2024 Austin municipal elections

The 2024 Austin, Texas municipal elections will take place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Five city council seats (District 2, District 4, District 6, District 7, and District 10) and the mayor have regular elections. All positions are nominally non-partisan, though most candidates choose to affiliate with a party given Austin's strong Democratic lean.

Mayor
Incumbent Mayor Kirk Watson has not announced re-election plans, but is considered likely to run for a second term.

City Council, District 2
Incumbent Vanessa Fuentes is running for a second term. As of March 2024, she has not drawn an opponent.

Declared

 * Vanessa Fuentes (incumbent) (party affiliation: Democratic)

City Council, District 4
Incumbent Jose "Chito" Vela is running for a second term. As of March 2024, he has not drawn an opponent.

Declared

 * Jose "Chito" Vela (incumbent) (party affiliation: Democratic)

City Council, District 6
Incumbent Mackenzie Kelly is running for a second term. As the lone Republican on council, she is widely expected to face a competitive race in a district that voted for Joe Biden over Donald Trump by a margin of 33.3% in the 2020 Presidential election.

Declared

 * Mackenzie Kelly (incumbent) (party affiliation: Republican)
 * Krista Laine (party affiliation: Democratic)

Declined

 * Jimmy Flannigan, former District 6 councilor (2017–2021) (party affiliation: Democratic)
 * Don Zimmerman, former District 6 councilor (2015–2017) (running for Travis County Appraisal District Board) (party affiliation: Republican)

City Council, District 7
Incumbent Leslie Pool is ineligible for a third term, as she did not choose to collect the petition signatures required to bypass Austin's term limits.

Declared

 * Mike Siegel, civil rights lawyer and 2018+2020 Democratic nominee for U.S. Congress from the 10th district (party affiliation: Democratic)
 * Adam Powell, community organizer (party affiliation: Democratic)
 * Pierre Nguyen, Public Safety Commissioner (party affiliation: Democratic)
 * Edwin Bautista, community organizer (party affiliation: Democratic)

Potential

 * Todd Shaw, former Planning Commission Chair (party affiliation: Democratic)

Declined

 * Leslie Pool, incumbent councilor for District 7 (party affiliation: Democratic)

City Council, District 10
Incumbent Alison Alter is ineligible for a third term, as she did not choose to collect the petition signatures required to bypass Austin's term limits.

Declared

 * Ashika Ganguly, legislative staffer for Rep. John Bucy III (party affiliation: Democratic)
 * Marc Duchen, neighborhood activist (party affiliation: Democratic)

Filed, but not declared

 * Idona Griffith, District 10 Human Rights Commissioner

Potential

 * Jennifer Virden, 2020 candidate for District 10 and 2022 candidate for Mayor of Austin (party affiliation: Republican)

Declined

 * Alison Alter, incumbent councilor for District 10 (party affiliation: Democratic)