Austin Mayor

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Doug Greco will run against former City Council Member Kathie Tovo and East Austin community organizer Carmen Llanes Pulido. Incumbent Kirk Watson is also likely to run.

Carmen Llanes Pulido grew up in East Austin and leads the local advocacy group Go Austin/Vamos Austin. She will face former council member Kathie Tovo in the race. Mayor Kirk Watson has not formally announced he is running but has said he intends to.

Tovo served on the council from 2011 to 2023. If elected, she would become only the second woman to serve as Austin mayor and the first in more than 40 years.

When Gov. Greg Abbott’s deputy chief of staff, Toby Baker, heard his sons’ charter school was having trouble getting a permit to build a new campus in Austin, he knew whom to ask for help.

Watson beat his opponent, Celia Israel, by fewer than 1,000 votes.

Polls have closed in the races for mayor and three seats on the Austin City Council. Here are the results.

In 2014, the last time Austin had a runoff election for mayor, just 15% of voters participated.