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Kirk Preston Watson (born March 18, 1958) [1] is an American attorney and politician who has served as the 59th mayor of Austin since 2023, previously holding the office as the 54th mayor from 1997 to 2001. [2]
Austin Mayor Kirk Watson is seeking reelection. Watson served as Austin's mayor from 1997-2001 and later as a Democratic state senator for over a decade before being elected mayor again in 2022.
The seat for District 14 became vacant on April 30, 2020, after the resignation of Kirk Watson. [6] A special election was called for July 14, 2020. No candidate had received over 50 percent of the vote, therefore the race was to proceed to a runoff later in 2020 between the top two candidates in the first round, resulting in two Democrats advancing to the runoff. [7]
Texas State Senator Kirk Watson and Representative Gina Hinojosa proposed a bill to allow the complex to be auctioned off. [6] In August 2023, the Texas General Land Office and the City of Austin Mayor Kirk Watson announced a plan to redevelop the Hobby complex into workforce housing. The complex would ideally include a housing resource office ...
Austin, Texas' mayoral election comes down to a runoff race as neither Watson nor Israel received more than half of the vote. Former Mayor Kirk Watson and state Rep. Celia Israel are headed to a ...
Austin Mayor Kirk Watson is on track to win his re-election bid outright but the race is so close that even a few thousand yet-to-be-counted ballots could change the outcome. A more complete vote ...
In the general election, state representative Celia Israel and former mayor Kirk Watson took the first two spots, leading realtor Jennifer Virden and several other candidates. Because no candidate received more than 50% of the vote, the race proceeded to a runoff election between Israel and Watson on December 13, which Watson won by 924 votes. [1]
Watson raised around $710,000 in this financial reporting period. All other candidates reported fundraising numbers below $90,000. Kirk Watson reports large fundraising lead in 2024 Austin mayor's ...