A ustin Mayor Kirk Watson is on track to win his reelection bid outright but the race is so close that even a few thousand yet-to-be-counted ballots could change the outcome. A more complete vote ...

The value of Austin's life science ecosystem surged more than 850% in just a decade to reach nearly $42 billion last year, ...

Austin Mayor Kirk Watson declared victory in his re-election bid late Thursday after the release of a final batch of vote totals. But runner-up Carmen Llanes Pulido refused to concede the race ...

Austin Mayor Kirk Watson is on track to win his reelection bid outright but the race is so close that even a few thousand yet-to-be-counted ballots could change the outcome.

The resolution acknowledges the mounting housing affordability crisis and calls for policy reforms at all levels of ...

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.

In 1997, Watson was elected to his first term as Austin's mayor. He was reelected twice and served until 2001. Watson was elected to the Texas Senate in 2006 and served as a state senator for 13 ...

Watson raised around $710,000 in this financial reporting period. All other candidates reported fundraising numbers below $90,000. Kirk Watson reports large fundraising lead in 2024 Austin mayor's ...

Austin Mayor Kirk Watson is on track to win his reelection bid outright but the race is so close that even a few thousand yet-to-be-counted ballots could change the outcome. A more complete vote ...