Brewster McCracken has bowed out of the runoff gracefully, facing a 20 point vote deficit and Lee Leffingwell is Austin’s new mayor.
I’m sure Max will be along soon - when he gets back in town - to give his viewpoint on the Mayor’s race and the future prospects for Austin.
McCracken withdrew just two days after [...]
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Austin Mayor Leffingwell
How McCracken can win
How McCracken can win
Runoff! Leffingwell and McCracken
It’s a Leffingwell vs. McCracken runoff. Leffingwell has 47 percent of the vote and Brewster McCracken is next with 27 percent. Carole Keeton Strayhorn is third with 21 percent. The race for mayor will be decided in a June 13 runoff election. The top two candidates, Leffingwell and McCracken advance to that runoff. [...]
Vote Tomorrow!! But for Whom??
This race is tight! And the undecided vote is huge, so late in the campaign…some say the undecideds might stay home, but many, like me, will decide who to vote for while walking to the polling place.
As an Austin Environmentalist for 30 years, this is a key issue for me. I decided to check out [...]
Campaign ads getting ridiculous
From the Chroncle’s Wells Dunbar “Hustle” series on youtube.
Mayor’s race in dead heat! - KXAN
It looks like Brian Rodgers support for Carole may be reaping dividends, Brian represents the voters than nearly upset the Domain subsidy applecart in the last Austin election. Carole, despite less campaign funds, has drawn close to McCracken and Leffingwell in the Austin mayor’s race. Maybe McCracken’s war with St Louis and Leffingwell’s campaign contribution [...]
Austin mayor candidates in the news
Mayor’s races heating up in 4 big Texas cities
Houston Chronicle
By ANGELA K. BROWN AP Writer © 2009 The Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Mayors will be elected Saturday in four of the state’s largest cities, …
McCracken broke campaign finance law, Leffingwell camp says
Austin American-Statesman -
By Sarah Coppola | Sunday, May 3, [...]
Brian Rodgers endorses Carole
Brian Rodgers and changeaustin.ORG endorse Carole Keeton Strayhorn for Mayor as someone who will shake things up. Brian criticises Leffingwell and McCracken’s overspending, and cites numerous examples (eg. the Domain). Carole is committed to “sunshine and open government” and responsible spending, as Brian says.
Now, if Carole will make a committment to the environment [...]
Mayoral candidate debate
CRC and ADL
JCRC 2009 Austin Mayor and City Council Candidate Forum
Date: April 29, 2009
Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Dell Jewish Community Campus
7300 Hart Lane
Austin, TX 78731
Contact: Lisa Goodgame
Phone: (512) 735-8012
Email: lisa.goodgame@shalomaustin.org
Hosted by the JCAA’s Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC),
the first portion of the program will be dedicated to the Mayoral [...]
Thirty Years of Austin Politics
This Spring is the 30th anniversary of my first run for city council in Austin.
In 1979 I was a candidate for Place One, and that’s when I first met then-Mayor Carol McClelland. She went on to win re-election, while I finished next-to-last in my race…Lee Cook was re-elected to Place One.
So began my quest for [...]