Summary of Austin City Council election results

AUSTIN, Texas – Next Austin City Council will look slightly different. Who is fill some of those seats is still up in the air.

Mayor Kirk Watson slightly crossed the 50 percent threshold on election night, but there are still a few lingering ballots to be counted. He could meet Carmen Llanes Pulido in a second round.

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District 2 and District 4 incumbents Chito Vela and Vanessa Fuentes retained their seats in a landslide.

In District 6, incumbent Mackenzie Kelly lost her seat to Krista Laine.

Kelly was known for her advocacy for public safety. She posted a statement on X:

“I’m really proud of the work we did, but this time we fell short. Thank you to everyone who supported us. I will continue to fight for our community because we are all fighters. The fact that we are in trouble today sitting doesn’t mean ‘Not that we’re ever done.’

Laine shared her thoughts.

“I really hope that we can move past thinking of a city councilor as the conservative voice or the liberal voice and instead focus on basic city services.” “I think a lot of what we saw today in the election is a hunger to get things done,” she said.

She says she understands the unique challenges of her district, near the border between Travis and Williamson counties.

“It’s really important to find ways to improve 911 response time for critical emergencies. Better utility reliability, both power, lights on, water and wastewater, as well as safer streets,” she said.

The top two contenders for District 7, Mike Siegel and Gary Blesdoe, each had less than 50 percent of the vote and will face each other in the runoff election in December.

Marc Duchen narrowly won the seat in District 10.

The newly elected council members will start their new term in January.