Mayoral Election In Austin, Texas (2022)
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| Election dates |
| Filing deadline: August 22, 2022 |
| General election: November 8, 2022 |
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| Offices up: Mayor |
| Total seats up: 1 (click here for other city elections) |
| Election type: Nonpartisan |
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The city of Austin, Texas, is holding a general election for mayor on November 8, 2022. The filing deadline for this election is August 22, 2022.
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- See also: Texas elections, 2022
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May 24, 2022
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- Texas Attorney General election, 2022
- Texas Comptroller election, 2022
- Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022
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- Texas Railroad Commissioner election, 2022
- Texas State Senate elections, 2022
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- Texas' 10th Congressional District election, 2022
- Texas' 17th Congressional District election, 2022
- Texas' 21st Congressional District election, 2022
- Texas' 25th Congressional District election, 2022
- Texas' 31st Congressional District election, 2022
- Texas' 35th Congressional District election, 2022
- Texas' 37th Congressional District election, 2022
- Texas Agriculture Commissioner election, 2022
- Texas Attorney General election, 2022
- Texas Comptroller election, 2022
- Texas gubernatorial election, 2022
- Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022
- Texas Public Lands Commissioner election, 2022
- Texas Railroad Commissioner election, 2022
- Texas State Senate elections, 2022
- Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022
- Texas Court of Criminal Appeals elections, 2020
- Texas Supreme Court elections, 2022
- Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2022
- Municipal elections in Travis County, Texas (2022)
- Municipal elections in Williamson County, Texas (2022)
Mayoral partisanship[edit]
Austin has a Democratic mayor. As of June 2022, 62 mayors in the largest 100 cities by population are affiliated with the Democratic Party, 25 are affiliated with the Republican Party, four are independents, seven identify as nonpartisan or unaffiliated, and two mayors' affiliations are unknown. While most mayoral elections in the 100 largest cities are nonpartisan, most officeholders are affiliated with a political party. Click here for a list of the 100 largest cities' mayors and their partisan affiliations.
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About the city[edit]
- See also: Austin, Texas
Austin is the state capital of Texas. It is located in Travis County. As of 2015, its population was 887,061.[1]
City government[edit]
- See also: Council-manager government
Since 1924, the city of Austin has utilized a council-manager system.[2] In this form of municipal government, an elected city council—which includes the mayor and serves as the city's primary legislative body—appoints a chief executive called a city manager to oversee day-to-day municipal operations and implement the council's policy and legislative initiatives.[3][4]
Demographics[edit]
The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.
| Demographic data for Austin, Texas (2015) | ||
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| Austin | Texas | |
| Total population: | 887,061 | 27,429,639 |
| Land area (square miles): | 298 | 261,232 |
| Race and ethnicity[5] | ||
| White: | 75.1% | 74.9% |
| Black/African American: | 7.7% | 11.9% |
| Asian: | 6.8% | 4.2% |
| Native American: | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| Pacific Islander: | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Two or more: | 3.2% | 2.5% |
| Hispanic/Latino: | 34.5% | 38.4% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate: | 87.5% | 81.9% |
| College graduation rate: | 46.9% | 27.6% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income: | $57,689 | $53,207 |
| Persons below poverty level: | 18% | 19.9% |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) | ||
See also[edit]
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External links[edit]
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- City of Austin
Footnotes[edit]
- ↑ United States Census Bureau, "2011-2015 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates," accessed December 15, 2017
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Austin City Charter V 1-3, accessed August 26, 2014
- ↑ Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.
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