by Daryl Slusher | Dec 17, 2020 | Austin Elections
As previously reported incumbent Alison Alter won reelection in a contest against challenger Jennifer Virden while challenger Mackenzie Kelly ousted incumbent Jimmy Flannigan. Both races were close with Alter winning 51% of the vote in West Austin District 10 and...
by Daryl Slusher | Dec 11, 2020 | Austin Elections
As the Austin Independent and several other local media outlets have reported, the two City Council runoffs are breaking down along partisan lines. In the latest from that front, a coalition of Young Republican groups is calling for a “Statewide Deployment” of...
by Daryl Slusher | Nov 23, 2020 | Austin Elections
It has been a few weeks since the City Council and rail elections, but the Independent has been busy covering other issues. So here we will give a quick review of the Council election results followed by a look at the two upcoming runoffs. We’ll discuss the rail...
by Daryl Slusher | Oct 30, 2020 | Austin Elections
Today, we continue our coverage of campaign financing in the City Council races. We focus both on the total amount candidates raised and in particular on the amount candidates raised from development and real estate interests. Before moving into the numbers though,...
by Daryl Slusher | Oct 7, 2020 | Austin Elections
It is really hard to turn away even momentarily from the national political spectacle, with the coronavirus-denying president getting it himself, positive test results being announced (at least) daily among prominent Republicans, and the election now less than a month...
