Election Results

State and local tallies

"...} table.data tr.section { background-color:#EEEEEE; } GovernorStatewideTravis County Bill Dear6,5741.0%3310.9% Bill White516,62176.0%34,41490.2% Felix Rodriguez Alvarado33,7085.0%5041.3% Farouk Shami87,26812.8%2,3846.3% Alma Ludivina..."

March 5, 2010 News Feature

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Our own little Gaza Strip, and the Halloween (Gas) Mask is taken to task.

"...6. Hamzeh wants to scream, Americans supply Israel with weapons...."

Nov. 2, 2001 Column

Endorsements

"...takes seriously the responsibility of being mayor.Travis County Bond Propositions Travis County voters traditionally vote overwhelmingly in favor of..."

Oct. 26, 2001 News Feature

Page Two

"...lay out some questions and concerns about the upcoming Proposition 1 on the City's May 2 ballot -- and..."

April 17, 1998 Column by Nick Barbaro

Election Breakdown

The not-so-shocking election story, in numbers

"...which rejected Prop. 2 by a margin of nearly 61%. (The chart also shows margins – i.e., Prop. 2..."

Nov. 18, 2005 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Our readers talk back.

"...Reconsider Proposition 9..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Column

Election Day Live Coverage for Travis County

Tracking the local races

"...are headed to a runoff in City Council District 6, and Alison Alter will almost certainly face Jennifer Virden..."

Nov. 3, 2020 News Post by the News Staff

Capitol Chronicle

The Sept. 13 constitutional amendment ballot features the good, the bad, and the silly.

"...Last week I took a look at Proposition 12, the worst of the constitutional amendment propositions facing..."

Aug. 22, 2003 News Column by Michael King

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Don't Dissolve District

"...District's board and the vote on a city bond proposition (Proposition 2) that would fund the purchase of about..."

May 1, 1998 Column

May 1 Special Election Results: Austin Voters Tell City Leaders What They Don't Like

Austin voters tell city leaders what they don’t like

"...that many political observers expected: a solid win for Proposition B, the measure to reinstate Austin's ordinances that restrict..."

May 7, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Chronicle Endorsements for the May 1 City of Austin Special Election

Our picks for the eight propositions you'll see on your ballot

"...Lakeway, and Cedar Park), but city voters have eight propositions to consider. Seven of these (all but Prop B)..."

April 16, 2021 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

May 12 Special Election

The Chronicle endorsements

"...Del Valle: ISD Board, ISD Bond Proposition..."

May 4, 2007 News Feature

Endorsements

May 12 Joint and Special Election

"...Del Valle: ISD Board, ISD Bond Proposition..."

April 27, 2007 News Feature

The General Obligation Bond Package

"...thousands CBAC Recommendation Council Changes Cash Funded Election Ballot Proposition 1: Public Works & Transportation Americans w/ Disabilities Act..."

Aug. 14, 1998 News Feature

Election Snapshot

Voting Trends Stay the Course, With a Couple of Quirks

"...2 (which lost in the majority of the city's 160 precincts) would have gone down. Of the 69 boxes..."

May 8, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Stopping the Nonsense

The No Nonsense campaign gears up to derail the national anti-gay crusade

"...(a strategic voting hub for both sides of the Proposition 2 battle), and, for various reasons, a handful of..."

Oct. 7, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

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Our readers talk back.

"...last week the council voted in secret for a $36 million deal involving Austin Energy, minus any other bids!..."

May 3, 2002 Column

Chronicle Endorsements for the November 7 Election

Looking for guidance on the ballot's constitutional amendments and county propositions? We got you.

"...have received most of the state's available research grants. Proposition 5 would create two new funds that would provide..."

Oct. 20, 2023 News Feature

May 11 AISD Bond Election: The 'Chronicle' Endorsements, With a Note From the Publisher

"...long-term funding for some short-term repair work" included in Proposition 3 – as if they were unaware that 1)..."

May 10, 2013 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

Med School Campaign Goes High-Speed

The campaign for a UT-Austin medical school accelerates

"...campaign will boil down to two things on Nov. 6: whether voters actually make it to the proposition on..."

Oct. 12, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Travis Co. Vote

A mere 50.29% of Travis voters supported Proposition 15, the state constitutional amendment creating the Cancer Prevention and Research Insti­tute of Texas

"...What happened to Lance's cancer proposition in Travis County?..."

Nov. 16, 2007 News Feature by Lee Nichols

From Austin to Travis County -- With $$$$$$

Travis County's upcoming bond election asks mostly urban voters to fund suburban sprawl.

"...week after the Commissioners Court removed the most volatile proposition from the ballot: to expand a suburban road over..."

Oct. 19, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Point Austin: The Morning After

What voters said about taxes, city and county plans, and dogs

"...voted to allow adoptions of police dogs at retirement (Proposition 10). The 6% nays reportedly came primarily from Feline..."

Nov. 8, 2019 News Column by Michael King

Election Ticker: Run, Run, Run-off Away

It's a whole new election, y'all! Don't be alarmed.

"...Dec. 11 run-off and the fallout from the Nov. 6 contests. See our endorsements for the run-off races here,..."

Nov. 23, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

"..."Sami contingent" was all for the ideas proposed by propositions 11 and 12, he indicated that our only problem..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Column

Naked City

"...• Anti-abortion activists don't have a lock on sanctimony,..."

Sept. 14, 2007 News Feature

Saturday Night Live

Mayor Kirk Watson takes his downtown vision to the streets

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Oct. 2, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

New Study Changes City Council's View of Flood Risk

Puzzling over a variance on Avenue D, and spending the first of the 2018 bond funds

"...three readings, so it'll come back again after a 6-5 vote in favor. Don't hold your breath, homeowners on..."

March 15, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

May 11 AISD Bond Election

"...of public support, and that this set of bond propositions is aimed at ongoing, substantive needs to improve, maintain,..."

April 26, 2013 News Feature

Real Losers Regarding Prop. 1

"...Dear Editor, The real losers regarding Proposition 1 are the remnants of the middle class who..."

Oct. 24, 2012 Postmarks

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