City elections in Austin, Texas (2024)
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2024 Austin elections |
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Election dates |
Filing deadline: August 19, 2024 |
General election: November 5, 2024 |
Election stats |
Offices up: Mayor and city council |
Total seats up: 6 (click here for mayoral elections) |
Election type: Nonpartisan |
Other municipal elections |
U.S. municipal elections, 2024 |
The city of Austin, Texas, is holding general elections for mayor and city council on November 5, 2024. The filing deadline for this election was August 19, 2024.
Click here to learn more about the city's mayoral election.
Elections
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Candidates and results
City council
General election
Austin City Council general election, 2024 | |
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Office | Candidates |
District 2 |
Vanessa Fuentes (i) Robert Reynolds |
District 4 |
Jose Vela (i) Monica Guzman Louis Herrin III Jim Rabuck Eduardo Romero |
District 6 |
Mackenzie Kelly (i) Krista Laine |
District 7 |
Edwin Bautista Gary Bledsoe Daniel Dominguez Pierre Nguyen Adam Powell Todd Shaw Mike Siegel ![]() |
District 10 |
Marc Duchen Ashika Ganguly |
Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Texas elections, 2024
March 5, 2024
- United States Senate election in Texas, 2024
- Texas' 10th Congressional District election, 2024
- Texas' 21st Congressional District election, 2024
- Texas' 35th Congressional District election, 2024
- Texas' 37th Congressional District election, 2024
- Texas Railroad Commissioner election, 2024
- Texas State Senate elections, 2024
- Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024
- Texas Supreme Court elections, 2024
- Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2024
- Municipal elections in Williamson County, Texas (2024)
- Municipal elections in Travis County, Texas (2024)
May 4, 2024
- Municipal elections in Travis County, Texas (2024)
- Municipal elections in Williamson County, Texas (2024)
- Hays Consolidated Independent School District, Texas, elections (2024)
- Eanes Independent School District, Texas, elections (2024)
- Pflugerville Independent School District, Texas, elections (2024)
- Austin, Texas, Proposition A, Disannex Lost Creek Measure (May 2024)
- Austin, Texas, Proposition B, Disannex Mooreland Addition Measure (May 2024)
- Austin, Texas, Proposition C, Disannex Blue Goose Road Measure (May 2024)
- Austin, Texas, Proposition D, Disannex Lennar at Malone Measure (May 2024)
- Austin, Texas, Proposition E, Disannex Wildhorse Webb Tract Measure (May 2024)
- Austin, Texas, Proposition F, Disannex River Place Outparcels Measure (May 2024)
May 28, 2024
- Texas' 35th Congressional District election, 2024
- Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2024
November 5, 2024
- United States Senate election in Texas, 2024
- Texas' 10th Congressional District election, 2024
- Texas' 21st Congressional District election, 2024
- Texas' 35th Congressional District election, 2024
- Texas' 37th Congressional District election, 2024
- Texas Railroad Commissioner election, 2024
- Texas State Senate elections, 2024
- Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024
- Texas Supreme Court elections, 2024
- Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2024
- Municipal elections in Williamson County, Texas (2024)
- Municipal elections in Travis County, Texas (2024)
- Mayoral election in Austin, Texas (2024)
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About the city
- See also: Austin, Texas
Austin is the state capital of Texas. It is located in Travis County. As of 2020, its population was 961,855.
City government
- See also: Council-manager government
Since 1924, the city of Austin has utilized a council-manager system.[1] In this form of municipal government, an elected city council—which includes the mayor and serves as the city's primary legislative body—appoints a chief executive called a city manager to oversee day-to-day municipal operations and implement the council's policy and legislative initiatives.[2][3]
Demographics
The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.
Demographic Data for Austin, Texas | ||
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Austin | Texas | |
Population | 961,855 | 29,145,505 |
Land area (sq mi) | 320 | 261,267 |
Race and ethnicity** | ||
White | 69.4% | 69.2% |
Black/African American | 7.8% | 12.1% |
Asian | 7.7% | 4.9% |
Native American | 0.7% | 0.5% |
Pacific Islander | 0.1% | 0.1% |
Two or more | 6.5% | 7% |
Hispanic/Latino | 33.3% | 39.4% |
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High school graduation rate | 90.3% | 84.4% |
College graduation rate | 53.4% | 30.7% |
Income | ||
Median household income | $75,752 | $63,826 |
Persons below poverty level | 12.5% | 14.2% |
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020). | ||
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. |
See also
Austin, Texas | Texas | Municipal government | Other local coverage |
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External links
Footnotes
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- ↑ Office of the City Manager, "About," accessed August 19, 2014
- ↑ Austin City Charter V 1-3, accessed August 26, 2014
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