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Travis County voters returned to the polls Saturday (and in early voting) to settle a few races that didn't get called last month.
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Fernando Lucas de Urioste and Lindsey Stringer are vying for an at-large spot on the school board. Whoever wins will join the district as it faces a multimillion-dollar budget deficit and remains under a state order to improve special education services.
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Mike Siegel finished with about 40% of the vote on Nov. 5, while Gary Bledsoe finished with about 19%. The winner on Dec. 14 will fill the seat.
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Voters in Austin City Council District 7 will choose their next representative at City Hall. Austinites will also decide an at-large AISD school board seat, and voters in Manor will pick their next mayor.
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Llanes Pulido submitted a petition Thursday for a partial recount, but it was denied. She had the option to amend her petition, but announced Friday she would not move forward. That makes current Mayor Kirk Watson the official winner.
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Incumbent Mayor Kirk Watson had claimed victory in the race last week, but Llanes Pulido cited irregularities in the vote count.
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Election experts and officials said the ballots were found as part of the system of checks and balances that help ensure that every vote is counted.
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Final tallies released Thursday showed him to have earned 175,090 votes, about 13 votes more than needed to avoid a runoff. It's the fourth time Austin has elected him mayor.
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Incumbent Mayor Kirk Watson needs a majority of votes to be declared a winner and avoid a runoff. There were 3,200 provisional ballots cast that must be verified before being counted.
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Gilberto Hinojosa, 72, served as the party’s chairman for more than a decade. He resigned after telling The Texas Newsroom that immigration and transgender issues contributed to Democrats’ 2024 election losses.