2018 Austin mayoral election

2018 Austin mayoral election
November 6, 2018[1]
Turnout41.73%[1] Increase
 
Candidate Steve Adler Laura Morrison
Popular vote 171,198 56,110
Percentage 59.15% 19.39%
 
Candidate Gustavo Peña Todd Phelps
Popular vote 32,519 18,323
Percentage 11.23% 6.33%
Mayor before election

Steve Adler

 Elected mayor

Steve Adler

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The 2018 Austin mayoral election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the mayor of Austin, Texas. The election was a non-partisan mayoral election. If a candidate received a majority of the votes (50%+1 or greater), the candidate was elected, otherwise a runoff would be held between the top two candidates with the most votes. As incumbent Steve Adler secured a majority in the first round, a runoff was not required, and Adler was re-elected mayor for a second term.

Campaign

Adler entered the election with a strong fundraising advantage over his challengers.[2]

Adler's most formidable challenger was perceived to be former Austin City Council member Laura Morrison.[2] Morrison had been a prominent critic of CodeNEXT (a shelved effort to rewrite the city's land development code) and the deal Adler was offering to bring a Major League Soccer team to the city.[2]

Election results

Results[1]
Candidate Votes %
Steve Adler (incumbent) 171,198 59.15
Laura Morrison 56,110 19.39
Gustavo "Gus" Peña 32,519 11.23
Todd Phelps 18,323 6.33
Travis Duncan 6,532 2.26
Alexander Strenger 2,860 0.99
Alan Pease 1,908 0.66
Voter turnout %

References

  1. ^ a b c "Results November 06, 2018 OFFICIAL Cumulative Results". Travis County. Archived from the original on November 21, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c McGlinchy, Audrey (October 22, 2018). "Here Are The Candidates Running To Be Austin's Next Mayor". www.kut.org. KUT. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
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