Unofficial final results show incumbent Austin Mayor Kirk Watson barely cleared the threshold needed to avoid a runoff.

When the Travis County Clerk released the final tally of votes for Austin mayor early Wednesday, none of the candidates had ...

With five candidates on the ballot, it takes at least a 50% vote total for a single candidate to not require a runoff.

Some city of Austin leaders are raising concerns about the potential influence of artificial intelligence (AI) on future city ...

Mayor Kirk Watson is defending his seat against four opponents. He needs to earn 50% of the vote, plus one vote, to avoid a ...

Four challengers hoping to unseat Austin Mayor Kirk Watson are facing a tough fight against an incumbent with more than two ...

Austin Mayor Kirk Watson has taken flak for a take-charge style that can leave his council colleagues and the public in the dark. If that irks some people, Watson isn't apologizing. “Look, we don't ...

Early election results show incumbent Austin Mayor Kirk Watson winning; he championed an overhaul of the city’s land use code ...

Austin Mayor Kirk Watson as mayor, while in Round Rock, voters approved three out of four propositions for a school district's nearly $1 billion bond.

Austin Mayor Kirk Watson has taken flak for a take-charge style that can leave his council colleagues and the public in the dark. If that irks some people, Watson isn't apologizing. “Look ...