Kirk Watson re-elected

Mayor Kirk Watson Secures Narrow Re-Election in Austin, Ready to Tackle Affordability and Public Safety
Austin Mayor Kirk Watson narrowly wins re-election without a runoff, beating challenger Carmen Llanes Pulido by just 14 votes.
Austin mayor Kirk Watson wins re-election; results will be made official next week
It appears Kirk Watson is set to keep his seat at Austin City Hall. However, it will not be made official until next week. Austin City Mayor Kirk Watson declared victory for his reelection on X on Thursday night.
Kirk Watson re-elected as Mayor of Austin
AUSTIN - Five candidates battled it out for the position of Austin mayor. The incumbent, Kirk Watson, has been re-elected to the seat. Watson was mayor of Austin from 1997 until 2001. He then spent 13 years working in the Texas Senate.
Kirk Watson Triumphs in Tight Austin Mayoral Race, Secures Fourth Term by Razor-Thin Margin
Austin Mayor Kirk Watson celebrates a narrow election victory, securing another term with just over 50% of the vote to avoid a runoff.
Kirk Watson Narrowly Re-Elected as Mayor Without Runoff
Kirk Watson has declared victory in Austin’s mayoral race following the count of outstanding votes in Travis and Williamson counties this week. The incumbent appears to have won the election outright, avoiding a runoff in the five-way race, by less than two dozen votes.
Kirk Watson avoids runoff, secures new term as Austin mayor
Kirk Watson has officially won a new term as Austin's next mayor. Watson led his four challengers on Nov. 5, but did not have enough to claim victory outright. He had to win a majority of the vote, or 50% plus one vote, to secure a new term.
Austin Mayor Kirk Watson poised to win reelection but race still too close to call
Unofficial final results show incumbent Austin Mayor Kirk Watson barely cleared the threshold needed to avoid a runoff.
Austin Mayor Kirk Watson declares reelection victory, avoids runoff
Austin Mayor Kirk Watson declared victory on his social media pages on Thursday, November 14 after the last batch of unofficial ballot tallies were released.
Kirk Watson reelected as Austin’s mayor
As of a few minutes ago, the ballots are all counted and I’m grateful to have been re-elected to serve a full four-year term in the mayor’s office. I’m also proud to have won by a margin of over 104,000 votes – almost 30 percentage points. I want to thank voters for their... pic.twitter.com/DnVfTtjxTa
Mayor Kirk Watson apparent winner in Austin mayoral race
More than a week after Election Day, all Travis County ballots have been unofficially tallied and they're enough for KXAN to call the Austin mayoral race. Austin Mayor Kirk Watson has more than 50% of the vote and is projected to win outright.
'It's time to get back to work' | Kirk Watson declares victory in race for Austin mayor
Watson won the runoff in December 2022 and was sworn in as mayor of Austin for a second time on Jan. 6, 2023.
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Ethics complaint against Watson campaign still unsettled after hearing
The question of whether Mayor Kirk Watson’s reelection campaign violated the city’s campaign finance rules remained unsettled ...
Kirk Watson declares victory in mayoral race while Carmen Llanes Pulido holds out hope
The ballot counts released Thursday show Watson winning the five-way race outright by about a dozen votes. The ...
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Kirk Watson appears to win re-election
Kirk Watson is claiming victory but his re-election will not be official until next week. Jimmy Kimmel on Trump Tapping ...
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Auditors Find Interim City Manager Mishandled Money With Lucrative City Contracts for Friends
Independent investigators found that Jesús Garza violated city ethics rules when he awarded lucrative contracts to two ...