Austin's 10-1 Elections
11:24 pm
Tue November 4, 2014
Live Blog: The 2014 Austin City Council Election
It all ends tonight, kind of.
78 candidates have campaigned in the cityโs first election under the 10-1 system of geographic representation and early voting numbers are here. Below you can see the front runners in each district.
Update: Delia Garza looks poised to win D2
Garza leads District 2 with 65.94 percent of the vote, and her closest opponent, Wally Reyes, garnered just 15.56 percent of the vote.
She says that her victory in the district is reflective of the diversity idealized in the 10-1 system, adding that there could be as many as three Latino council members after the run-offs.
Austin Transportation Vote
11:06 pm
Tue November 4, 2014
Austin's Rail and Roads Bond Defeated
After years of false starts and changed plans for light rail in Austin, voters have decided against a billion-dollar plan that would have brought the city its first light rail line and hundreds of millions of dollars in road improvements.ย
Rail hasn't been on the ballot in Austin for ten years (though it did come clos