The 2024 Austin mayoral election will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect the next
mayor of
Austin, Texas. The election is
nonpartisan
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; candidates' party affiliations will 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.
Due to the passage of Prop D in 2021, this is the first Austin mayoral election to coincide with a
presidential election
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Candidates
Declared
* Jeffery Bowen, member of the Austin Board of Adjustment
* Doug Greco, nonprofit executive and author of ''
To Find a Killer'' (party affiliation:
Democratic
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)
* Carmen Llanes Pulido, former Austin Planning Commission member (party affiliation:
Democratic
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* Kathie Tovo, former
city councilor from the
9th district (2011–2023) (party affiliation:
Democratic
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Kirk Watson, incumbent
mayor (party affiliation:
Democratic
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**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
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)
References
External links
Ballotpedia - Mayoral election in Austin, Texas (2024)
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2024 Texas elections
2024 United States mayoral elections
2024
Predicted and scheduled events
* January 1
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Non-partisan elections
2020s in Austin, Texas