MAPS: How did each precinct vote in Austin’s city council elections?
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Half of Austin's 10 city council districts were up for grabs in Tuesday's election. Of the five races, one will advance to a runoff election in December after no candidate received a majority of the votes.
Meanwhile, incumbent councilmembers Vanessa Fuentes and José "Chito" Vela were reelected to their District 2 and 4 seats, while incumbent Mackenzie Kelly lost to challenger Krista Laine in District 7. In District 10, Marc Duchen won an open seat.
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KXAN analyzed precinct-level results in each district to determine where each candidates' support was strongest.
District 2: Vanessa Fuentes reelected
Incumbent Vanessa Fuentes saw the highest vote share for any city council candidate on election night, claiming 85.66% of the vote in District 2, which covers southeast Austin. Fuentes won 22 of 23 precincts in which at least one vote was cast.
Her strongest showing was in Precinct 460, where she received 88.33% of the vote. The precinct is bounded by Interstate 35 to the west, S. Pleasant Valley Road and Todd Lane to the west, E. Ben White Boulevard to the north and Teri Road to the south.
Challenger Robert Reynolds won the only vote cast in Precinct 482, which includes Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Other than that precinct, Fuentes won at least 80% of the vote in every precinct.
District 4: José "Chito" Vela reelected
In District 4, which covers much of north central Austin, incumbent José "Chito" Vela was reelected despite facing four challengers. Vela won all 17 precincts in which at least one vote was cast.
His strongest performance was in Precinct 113, where he won 74.75% of the vote. The precinct covers part of the Windsor Park neighborhood, generally between Berkman Drive, E. 51st Street, Manor Road and Wheless Lane.
Vela won an outright majority in 13 precincts and a plurality of votes in four other precincts.
District 6: Krista Laine elected
Krista Laine was victorious in District 6, defeating the lone conservative member of the council, Mackenzie Kelly. District 6 covers the far northwestern part of Austin and includes the city limits that cross into Williamson County.
Precinct-level results are not yet available in Williamson County, but Travis County results show a tight race in the district. Of the 12 precincts in which at least one vote was cast, Laine won seven, while Kelly won five.
Laine's strongest performance was in Precinct 263, where she won 60.07% of the vote. The precinct covers Milwood and adjacent neighborhoods near W. Parmer Lane and McNeil Drive and includes the Apple campus.
Kelly performed best in Precinct 385, winning 54.1% of the vote there. The precinct includes Spicewood at Bull Creek and adjacent neighborhoods.
District 7: Mike Siegel, Gary Bledsoe advance to runoff
District 7 was the only race to advance to a runoff, with none of the six candidates receiving a majority of the vote. Mike Siegel came closest, with 39.84%. He advances to the Dec. 14 runoff alongside Gary Bledsoe, who won 19.29% of the vote. The district covers much of north central Austin.
Siegel won the most votes in 25 of the 31 precincts in the district. His strongest performance was in Precinct 224, where he won 57.84% of the vote. The precinct covers the western half of the Crestview neighborhood.
Bledsoe received the most votes in only one precinct, Precinct 264, where he won 35.43% of the vote. The precinct is bounded by W. Parmer Lane and Duval Road to the north and south and Amherst Drive and Dorsett Road to the east and west.
Third-place candidate Pierre Nguyễn won the most votes in three precincts in the northeast part of the district, while last-place candidate Edwin Bautista won Precinct 194 at the far northern end of the district.
District 10: Marc Duchen elected
In District 10, which covers much of northwest Austin, Marc Duchen won a close battle against Ashika Ganguly for an open seat on the council dais. Duchen won 22 of the precincts in which at least one vote was cast, while Ganguly won 11. The two candidates were tied in one precinct.
Duchen's best performance came in Precinct 291, where he received 63.84% of the vote. The precinct covers neighborhoods between Lake Austin and Capital of Texas Highway, just south of the Pennybacker Bridge.
Ganguly's best performance came closer to downtown Austin, in Precinct 117. District 10 covers only a small portion of the voting precinct, along Parkway near N. Lamar Boulevard and W. 15th Street. She won six of the nine votes cast in the precinct.
The runoff election for District 7 is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 14. At this time, KXAN is unable to make a projection in the Austin mayoral election. Incumbent Mayor Kirk Watson is currently at 50.01% of the vote, with potentially thousands of mail-in and provisional ballots still outstanding.