North - Northwest Austin Edition | September 2024

Election

BY GRACE DICKENS

Voter Guide

2024

Dates to know

Where to vote

Oct. 21: First day of early voting Oct. 25: Last day to apply for ballot by mail (received, not postmarked) Nov. 1: Last day of early voting Nov. 5: Election Day and the last day to receive ballot by mail (or Nov. 6 if carrier envelope is postmarked by 7 p.m. at location of election on Election Day)

Travis County residents can vote at any Travis County polling place. Visit elections. traviscountytx.gov for a list of locations. This is not an official sample ballot, which is scheduled for release after press time. Candidates are shown in alphabetical order unless ballot order has already been set.

Only candidates in contested elections are included. Go to county election websites for information on uncontested races.

KEY: D Democrat G Green L Libertarian R Republican *Incumbent

Austin City Council, District 4 Louis Herrin Monica Guzmán Eduardo ‘’Lalito’’ Romero José ‘’Chito’’ Vela* Jim Rabuck Austin City Council, District 6 Krista Laine Mackenzie Kelly* Austin City Council, District 7 Gary L. Bledsoe Pierre Huy Nguyen Todd Shaw Edwin Bautista Mike Siegel Daniel "Dan" Dominguez Adam Powell Austin City Council, District 10 Marc Duchen Ashika Ganguly Austin ISD Board of trustees, At-Large Position 8 Amy Moore Dylan “Sky” MacAdams Fernando Lucas de Urioste Lindsey Stringer Nathaniel Hellman Nick Franke Austin ISD Proposition A “Ratifying the ad valorem tax rate of $0.9505 per $100 valuation in the Austin Independent School District for the current year, a rate that will result in an increase of 8.3 percent in maintenance and operations tax revenue for the district for the current year as compared to the preceding year, which is an additional $184,628,049.”

Texas Supreme Court Justice — Place 4 R John Devine* D Christine Vinh Weems Texas Supreme Court Justice — Place 6 R Jane Bland* D Bonnie Lee Goldstein L J. David Roberson Texas Court of Criminal Appeals — presiding judge R David J. Schenck D Holly Taylor Texas Court of Criminal Appeals — Place 7 D Nancy Mulder R Gina Parker Texas Court of Criminal Appeals — Place 8 D Chika Anyiam R Lee Finley Texas House District 47 R Scott Firsing D Vikki Goodwin* Texas House District 48 D Donna Howard* L Daniel Jerome McCarthy Texas House District 136

Sample ballot

Federal elections President D Kamala Harris L Chase Oliver G Jill Stein R Donald Trump U.S. Senate D Colin Allred

L Ted Brown R Ted Cruz* U.S. House of Representatives, District 10 D Theresa Boisseau R Michael T. McCaul* L Jeff Miller U.S. House of Representatives, District 21 D Kristin Hook R Chip Roy* L Bob King U.S. House of Representatives, District 37 L Girish Altekar D Lloyd Doggett* R Jenny Garcia Sharon

D John H. Bucy III* R Amin Salahuddin Texas Senator District 25 R Donna Campbell* D Merrie Fox Local elections Austin Mayor Carmen D. Llanes Pulido Jeffery L. Bowen Doug Greco Kirk Watson* Kathie Tovo

State elections Texas 3rd Court of Appeals District Justice — Place 2 D Maggie Ellis R John Messinger Texas Railroad Commissioner

R Christi Craddick* D Katherine Culbert L Hawk Dunlap G Eddie Espinoza Texas Supreme Court Justice — Place 2 R Jimmy Blacklock* D DaSean Jones

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SOURCES: CITY OF AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS SECRETARY OF STATE/COMMUNITY IMPACT

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