The Race to 270 (and 51, and 218 …)

An hour-by-hour viewer's guide to Tuesday night's election coverage

"...U.S. Senate Of the 33 Senate races, 23 are for seats currently held by Democrats. But..."

Nov. 6, 2012 News Post by Nick Barbaro

Race to the Board: Fundraising

Some 80% of Mary Ellen Pietruszynski's contributions came from three donors in the tech community

"...In the race to replace Annette LoVoi on the AISD board of..."

Oct. 19, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Precinct 3 Race Likely a Rematch

The Precinct 3 primary looks to be a preview of a fall rematch

"...most mundane electoral contests. Here in Travis County, the race for the Precinct 3 seat on Commissioners Court gathered..."

Feb. 10, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

AISD Race: Barksdale Prevails

Barksdale and Cowan bring out the voters (sort of)

"...accepted wisdom by getting more Austinites interested in the race and their individual candidacies than in the first round...."

June 18, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Race Relations

"...America to continue in her ignorance in regard to race relations. When polls are conducted, the majority of Americans,..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Postmarks

Craddick Foes Prefer Secret Ballot in Speaker's Race

House members try to outsmart Craddick in laying ground rules for choosing a speaker

"...next Lege session, the expected high elbows in the race to become the new House speaker have started. There..."

Dec. 5, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

CD 10 Race Getting National Notice

McCaul's advantage downgraded from "likely Republican" to "leans"

"...Cook Political Report downgraded McCaul's perceived advantage in the race from "likely Republican" to "leans Republican." Not too shabby..."

Oct. 30, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Polling in Senate Race All Over the Map

Who's ahead in U.S. Senate race? It depends.

"...Will the real U.S. Senate race please stand up? If anything would make you question..."

Aug. 22, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

ACLU, Free Market Foundation Want In On Speaker Race

Rights group and religious right suing Texas Ethics Commission over right to pump money into speaker race.

"...the right to campaign about the Texas House Speaker race. They have come together to get sections of the..."

Feb. 13, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

In America Today Race and Gender Don't Matter

"...moral ignorance. The truth is that in America today, race and gender, in fact, do not matter regarding a..."

Jan. 24, 2008 Postmarks

Nader Had a Major Impact on 2000 Race

"...admit Nader had a major impact on the presidential race that year. He got 93,000 or so votes in..."

March 1, 2004 Postmarks

A Race for the Aquifer

"...The outcome of two contested races for the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District could recast..."

April 26, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Reverse Race-ism

Will a Single-member System Accomplish Its Goal?

"...defeated several Hispanic candidates (and one Anglo), in the race for the traditionally Hispanic Place 5. Although Garcia was..."

Oct. 10, 1997 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Labor Unions Split on Mayoral Race

Why Watson lost out on the Central Labor Council endorsement

"...of the AFL-CIO, declined to endorse in the mayoral race at all. [inset-1-left]..."

Oct. 4, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

How Austin’s Mayoral Race Is Shaping Up So Far

Mayor Kirk Watson continues to bide his time

"...she made up her mind to enter the mayor’s race). She also wants to pursue the same kind of..."

Feb. 2, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

After Narrow Loss in Mayor’s Race, Celia Tries for Tax Assessor-Collector

Bruce Elfant retires after a decade

"...As for her decision not to challenge Watson, who..."

June 19, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Kirk Watson Wins Austin's Mayoral Race By Fewer Than 900 Votes

New Council comes into focus in run-off election

"...The race was so tight that Israel won 17 more votes..."

Dec. 13, 2022 News Post by Maggie Quinlan

Strong Student Support Buoys Qadri in D9 Race

Zo Qadri and Linda Guerrero go into overtime

"...As the least urbanist candidate in the race and Tovo's choice for successor, Guerrero did best in..."

Nov. 11, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Race and Class Inform Disparities in Road Deaths

All crises are not created equal

"...ensure death and serious injury are spread equally across race and class, but rather to bring all death and..."

Sept. 2, 2022 News Feature by Benton Graham

Celia Israel Makes "Exploratory" Move Toward 2022 Mayor's Race

State rep not seeking a fifth term in Texas House

"...poised to back her in the 2022 Austin mayoral race...."

Sept. 22, 2021 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

City Council District 10: In Seven-Car Race, Alter Finds Center Lane

D10 appears most likely to end in a December run-off – predicting who will make it past Nov. 3 is not easy.

"...most candidates (seven) of all the 2020 City Council races, the Central and West Austin District 10 appears most..."

Oct. 9, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Race for Congressional District 31 Is Down to Two Dem Candidates

Either Christine Eady Mann or Donna Imam will challenge GOP incumbent Rep. John Carter

"...The Congressional District 31 Democratic primary race has finally been winnowed down to two candidates. Family..."

March 13, 2020 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: About That D.A. Race ...

Point Austin dissents from the Chronicle Editorial Board’s view of the incumbent

"...no knowledge of local circumstances have pontificated on the race, and even Elizabeth Warren (bless her heart) has put..."

Feb. 14, 2020 News Column by Michael King

Anti-Garza Website Heats Up County Attorney Race

Attack site ties back to opponent’s former campaign consultant

"...We've got plenty of issues to work within this race, and it's not my way ... I'm not about..."

Feb. 14, 2020 News Feature by Michael King

The Summit on Race in America: Songwriters in the Round Panel Recap

Multiple generations of black artists push for music in schools

"...at the LBJ Library during its three-day Summit on Race in America...."

April 10, 2019 Music Post by Derek Udensi

Mixing Race, Gender, and Improv Is a Heady Cocktail for Two

Shannon Stott and Quinn Buckner bid some basic boundaries bye-bye

"...turned on its head, and all this stuff about race and gender is thrown at them, and they’ve gotta..."

Jan. 22, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Travis Duncan Enters Mayor Race

Candidate says he’ll bring “people’s power plan” to Austin

"...There’s a new entry in Austin’s mayoral race, joining incumbent Steve Adler and challenger Laura Morrison for..."

March 14, 2018 News Post by Michael King

Point Austin: Race Matters

The Mayor’s Task Force on racism provides a lengthy to-do list

"...deeply red Texas, we retain plenty of old-school Southern race-and-class disparities, recently aggravated by a mostly centrifugal economic boom...."

April 7, 2017 News Column by Michael King

The Race for House District 46

The pool of potential candidates is filling up for Dawnna Dukes' seat

"...8) again threw his hat into the ring. The race got more interesting when attorney and former Workers Defense..."

Nov. 18, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Cruz Quits Presidential Race

Inevitable exit after Indiana collapse

"...to Donald Trump. Cruz announced his exit from the race thusly: "From the beginning, I've said that I would..."

May 3, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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