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2024 Austin mayoral election
Candidate
Kirk Watson
Carmen Llanes Pulido
Popular vote
174,576
70,336
Percentage
50.01%
20.15%
Candidate
Kathie Tovo
Jeffrey Bowen
Popular vote
58,072
29,308
Percentage
16.64%
8.4%
The 2024 Austin mayoral election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the next mayor of Austin, Texas .[ 1] The election is nonpartisan ; the candidates' party affiliations affiliations did not appear on the ballot. Incumbent mayor Kirk Watson is running for re-election, after returning to the position of mayor following the 2022 election .[ 2] Watson currently leads with 50.01%, just above the threshold to avoid a runoff, but the race has yet to be called because of outstanding ballots.
Due to the passage of Prop D in 2021, this is the first Austin mayoral election to coincide with a presidential election .[ 3]
Unofficial results from Travis, Williamson and Hays County, with 100% of the precincts reporting, show incumbent mayor Kirk Watson with 50.01% of the vote and mere 31 raw votes over the 50% plus one threshold to avoid a runoff with Pulido.[ 9] There are still some outstanding ballots yet to be processed, including overseas and military ballots, provisional ballots, and mail-in ballots received the day after election day. Because of these outstanding ballots and the tightness of the race, the election has not been called as of November 6, 2024.[ 10]
Candidate
Votes
%
Kirk Watson
174,576
50.01%
Carmen Llanes Pulido
70,336
20.15%
Kathie Tovo
58,072
16.64%
Jeffrey Bowen
29,308
8.4%
Doug Greco
16,797
4.81%
^ Reader, Grace (December 26, 2023). "LIST: Who's running for Austin City Council, mayor in 2024?" . KXAN-TV . Retrieved January 31, 2024 .
^ Price, Asher (January 24, 2024). "Austin mayoral race heats up" . Axios . Retrieved January 31, 2024 .
^ Miznazi, Ashley (May 1, 2021). "Props D and E pass, changing how Austin elections work" . KXAN-TV . Retrieved November 21, 2021 .
^ Moreno-Lozano, Luz (August 20, 2024). "Jeffery Bowen becomes fifth candidate to enter Austin mayoral race" . KUT . Retrieved August 24, 2024 .
^ Moreno-Lozano, Luz (February 5, 2024). "Doug Greco, former director of Central Texas Interfaith, enters race for Austin mayor" . KUT . Retrieved February 5, 2024 .
^ Finnerty, Katharine (January 24, 2024). "Community organizer Carmen Llanes Pulido enters the Austin mayoral race" . Spectrum News . Retrieved January 31, 2024 .
^ Moreno-Lozano, Luz (January 19, 2024). "Former City Council Member Kathie Tovo enters race to become Austin mayor" . KUT . Retrieved January 31, 2024 .
^ McCarthy, Ella (April 10, 2024). "Austin Mayor Kirk Watson to run for reelection; 4th candidate so far on November ballot" . Austin American-Statesman .
^ "Election results: Kirk Watson appears to narrowly avoid runoff to win race for Austin mayor" . kvue.com . November 6, 2024. Retrieved November 7, 2024 .
^ "Why the Austin mayoral race is still too close to call" . KXAN Austin . November 6, 2024. Retrieved November 7, 2024 .
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