The2022 Austin, Texas municipal elections took place on January 25, May 7, November 8, and December 13, 2022.[ 1] [ 2]
2022 Austin municipal elections ← 2020 November 8th, 2022 2024 →
Five city council seats (District 1 ,District 3 ,District 5 ,District 8 , andDistrict 9 ) and theMayor had regular elections, in addition to aspecial election inDistrict 4 . All positions are nominally non-partisan, though most candidates choose to affiliate with a party given Austin's strongDemocratic lean.
[ edit ] A special election was held on January 25, 2022, for City Council District 4, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of longtime councilorGreg Casar , who resigned to run for U.S. Congress inDistrict 35. Jose "Chito" Vela won the special election outright with 59.2% of the vote.
Jose "Chito" Vela , former Austin Planning Commissioner and 2018 candidate for State Representative inDistrict 46 (party affiliation:Democratic )Monica Guzman, community organizer and 2014 candidate forAustin City Council District 4 (party affiliation:Democratic ) Jade Lovera Amanda Rios Melinda Schiera (party affiliation:Democratic ) Isa Boonto-Zarifis Ramesses II Setepenre 2022 Austin District 4 special election Candidate Votes % Jose "Chito" Vela 2,141 59.2 Monica Guzman 497 13.8 Jade Lovera 402 11.1 Amanda Rios 349 9.7 Melinda Schiera 175 4.8 Isa Boonto-Zarifis 33 0.9 Ramesses II Setepenre 17 0.5 Turnout 3,614 %
Jose "Chito" Vela
State officials Local officials
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AFSCME Local 1624 Austin Central Labor Council Austin EMS Association Austin Firefighters Association CWA, District 6 Education Austin IBEW, Local 520 LiUNA Local 1095 UNITE HERE! Local 23 Workers Defense Action Fund Organizations
AURA Liberal Austin Democrats Our Revolution Stonewall Democrats of Austin University Democrats Newspapers
Monica Guzmán
Local officials Organizations
Newspapers
Notable individuals
Carmen Llanes Pulido,District 9 Planning Commissioner [ edit ] "Shall an initiative ordinance be approved to (1) eliminate enforcement of low-level marijuana offenses and (2) ban the use of "no knock" warrants by Austin police?
Proposition A (May 2022) Choice Votes % Yes 58,119 85.5 No 9,857 14.5 Total votes 67,976 100.00
Incumbent Natasha Harper-Madison ran for a second term. She won in the November 8th election with 53.2% of the vote.
Natasha Harper-Madison, incumbent councillor (party affiliation:Democratic )Melonie House-Dixon (party affiliation:Democratic ) Misael Ramos (party affiliation:Democratic ) Clinton Rarey (party affiliation:Republican )[ 3] Ora Houston, former District 1 councilor (2015–2019) (party affiliation:Democratic ) 2022 Austin District 1 general election Candidate Votes % Natasha Harper-Madison 12,773 53.2 Misael Ramos 6,065 25.3 Melonie House-Dixon 2,649 11 Clinton Rarey 2,519 10.5 Turnout 24,006 %
Incumbent Pio Renteria was ineligible for a third term, as he did not choose to collect the petition signatures required to bypass Austin'sterm limits .
Jose Velasquez, community organizer (party affiliation:Democratic )Jose Noe Elias (party affiliation:Democratic ) Gavino Fernandez Jr (party affiliation:Democratic ) Daniela Silva, community organizer (party affiliation:Democratic ) Jose Velasquez (party affiliation:Democratic ) Yvonne Weldon Esala Wueschner[ 3] Declared ineligible [ edit ] Bertha Rendon Delgado(endorsed Silva) (party affiliation:Democratic ) Pio Renteria, incumbent District 3 councilor (party affiliation:Democratic ) Susana Almanza, community organizer and 2014+2018 candidate for District 3 (party affiliation:Democratic ) On November 8, 2022, Jose Velasquez and Daniela Silva advanced to a runoff. Velasquez went on to defeat Silva in the runoff election.[ 4]
Jose Velasquez
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Local officials
Andy Brown, Travis County Judge Delia Garza, Travis County Attorney Dyana Limon-Mercado, Travis County Clerk-elect Tonya Nixon, Travis County Constable, Precinct 1 Adan Ballesteros, Travis County Constable, Precinct 2 George Morales III, Travis County Constable, Precinct 4 Steve Adler , Mayor ofAustin Pio Renteria, Austin city councilor forDistrict 3 Jose "Chito" Vela, Austin city councilor forDistrict 4 Mike Martinez, former Austin city councillor, At-Large Julie Ann Nitsch,ACC Trustee , Place 9 LaTisha Anderson,Austin ISD trustee, District 1 Geronimo Rodriguez,Austin ISD trustee, District 6 Jayme Mathias, formerAustin ISD trustee, District 2 Paul Saldaña, formerAustin ISD trustee, District 6 Cindy Anderson, formerAustin ISD trustee, At-Large Labor unions
AFSCME Local 1624 Austin Central Labor Council Austin EMS Association Austin Firefighters Association CWA, District 6 Education Austin IBEW, Local 520 LiUNA Local 1095 UNITE HERE! Local 23 Workers Defense Action Fund Organizations
AURA Austin Tejano Democrats Black Austin Democrats Friends of Austin Neighborhoods South Austin Democrats University Democrats Newspapers
Notable Individuals
Daniela Silva
Organizations Austin Young Democrats LGBTQ+ Victory Fund Run For Something Austin Sierra Club Austin Stonewall Democrats Sunrise Movement - Austin Notable individuals
Julie Oliver, 2018+2020 Democratic nominee for U.S. Congress, District 25 Chas Moore, founder, Austin Justice Coalition Jose Noe Elias, 2022 candidate forDistrict 3 Gavino Fernandez Jr, 2022 candidate forDistrict 3 Bertha Rendon Delgado, 2022 candidate forDistrict 3 2022 Austin District 3 general election Candidate Votes % Jose Velasquez 7,674 36.4 Daniela Silva 7,260 34.4 José Noé Elías 2,318 11 Yvonne Weldon 1,947 9.2 Gavino Fernandez Jr 1,078 5.1 Esala Wueschner 806 3.8 Turnout 21,083 %
2022 Austin District 3 runoff election Candidate Votes % Jose Velasquez 4,181 53.4 Daniela Silva 3,649 46.6 Turnout 7,630 100%
IncumbentAnn Kitchen was ineligible for a third term, as she did not choose to collect the petition signatures required to bypass Austin'sterm limits .
Stephanie Bazan (party affiliation:Democratic ) Ken Craig, chief of staff for District 5 incumbentAnn Kitchen (party affiliation:Democratic ) Bill Welch Aaron Velasquez Webman, entrepreneur Brian Anderson[ 3] On November 8, 2022, Stephanie Bazan and Ryan Alter advanced to a runoff. Alter went on to defeat Bazan in the runoff election, in what was widely seen as anupset victory.[ 5]
Ken Craig
State officials Sheryl Cole , state Representative from the 46th districtLulu Flores , state Representative-elect from the 51st districtLocal officials
Brigid Shea, Travis County commissioner for Precinct 2 Ann Howard, Travis County commissioner for Precinct 3 Sally Hernandez, Travis County sheriff Pio Renteria,Austin City Councillor ,District 3 Ann Kitchen ,Austin City Councillor ,District 5 Leslie Pool,Austin City Councillor ,District 7 Kathie Tovo,Austin City Councillor ,District 9 Alison Alter,Austin City Councillor ,District 10 Labor unions
AFSCME Local 1624 Austin Firefighters Association LiUNA Local 1095 UNITE HERE! Local 23 Workers Defense Action Fund Organizations
Austin Environmental Democrats Black Austin Democrats Stonewall Democrats of Austin Newspapers
Ryan Alter
State Officials Local Officials
Margaret Gómez,Travis County Commissioner, Precinct 4 Tonya Nixon, Travis County Constable, Precinct 1 Pio Renteria, Austin city councillor,District 3 Lynn Boswell,Austin ISD Trustee, District 5 Noelita Lugo,Austin ISD Trustee, At-Large Place 8 Arati Singh,Austin ISD Trustee, At-Large Place 9 Labor unions
Education Austin LIUNA Local #1095 Newspapers
Stephanie Bazan
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Stacy Suits, Travis County Constable from Precinct 3 George Morales III, Travis County Constable from Precinct 4 Natasha Harper-Madison,Austin City Councillor ,District 1 Ann Kitchen ,Austin City Councillor ,District 5 (runoff)Mike Martinez, former Austin city councillor, At-Large Paul Saldaña, formerAustin ISD Trustee, Place 6 Organizations
AURA Austin Sierra Club Austin Young Democrats Friends of Austin Neighborhoods Liberal Austin Democrats Texas College Democrats Labor Unions
Austin Firefighters Association Notable individuals
2022 Austin District 5 general election Candidate Votes % Stephanie Bazan 9,600 29.3 Ryan Alter 7,933 24.2 Ken Craig 6,274 19.2 Bill Welch 4,861 14.8 Aaron Velazquez Webman 3,295 10.1 Brian Anderson 796 2.4 Turnout 32,759 %
2022 Austin District 5 runoff election Candidate Votes % Ryan Alter 7,931 59.6 Stephanie Bazan 5,369 40.4 Turnout 13,300 100%
Incumbent Paige Ellis ran for a second term. She won in the general election.[ 6]
Paige Ellis , incumbent councilor (party affiliation:Democratic )Richard Smith (party affiliation:Republican ) Kimberly Hawkins Antonio Ross 2022 Austin District 8 general election Candidate Votes % Paige Ellis (incumbent) 20,491 57.8 Richard Smith 10,066 28.4 Kimberly Hawkins 3,311 9.3 Antonio Ross 1,590 4.5 Turnout 35,458 %
Incumbent Kathie Tovo was ineligible for a fourth term, as she did not choose to collect the petition signatures required to bypass Austin'sterm limits .
Kathie Tovo, incumbent District 9 councilor(endorsed Guerrero) (party affiliation:Democratic ) Chris Riley, former At-Large councillor and 2014 runner-up for District 9(endorsed Wald+Spearman, then Qadri) (party affiliation:Democratic ) Danielle Skidmore, 2018 candidate for District 9(endorsed Qadri) (party affiliation:Democratic ) Zohaib "Zo" Qadri defeated Linda Guerrero in the December 13, 2022 runoff election with 51.2% of the vote.[ 10]
2022 Austin District 9 general election Candidate Votes % Zohaib "Zo" Qadri 10,870 30 Linda Guerrero 8,066 22.3 Ben Leffler 7,677 21.2 Greg Smith 3,162 8.7 Joah Spearman 1,951 5.4 Tom Wald 1,878 5.2 Zena Mitchell 1,555 4.3 Kym Olson 1,031 2.8 Turnout 36,190 %
2022 Austin District 9 runoff election Candidate Votes % Zohaib "Zo" Qadri 7,293 51.2 Linda Guerrero 6,950 48.8 Turnout 14,243 100%
Linda Guerrero
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Brigid Shea, Travis County Commissioner, Precinct 2 Margaret Gomez, Travis County Commissioner, Precinct 4 George Morales III, Travis County Constable, Precinct 4 Ann Kitchen ,Austin City Councillor ,District 5 Leslie Pool,Austin City Councillor ,District 7 Kathie Tovo,Austin City Councillor ,District 9 Alison Alter,Austin City Councillor ,District 10 Ora Houston, formerAustin City Councillor ,District 1 Labor unions
AFSCME Local 1624 Austin EMS Association Austin Firefighters Association, IAFF Local 975 (duel endorsement with Qadri) UNITE HERE! Local 23 Organizations
Austin Environmental Democrats Austin Tejano Democrats Black Austin Democrats Central Austin Democrats Liberal Austin Democrats Austin Sierra Club Newspapers
Notable individuals
Carmen Llanes Pulido,District 9 Planning Commissioner [ 11]
Zohaib "Zo" Qadri
Federal Officials State Officials
Jim Hightower , formerTexas Agricultural Commissioner Wendy Davis , formerState Senator from the 10th district and 2014 Democratic nominee forGovernor of Texas John Whitmire ,State Senator from the 15th districtAlex Dominguez ,State Representative from the 37th districtSheryl Cole ,State Representative from the 46th districtDonna Howard ,State Representative from the 48th districtEddie Rodriguez ,State Representative from the 51st districtJames Talarico ,State Representative from the 52nd districtJohn Bucy III ,State Representative from the 136th districtGene Wu ,State Representative from the 137th districtLocal Officials
Steve Adler , Mayor ofAustin Natasha Harper-Madison,Austin City Councillor ,District 1 José "Chito" Vela,Austin City Councillor ,District 4 Jimmy Flannigan, formerAustin City Councillor , District 6 Chris Riley, formerAustin City Councillor , At-Large and 2014 candidate forAustin City Council District 9 José Garza ,Travis County District AttorneyDelia Garza,Travis County Attorney Sean Hassan,ACC Trustee Place 4 Stephanie Gharakhanian,ACC Trustee Place 8 Julie Ann Nitsch,ACC Trustee Place 9 Lynn BoswellAustin ISD Trustee, District 5 Noelita Lugo,Austin ISD Trustee, At-Large Notable Individuals
Labor unions
Austin Firefighters Association, IAFF Local 975 (duel endorsement with Guerrero) Education Austin LIUNA #1095 IBEW Local 520 Workers Defense Action Fund Organizations
Newspapers
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Joah Spearman
Local Officials Notable Individuals
Chas Moore, Founder, Austin Justice Coalition Nelson Linder, President, AustinNAACP [ 13]
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[ edit ] Proposition A was abond election .
The ballot language read:
"The issuance of $350,000,000 in tax-supported general obligation bonds and notes for planning, designing, acquiring, constructing, renovating, improving and equipping affordable housing facilities for low and moderate income persons and families, and acquiring land and interests in land and property necessary to do so, funding loans and grants for affordable housing, and funding affordable housing programs, as may be permitted by law; and the levy of a tax sufficient to pay for the bonds and notes."[ 15]
Proposition A (November 2022) Choice Votes % Yes 223,505 70.90 No 91,707 29.10 Total votes 315,212 100.00
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