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Celia Israel’s Got ‘Both Feet on the Ground’

What the historic 2023 election for mayor meant for Celia Israel, for Austin, and women in Texas politics.

The Texas House has a record number of LGBTQ representatives as lawmakers face scores of bills focused on gender and sexuality

The Texas House has a record number of LGBTQ representatives as lawmakers face scores of bills focused on gender and sexuality

The Texas Legislature has nine lawmakers who are openly LGBTQ, all Democrats. At the same time, some Republican lawmakers are pushing a slate of bills aimed at drag queens, transgender children and how sexuality is discussed in schools.

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Watson defeats Israel in Austin mayoral runoff election

Kirk Watson defeated Celia Israel in the December 13, 2022, nonpartisan general runoff election for mayor of Austin, Texas. Watson received 50.4% of the vote to Israel’s 49.6%.

Austin voters elect Kirk Watson, who served as mayor two decades ago, to lead the city again

Watson, a former state senator who was Austin’s mayor from 1997 to 2001, pitched himself as a back-to-basics candidate who could ease the city’s growing affordability crisis.

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Tense Runoff Election Pits Old Austin Versus New

The housing crisis and the climate crisis have shaped mayoral and city council elections in Texas’ fast-growing capital city.

Israel, Watson running in Dec. 13 runoff for mayor of Austin

Celia Israel and Kirk Watson are running in the Dec. 13 nonpartisan general runoff election for mayor of Austin, Texas. Israel and Watson, who have both served in the state legislature as Democrats, were the top two vote-getters in the Nov. 8 general election. Israel received 40% of the vote…

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Runoff to determine who will be Austin’s next mayor

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How Austin’s housing crisis has shaped the race for a new mayor

How Austin’s housing crisis has shaped the race for a new mayor

The capital city’s mayoral race is something of a test case in how the state’s rising housing costs might influence local races in major cities.

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Austin mayor’s race heading to a runoff, Dallas county judge wins reelection

Austin mayor’s race heading to a runoff, Dallas county judge wins reelection

In three key local elections, the Austin mayoral race will be decided in a runoff, Republican Tim O’Hare won the Tarrant County judge race and Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins won reelection.

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