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Alter and Craig, who have much to offer in those areas as well, offer different ways of moving forward from where she leaves off. Attorney General: Rochelle Garza All three choices are good for voters in the contest for the nomination to, in all likelihood, flip the last GOP-held seat on the 3rd Court. Alter, a longtime Lege staffer (including for Kirk Watson), has the most fully developed housing plan (called Housing Now) of any candidate in any Council race; he'll be able to walk into City Hall with a mandate to immediately seek support for big changes. We can help. Usually, Travis County voters are pretty good about taking seriously their responsibility to elect good judges at all levels. We strongly recommend that RRISD voters vote for the Access Education slate: Place 1: Estevan Jesus Chuy Zrate. Hays, former chair of the Dallas County Democratic Party and co-founder and legal director for Jane's Due Process (which provides legal support for minors seeking to bypass parental consent for abortion care), pivoted to cannabis law when she moved back to Austin a couple years ago, and boy, could Texas use a highly competent, dedicated, and ethical lawyer in this post, rather than rodeo clown Sid Miller, whose friends and allies wasted no time trying to sell access to his office and the hemp licenses it now issues. Filing in the Republican or Democratic 2020 primary. Austin ISD Prop A, B, C: FOR. 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Jay Kleberg does, and he has that love, and has shown it to Texans as a conservationist and environmentalist for a long time (offsetting the right-wing tilt of his prominent family, owners of the King Ranch), and has the sustainability to put up a credible challenge in November. SD24: Kathy Jones-Hospod Below is your Republican guide: Remember when this was a job where one needed to love Texas' lands, and not just political power and prospective Alamo profits and guns? There is no currently active politician whose career has been more interwoven with the Chronicle's advocacy journalism than Brigid Shea, the hero of the Save Our Springs movement and a highly productive disruptor at City Hall in the 1990s. Five seats on the Austin school district's Board of Trustees are up for election: How to sell a $2.44B school bond?Make sure voters know what they're getting. 6 judge whose Project Engage has kept hundreds of youthful offenders out of jail is the best prepared candidate to move up to the felony bench and continue that work. Austin Community College has a $770 million bond on the ballot this election. All information on this webpage is specific to the January 2022 City of Austin Special Election and the Campaign Finance Filing Requirements. In each case, she has demonstrated an admirable balance of determination and decorum. Early voting starts Monday and continues through Nov. 4. We knew Silva was good from the first round and shouted her out in our earlier endorsement, but we feel like we slept on Stephanie Bazan. Austin American-Statesman 0:00 1:53 Voters will chart the future of their local community, and of Texas as a whole, on a ballot packed with important races and big-ticket propositions. Texas 2022 Primary Voter Guide: May 24 runoff election Texas Runoff Election Voter Guide A roundup of the candidates and key state and local primary races that your vote will decide in. Coupled with the long, hard hours he has put in meeting with organizers, business owners, and advocates inside and outside the district, we feel Velsquez is best positioned to navigate the complex challenges facing D3, the vanguard of gentrification in Austin both north and south of the river. Following months of discussion from Republican Gov. This is an interesting one. This guide details all propositions to provide general summaries for additional context as well as Chamber Board positions on the items. Your phone should be on silent or turned off and put away. Information will continually be updated as we approach the 2021 Election. A note to readers: Bold and uncensored, The Austin Chronicle has been Austins independent news source for over 40 years, expressing the communitys political and environmental concerns and supporting its active cultural scene. At-Large Place 9: Arati Singh (She's even a Chronicle "Best of Austin" winner!) Travis County residents will see a mix of statewide and local races on their ballot. Wilco Commissioner Pct. Statesman: Vote AGAINST Prop H. This initiative would provide publicly-funded $25 vouchers for Austin voters to support the mayoral or City Council campaigns of their choice. You may notice that none of these endorsements have changed from our general election endorsements. It does matter that a queer Gen X Latina who also holds elected office is a tougher opponent than Kirk Watson has really faced before, and can ask questions he doesn't know how to answer. Got something to say? Here who's on the ballot in November's midterm election: Austin mayoral debate:5 things we learned from the candidates, District 1 race:Austin City Council incumbent Harper-Madison aims for second term, District 3 raceRunoff likely in District 3 election as six candidates battle for open seat, District 5 raceAustin City Council seat up for grabs with Ann Kitchen leaving office, District 8 raceAustin City Council incumbent Paige Ellis facing three challengers, District 9 race:Big field of Austin City Council candidates focused on city's housing policies. Every other statewide executive position is also on the ballot. and More Reproductive FAQs, Its Official: Some People (Including Kirk Watson) Will Be on the Ballot, Gov. District 5 (dual): Ryan Alter, Ken Craig Three at-large seats on the Austin Community College Board of Trustees are up for election: Proposition A The $770 million bond would provide funding for new construction, campus upgrades and student support services, such as child care and student health services. TX-21: Claudia Zapata But Silva probably has more credibility with more of the southside portion of D3, which is largely East Riverside and Oltorf west to St. Eds lots of young people, lots of diversity, lots of renters. Austin ISD has a big bond on the ballot. If real news is important to you, please consider making a donation of $5, $10 or whatever you can afford, to help keep our journalism on stands. Craig, who has worked in Kitchen's office for five years, would move much more deliberately but would champion and, most likely, bring to fruition the small-area planning that Kitchen's side of the Code Wars has sought for decades opening the door for a mapless code scenario that can fix problems with Austin's regulatory regime in general without provoking protests from angry property owners. The presiding election judge will decide if the priority is granted. We wish we were exaggerating. When is the election? Early Voting Information for the March 2022 Primary, Answers to Your Questions About Voting by Mail. 4: Stacy Hackenberg, Hays County Judge: Ruben Becerra In the mayors race, that reconsideration was internal and brief; nothing about how the Nov. 8 election turned out, nor about the campaign thats unfolded since, made us rethink our support for Israel and for the reasons we laid out before. Do you know who your Austin City Council member is? For his trouble, he attracted a risible vanity challenge from Bush-era talking head Matthew Dowd, then a less risible but still issue-free challenge from Texas Democratic Party Vice Chair Carla Brailey and state Rep. Michelle Beckley either of whom would be credible alternatives if they'd begun running eight years ago rather than eight weeks. The story is bizarre read more and will surely be amusing on TV, but Judge Catherine Mauzy is living it right now, y'all, and needs your support. Heres what you need to know to vote in Travis County. We'd love to hear from you too! Eric Goodman's Austin FC column, other soccer news, All questions answered (satisfaction not guaranteed). Velsquez and Daniela Silva clearly not only agree with each other but like each other, so does it matter which one wins? You cannot, however, use your cellphone or another electronic device at the polling site. Registered and eligible Austinites may vote at any early voting location. Opinion: 19 Children Are Dead. Lockhart ISD schools are bursting at the seams. This seven-candidate field (we talked to six) to succeed retiring Rep. Eddie Rodriguez, now running for Congress, is amazingly qualified, and we thought this would be for sure a double or even triple endorsement. Proposition A The $199.28 million package focuses on renovations and capital maintenance, including building a new elementary school, the expansion of Sycamore Springs Middle school, and land purchases for future school facilities. If you're still on the fence about the upcoming presidential race, I've made a few recommendations for you. Starting. Matt Worthington, Cody Arn, and Cynthia Valadez-Mata are also strong choices in this race. Tom Sizemore, 'Saving Private Ryan' actor, dies at 61. Voters 70 or older can bring a photo ID that has been expired for any length of time. When we met with the candidates back in October, we invited her and Kirk Watson (and Jennifer Virden, who did not respond) in and had time to get answers from each to most of the questions that were going to steer our endorsement. HD49: Gina Hinojosa This is an especially important election for RRISD. Eric Goodman's Austin FC column, other soccer news, All questions answered (satisfaction not guaranteed). As regular Chronicle readers can surmise, there has been a wide spectrum of views on the Editorial Board regarding Casar's performance and agenda on the Austin City Council. Born and raised in East Austin, Velsquez's pride in his community has shone throughout his campaign. By. 2023 Legislative Session. A one-stop voter guide for everything you need to know about the upcoming elections and voting in Texas - from KVUE in Austin, Texas Voters can ask an election officer to bring a ballot to their parked car in the designated curbside voting location. 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According to The Texas Tribune, the voter must designate a representative to submit the application and doctor's note in person to the countys early voting clerk before 5 p.m. on Election Day. For this new civil court, we will go through the usual exercise of electing a Democrat to replace the appointed Republican Cleve Doty and we wish Eiserloh, who is now a familiar face and name all over town from her 2020 campaign for county attorney (where we endorsed her and then co-endorsed in the run-off), the best of success on this bench. Four seats are open on the Austin ISD school board. Grumet:Grumet: Here's what Austin got from the 2018 affordable housing bond. Many of her peers have no doubt helped Watson fill his campaign purse to bursting. Got something to say? 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HD46: Sheryl Cole As we told readers then, it was not to shame him but to goad him to do better as the leader and defender of a big and diverse community, not a superhero who all by himself would build a political house big enough to hold the new Austin. Day one of early voting in Travis County was quite impressive. Where candidates running for Austin City Council District 1 stand on three big issues, Watch: Where candidates running for Austin City Council District 3 stand on three big issues, Watch: Where candidates running for Austin City Council District 5 stand on three big issues, Watch: Where candidates running for Austin City Council District 8 stand on three big issues, Watch: Where candidates running for Austin City Council District 9 stand on three big issues. Visit austinchronicle.com/austin-music-awards to see winners. The Chronicle welcomes opinion pieces on any topic from the community. And we have to admit that in the last two years incumbent Margaret Gmez has done more to reflect the Chronicle's values on important issues than ever before in her extremely long career. Railroad Commissioner: Luke Warford The latest proposed legislation on higher education in Florida is causing outrage among local students. Not only were we wrong, but she's gone the distance again and again, leading confidently from a progressive place despite representing one of the purple Council districts west of MoPac, and scoring wins like the $460 million active transportation bond that went with Project Connect in 2020. Still and despite our admiration for all that state Rep. Eddie Rodriguez has done for Austin and Texas we agreed easily that Casar is the best choice to be Austin and San Antonio's new voice in Congress. Place 5: Amy Weir. The ballot must be returned by the same representative before 7 p.m. on Election Day to be counted. Comptroller: Janet Dudding A note to readers: Bold and uncensored, The Austin Chronicle has been Austins independent news source for over 40 years, expressing the communitys political and environmental concerns and supporting its active cultural scene. In another Texas county? Singh, on the other hand, has been a highly effective trustee on precisely the "adult political issues" Toolin wants to keep out of the classroom. The next day, the judge who had presided over the trial set Gray's bond at $70,000. Dec. 14, 2022 Kirk Watson Wins Austin's Mayoral Race By Fewer Than 900 Votes New Council comes into focus in run-off election Dec. 13, 2022 Chronicle Endorsements for Austin City Council. Election Ticker: As First Ballots Cast, Is Turnout Surging, Lagging, or Both? Legal documents to use in absence of an ID, Any other device that can record sound or capture images. District 5: Ryan Alter. Friday, Feb. 18 will be the last day to apply for mail-in ballots. HD45: Erin Zwiener The city also held a special general election for the District 4 seat on the city council on January 25, 2022. The mayor elected in this cycle will serve a two-year term, as opposed to four years. A note to readers: Bold and uncensored, The Austin Chronicle has been Austins independent news source for over 40 years, expressing the communitys political and environmental concerns and supporting its active cultural scene. PublishedOctober 19, 2022 at 2:15 PM CDT, If you found this reporting valuable, pleaseconsider. Submit yours now at austinchronicle.com/opinion. Governor raceNRA, anti-Abbott groups spend big in the Texas governor race, Attorney general race:Abortion emerges as key issue in Texas attorney general race for Ken Paxton, Rochelle Garza. Do we really understand why anyone is running against Lloyd in this late-career race to finally represent his lifelong neighbors in Austin? 2: Brigid Lester OK, y'all are starting to tick us off, defense bar, for continuing to go after Malhotra for being an advocate for survivors of intimate partner violence, the focus of this misdemeanor specialty court. We normally just say, "Vote for the Democrats," when, as has been the case for the last 25 years, there has not been a Republican worth voting for, or a Dem who needed voting against. The very first thing Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson spotted when she peered into the tiny cab of her place of job's most effective state automobile was once the guide window crank. Information is power. Hunter taught in AISD until 2015, is a current AISD parent, and has a fiery frankness that we think needs to be heard on a board that's gone along meekly with misguided plans of recent superintendents. In November, a blue-wave election in Hays County swept out the prosecutors who had tried to convict Gray. Video! It's currently held by Council Member Ann Kitchen. From city proposals to city council members, voters have the opportunity to determine the fate of several local races in just under a month. 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Chronicle Endorsements for the Propositions on the November Ballot November 2021 Statewide General Election and City of Austin Special Election Oct. 14, 2021 What You Need and Where to. Answers to Your Questions About Voting by Mail in Travis County, Your Local Lawmakers Enter the 88th Lege Arena. District 9: Linda Guerrero. To find out what exactly will be on your ballot and to read about each candidate, check out the League of Women Voters Vote 411 guide. District 5 (dual): Ryan Alter, Ken Craig. AUSTIN, Texas - The November 2021 election will take place on Tuesday, November 2nd. Round Rock ISDCandidates to participate in election forum at Kalahari Resorts. Council District 5: Ryan Alter Eric Goodman's Austin FC column, other soccer news, All questions answered (satisfaction not guaranteed). Can't keep up with happenings around town? His campaign coalition of labor unions, Democratic clubs, elected officials, and prominent community leaders will hopefully form a foundation for organizing to address not only housing and affordability, but transportation and public safety challenges in D3. For more information, including polling locations, visit the Travis County Clerk's website. Some problems look unchanged from our past but are now quite different old ways of "taking on traffic" and "keeping Austin safe" have been exhausted, discarded, discredited. You can find early voting locations in your area on the Vote Texas website two days before the first day of early. But Flores, who was narrowly upset by Rodriguez 20 years ago and has been making her mark as a community and civic leader ever since, rose to the top in our deliberations (which included ranked-choice voting among the Ed Board). Sharon Navarro, a professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, said the messages Republicans are using to target Latino voters about immigration and the economy seem to be working. CCA, P6: Robert Johnson, State Board of Education, District 5: Rebecca Bell Metereau 2021 New Mexico. Here's what you need to know. ), What the $350 million housing bond entails, Get caught up on the big issues facing Austin and its neighbors, Applications to be on the ballot are open, Updated: While feds investigate border initiative, he goes all in. In-person early voting: Thursday, December 1, through Friday, December 9 (Are you a Williamson County resident? Here's what you need to cast your ballot in Central Texas. Polling is open until February 1st and can be done via their official website. Williams got some bad press in the national media regarding the latter, but she convinced us that she views housing as a civil rights issue and has acted carefully in that role. Then, hit Look Me Up and on the right, hit View My Ballot. You can mark it up and take it with you to the polls. 2: Michelle Gutierrez Cohen HD51: Lulu Flores Name: AJ Marino School: St. Charles East, senior Sport: Wrestling Why he was selected: St. Charles East senior AJ Marino, who won the final match at the Class 3A team state dual tournament Feb. 25 to vault the Saints to the first team title in program history, is the Kane County Chronicle Athlete of the Week. If elected, we hope Leffler will be able to listen to the diverse array of voices in D9 and not just hear them. You didn't need us to tell you that. Travis County will let you vote until 9 p.m. on certain days during early voting. Five Highlights From the League of Women Voters Mayor Forum, Election Ticker: Money, Mayors, and Musgraves, All-Woman Western Swing Trio Tells Texas Republicans Its OK to Vote for Beto, Election Ticker: Tidbits From the Campaign Trail, Youth Keep Up With Kandidates Personally and Politically. But we also know what rape culture looks and smells like. If you had trouble getting an ID and dont have one, here are some alternatives: If you use one of these, youll have to sign a form that says you had a reasonable impediment to getting an ID. Find that here. Travis County: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov/departments/elections or 512/238-VOTE (8683), Williamson County: wilco.org/departments/election or 512/943-1630, Hays County: hayscountytx.com/departments/elections/current-year-election or 512/393-7779. Early voting begins Oct. 24 and. How is our attorney general being a dick this time? austin chronicle voting guide 2021 endorsements Posted at May 21, 2021 Chronicle Endorsements for the May 1 City of Austin Special Election. Branscum and Zapata have made the best impression on us as the Democratic choice for this likely doomed contest against incumbent Rep. Chip Roy, R-Dripping Springs, in November. Many counties have voting centers that allow early in-person voting, and ballot drop-off, in the month before election day. A ballot measure passed in May 2021 moved Austin's mayoral race to align with presidential elections in an effort to increase voter turnout. Download the application for an emergency ballot here. Six candidates are vying for this seat representing South Austin on the City Council. Voters must have a certified doctor's note confirming the illness. District 3: Jos Velsquez. City Clerk November 2022 Election All information on this webpage is specific to the November 2022 City of Austin Election and the Campaign Finance Filing Requirements. City of Austin Prop A: FOR, Trustee District 1: Candace Hunter Voters in Northeast Austin have two great choices in this race, as Roxanne Evans and Candace Hunter each have a robust understanding of the challenges the district faces. 1: KT Musselman District 4: Kathryn Whitley Chu BURBANK, Calif. (AP) Tom Sizemore, the "Saving Private Ryan" actor whose bright 1990s star burned out under the weight of his own . The Chronicle team slashed the normal slate of categories from the usual 50 to a trim 20. District 9 (dual): Ben Leffler, Linda Guerrero Janet Dudding is the actual accountant among the three candidates in the Dem primary. It's a shame that common-sense solutions to longstanding problems have been deferred to exactly when land and labor are most expensive, but students in Austin's aging and economically fragile outer-ring neighborhoods really will need these things. Lieutenant Governor: Mike Collier Ben Leffler's campaign outshines the packed field of D9 candidates, including Guerrero, who is the anointed successor to Kathie Tovo, stepping down after a decade on Council. The Austin Chronicle only endorses in contested races. The Houston Chronicle politics team's interactive guide to the candidates and key state and local races that Texas voters will decide in the March 1 primary election. Subsidizing income-restricted housing at the $350 million level of this (third) bond in the last decade is just something we must do, and/but it's only about a third of what we and the new Council need to initiate. Who Will Be the New Council Voice for District 9? TX-17: Mary Jo Woods District 8: Paige Ellis Support the Chronicle, One click gets you all the newsletters listed below, Breaking news, arts coverage, and daily events. Click here. There is absolutely no reason to replace him. STAND ALONE NARRATIVE. Implicit in all of our endorsements is our general presumption that unseating an incumbent is a higher bar to clear than staking a claim for an open seat. of his ex took the money his contribution, meant for the wedding and gave it to some else, which he . countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov/departments/elections, hayscountytx.com/departments/elections/current-year-election, Voters Decide Final Three Austin City Council Members, Kirk Watson Pulled in Suburban Voters and Outraised Opponent Celia Israel, Kirk Watson Wins Austin's Mayoral Race By Fewer Than 900 Votes, Election Ticker: Of Recounts and Run-Offs, Mayor's Race, Districts 3, 5, and 9 All Headed to Run-Off, Community Organizing Defines Eastside Races, Strong Student Support Buoys Qadri in D9 Race, Local Candidates Find Victory in Statewide Races, Hays County Dems Romp as San Marcos Legalizes Weed, Former AISD Educators Sweep District Trustee Races, Round Rock Crushes Far-Right Candidates Running for School Board, City, AISD, ACC All Win Approval for Major Investments, Travis County Midterm Elections Live Blog, Round Rock (ISD) Just Don't Stop: The Affair of the Forged Letter, Low Turnout, the Fight for Voting Rights, and More Election News, Hays D.A. After running four times in 10 years to finally land this seat on the board that tries to edit everybody's textbooks, Bell-Metereau has been rewarded in redistricting with an easily defendable Democratic district including all of Austin.