden and Donald Trump—we should be expecting record-breaking turnout...
Mayoral race and three council contests will go to runoff
Israel and Watson advance; incumbents avoid runoffs
Mayoral candidates Kirk Watson and Celia Israel advanced to a runoff last night after an election season focused...
Watson grabbed 70 percent of mayoral donations
Updated 9:58am November 7, 2022, to correct a misstatement about District 5 candidate Aaron Webman’s total contributions. That error did not affect the accuracy of...
Watson circumvented law to fund new medical school
Senator Kirk Watson said to have admitted Central Health didn’t have legal authority to fund medical educationA decade ago, then State Senator Kirk Watson,...
What kind of legislator was Celia Israel?
Mayoral candidate Celia Israel served four and a half terms in the Texas House
Celia Israel was a freshman in the Texas House and just...
What kind of mayor was Watson?
He served more than four years 1997-2001
Kirk Watson, the highest-profile Democrat running to be Austin’s next mayor, has long ago been there, done that,...