KXAN projections: Who won Austin mayor? Austin City Council seats?
Editor's Note: Above is KXAN's coverage of the Austin mayoral race in our 10 p.m. newscast.
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin mayoral race will be too close to call until official results come out, which will account for some final mail-in ballots, military or overseas ballots and provisional ballots.
All of those ballots have to be counted by Nov. 18, according to the Texas Secretary of State .
ho's running for Austin mayor?
To avoid a runoff, a candidate needs more than 50% of the vote. Austin Mayor Kirk Watson has 50.01% of the overall vote as of the early morning hours of Nov. 6.
Those additional ballots could push Watson into a runoff with Carmen Llanes Pulido.
You can also find the results of the Nov. 2024 mayoral election here .
Austin City Council seats
KXAN is projecting the following in Austin City Council races:
Vanessa Fuentes wins Austin City Council District 2
José Vela wins Austin City Council District 4
Krista Laine wins Austin City Council District 6
Mike Siegel and Gary Bledsoe go to runoff in Austin City Council District 7
Marc Duchen wins Austin City Council District 10
In District 7, the runoff will occur Saturday, December 14, according to the Texas Secretary of State .
