2024 Austin mayoral election explained

Election Name:	2024 Austin mayoral election
Flag Image:	Flag of Austin, Texas.svg
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	yes
Previous Election:	2022 Austin mayoral election
Previous Year:	2022
Next Election:	2028 Austin mayoral election
Next Year:	2028
Election Date:	November 5, 2024
Mayor
Before Election:	Kirk Watson

The 2024 Austin mayoral election will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect the next mayor of Austin, Texas.^[1] The election is nonpartisan; 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.^[2]

Due to the passage of Prop D in 2021, this is the first Austin mayoral election to coincide with a presidential election.^[3]

Candidates

Declared

Doug Greco, nonprofit executive and author of To Find a Killer (party affiliation: Democratic)^[4]
Carmen Llanes Pulido, former Austin Planning Commission member (party affiliation: Democratic)^[5]
Kathie Tovo, former city councilor from the 9th district (2011–2023) (party affiliation: Democratic)^[6]
Kirk Watson, incumbent mayor (party affiliation: Democratic)^[7]

External links

Ballotpedia - Mayoral election in Austin, Texas (2024)

Notes and References

Web site: Reader . Grace . LIST: Who’s running for Austin City Council, mayor in 2024? . . December 26, 2023 . January 31, 2024.
Web site: Price . Asher . Austin mayoral race heats up . January 24, 2024 . . January 31, 2024.
Web site: Props D and E pass, changing how Austin elections work . . May 1, 2021 . Ashley . Miznazi . November 21, 2021 .
Web site: Moreno-Lozano . Luz . Doug Greco, former director of Central Texas Interfaith, enters race for Austin mayor . . February 5, 2024 . February 5, 2024.
Web site: Finnerty . Katharine . Community organizer Carmen Llanes Pulido enters the Austin mayoral race . . January 24, 2024 . January 31, 2024.
Web site: Moreno-Lozano . Luz . Former City Council Member Kathie Tovo enters race to become Austin mayor . . January 19, 2024 . January 31, 2024.
Web site: Austin Mayor Kirk Watson to run for reelection; 4th candidate so far on November ballot. Ella. McCarthy. April 10, 2024. Austin American-Statesman.