2020 Austin City Council Runoff Candidates - D6 and D10
Council seats for Districts 6 and 10 will go into a run off election.
If a candidate did not receive 50% of the vote during the November general election, the top two candidates will enter the run off. District 6 featured four candidates, and District 10 featured seven candidates, the largest candidate pool of the five City Council seats up for election during the November general election.
Early voting for the 2020 runoff election in Travis County beings on Dec. 3 until Dec. 11.
The runoff election is on Dec. 15.
See below to learn more about the candidates.
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District 6
Watch the District 6 City Council Candidate Run-off Forum to hear from the candidates.
Jimmy Flannigan (Incumbent)
General Election Results- 40.22%
Jimmy is an Austin City Council Member representing District 6 for his first term. Jimmy is a small business owner and community advocate. Jimmy has served as president and vice president of the Austin Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, regional chair of the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the Austin Chamber of Commerce's Transportation Committee. He also co-founded the community leader support organization Northwest Austin Coalition. As a council member, he serves as Chair of the CAPCOG Economic Development board, Chair of the Council's Judicial Committee (expanded to the Public Safety Committee in June 2020), Chair of the Community Advancement Network, Vice Chair of the Council's Mobility Committee, a member of the Council's Audit & Finance Committee, on the executive committee of CAPCOG, and on the board of CAMPO, Hate Crimes Task Force, and Pecan Street Project. Jimmy is a graduate of University of Texas. Jimmy has lived in Northwest Austin for 20 years.
City of Austin; Campaign Website; Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn
Mackenzie Kelly
General Election Results- 33.44%
Mackenzie is an Austin native. For eight years, she served a firefighter. She then worked in emergency management, where she is currently pursuing her degree from American Military University. Currently, Mackenzie is a YouTube health and fitness coach. Her policy priorities include affordability, transportation, and public safety. She is the president of Take Back Austin.
District 10
Watch the District 10 City Council Candidate Run-off Forum to hear from the candidates.
Alison Alter (Incumbent)
General Election Results- 34.76%
Alison is an Austin City Council Member representing District 10 for her first term. Allison is a small business owner, a former professor, a community connector, and an environmental advocate. She chairs the Audit and Finance Committee, is a board member on the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, and is a member of the Mobility Committee, Austin Energy Oversight Committee, Austin Water Oversight Committee, CAMPO Subcommittee on the 2045 Plan and the Joint City, County, AISD Committee. She is formally a member of the Texas Colorado River Floodplain Coalition and Clean Air Force of Central Texas Board of Directors. She is a graduate of Harvard University and Stanford University.
City of Austin; Campaign Website; Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn
Jennifer Virden
General Election Results- 25.35%
Jennifer is a broker and builder at Austinhaus Realty & Restorations.