Kirk Watson, Austin Mayor

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.
Election results: Kirk Watson appears to narrowly avoid runoff to win race for Austin mayor
With five candidates on the ballot, it takes at least a 50% vote total for a single candidate to not require a runoff.
Watson is ahead in election for Austin mayor, but it's unclear if he'll avoid a runoff
Mayor Kirk Watson is defending his seat against four opponents. He needs to earn 50% of the vote, plus one vote, to avoid a runoff election in December.
Austinites vote to elect next mayor, Watson leads in a landslide
The City of Austin has turned out in high numbers on Election Day, eager to elect the next mayor for the Capitol City.With issues like affordable housing, transportation, and homelessness at the forefront of voters' minds,
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Watson currently has a majority in two of the three counties that Austin is situated in. Based on unofficial results, he won 57.63% of the vote in Hays County and 50.05% in Travis County. Watson won a plurality in Williamson County — 49.04%.
Watson set to narrowly avoid runoff, would win reelection with 50.01% of Austin mayoral votes
Incumbent Mayor Kirk Watson would narrowly avoid a runoff and win reelection if unofficial results, which show him with more than 50% of the vote, stand.
Austin Mayor Kirk Watson far outraises challengers in reelection bid
Watson was forced into a runoff the last time he ran for mayor in 2022 even though he outraised his opponent Celia Israel by a 3 to 1. Watson garnered less of the vote on election night than Israel, but he then won by 886 votes in the runoff.
Kirk Watson leads Austin mayor's race
It's not clear whether incumbent Kirk Watson will avoid a runoff in the crowded field for mayor, according to unofficial election results. Driving the news: Watson held on to 50.01% of the vote in unofficial election returns from Travis,
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