Below is a guide to what is on the ballot, including links to Q&A's with local candidates as well as information on where to vote.
Dates to know
Oct. 24: First day of early voting
Oct. 28: Last day to apply for ballot by mail (received, not postmarked)
Nov. 4: Last day of early voting
Nov. 8: Election Day
Nov. 8: Last day to receive ballot by mail (or Nov. 9 if carrier envelope is postmarked by 7 p.m. at location of election on Election Day)
Where to vote
Residents may cast their ballots at any polling location in the county in which they are registered to vote.
Early voting hours are Mondays-Saturdays 7 a.m.-7 p.m. and Sundays noon-6 p.m. On Election Day, polls are open from 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
In Travis County, voting hours will be extended at five megacenters—the Austin Permitting and Development Center, PACE Campus Gym, Southpark Meadows shopping mall, Millennium Youth Complex and the Ben Hur Shrine Center.
Those locations will be open from 7 a.m.-9 p.m. on Oct. 29 and Nov. 4.
Sample ballot
The following list includes elections voters in the South Austin and Dripping Springs area may be eligible to vote in. Only candidates in contested elections are included.
Candidate Q&A's are linked where available.
View the Travis County sample ballot here.
R: Republican, D: Democrat, L: Libertarian, G: Green, *Incumbent
FEDERAL
U.S. House of Representatives, District 35
(R) Dan McQueen
(D) Greg Casar
U.S. House of Representatives, District 37
(R) Jenny Garcia Sharon
(D) Lloyd Doggett*
(L) Clark Patterson
STATE
Governor
(R) Greg Abbott*
(D) Beto O’Rourke
(L) Mark Tippetts
(G) Delilah Barrios
Lieutenant governor
(R) Dan Patrick*
(D) Mike Collier
(L) Shanna Steele
Attorney general
(R) Ken Paxton*
(D) Rochelle Mercedes Garza
(L) Mark Ash
Comptroller of public accounts
(R) Glenn Hegar*
(D) Janet T. Dudding
(L) V. Alonzo Echevarria-Garza
Commissioner of the General Land Office
(R) Dawn Buckingham
(D) Jay Kleberg
(G) Alfred Molison Jr.
Commissioner of agriculture
(R) Sid Miller*
(D) Susan Hays
Railroad commissioner
(R) Wayne Christian*
(D) Luke Warford
(L) Jaime Andres Diez
(G) Hunter Wayne Crow
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 3
(R) Debra Lehrmann*
(D) Erin A. Nowell
(L) Thomas Edward Oxford
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 5
(R) Rebeca Huddle*
(D) Amanda Reichek
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 9
(R) Evan Young*
(D) Julia Maldonado
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 5
(R) Scott Walker*
(D) Dana Huffman
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 6
(R) Jesse F. McClure III*
(D) Robert Johnson
Member, State Board of Education, District 5
(R) Perla Munoz Hopkins
(D) Rebecca Bell-Metereau*
Texas Senate, District 14
(D) Sarah Eckhardt*
(L) Steven E. Haskett
Texas Senate, District 21
(R) Julie Dahlberg
(D) Judith Zaffirini*
(L) Arthur DiBianca
Texas House of Representatives, District 47
(R) Rob McCarthy
(D) Vikki Goodwin*
Texas House of Representatives, District 48
(D) Donna Howard*
(L) Daniel Jerome McCarthy
Texas House of Representatives, District 49
(R) Katherine Griffin
(D) Gina Hinojosa*
(L) J. David Roberson
Texas House of Representatives, District 50
(D) James Talarico
(R) Victor Johnson
(L) Ted Brown
Texas House of Representatives, District 51
(R) Robert Reynolds
(D) Maria Luisa “Lulu” Flores
Justice, 3rd Court of Appeals District, Place 4
(R) Lesli R. Fitzpatrick
(D) Rosa Lopez Theofanis
District judge, 455th Judicial District
(R) Cleve W. Doty
(D) Laurie Eiserloh
LOCAL
Travis County judge
(R) Rupal Chaudhari
(D) Andy Brown*
Travis County clerk
(R) Susan Haynes
(D) Dyana Limon-Mercado
Austin mayor
Phil Campero Brual
Celia Israel
Kirk Watson
Anthony Bradshaw
Jennifer Virden
Gary S. Spellman
Austin City Council, District 1
Misael D. Ramos
Clinton Rarey
Melonie House-Dixon
Natasha Harper-Madison*
Austin City Council, District 3
José Velásquez
Daniela Silva
Gavino Fernandez Jr.
José Noé Elías
Yvonne Weldon
Esala Wueschner
Austin City Council, District 5
Ryan Alter
Bill Welch
Ken Craig
Stephanie Bazan
Aaron Velazquez Webman
Brian Anderson II
Austin City Council, District 9
Zena Mitchell
Zohaib “Zo” Qadri
Greg Smith
Joah Spearman
Kym Olson
Ben Leffler
Linda Guerrero
Tom Wald
City of Austin, Proposition A
The issuance of $350 million in tax-supported general obligation bonds and notes for planning, designing, acquiring, constructing, renovating, improving and equipping affordable housing facilities for low- and moderate-income persons and families, and acquiring land and interests in land and property necessary to do so, funding loans and grants for affordable housing, and funding affordable housing programs, as may be permitted by law; and the levy of a tax sufficient to pay for the bonds and notes.
AISD
Austin ISD board of trustees, District 1
Roxanne J. Evans
Candace L. Hunter
Austin ISD board of trustees, District 4
Kathryn Whitley Chu
Clint Small
Austin ISD board of trustees, at-large Position 9
Arati Singh*
Heather Toolin
Austin ISD, Proposition A
The issuance of $2.32 billion school building bonds for the design, construction, acquisition, rehabilitation, renovation, expansion, improvement and equipment of school buildings in the district (including but not limited to improvements to enhance safety, security, and energy efficiency) and the purchase of the necessary sites therefor and the purchase of new school buses, and levying and imposition of taxes sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds and the costs of any credit agreements. Required statement for all school district bond propositions pursuant to section 45.003, Texas Education Code: this is a property tax increase.
Austin ISD, Proposition B
The issuance of $75.54 million school building bonds for the design, construction, acquisition, rehabilitation, renovation, expansion, improvement and upgrading of technology systems, infrastructure and equipment, and levying and imposition of taxes sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds and the costs of any credit agreements. Required statement for all school district bond propositions pursuant to section 45.003, Texas Education code: this is a property tax increase.
Austin ISD, Proposition C
The issuance of $47.43 million school building bonds for the design, construction, rehabilitation, renovation, expansion, improvement and equipment of stadium facilities in the district, and levying and imposition of taxes sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds and the costs of any credit agreements. Required statement for all school district bond propositions pursuant to section 45.003, Texas Education code: this is a property tax increase.
Austin Community College
Austin Community College trustee, Place 6
Nathaniel Hellman
Steve Jackobs
Austin Community College District Proposition A
The issuance of $770 million bonds for the purpose of constructing, improving, renovating, and equipping college buildings districtwide for workforce training and general education programs which will include, but not be limited to nursing, advanced manufacturing, skilled trades, and information technology, and for student support service such as on-site child care and student health services, and for the modernization of technology, and with such construction, improvement, renovation, and equipping of college buildings to include, but not but limited to: (1) construction of a new campus at the pinnacle site in Southwest Austin for instructional programs including software development and health care; (2) construction of a new campus at the southeast Travis County site for instructional programs including skilled trades, such as welding and automotive technology and advanced manufacturing; (3) expansion of the Hays campus for instructional programs including nursing and health care; (4) expansion of the Highland campus in Central Austin for instructional programs including advanced manufacturing, cybersecurity, and software development; (5) expansion of the Round Rock campus for instructional programs including nursing, advanced manufacturing, and skilled trades such as welding and automotive technology; (6) expansion of the Cypress Creek campus in Cedar Park for instructional programs including cybersecurity and software development; (7) expansion of the downtown Austin Rio Grande campus for instructional programs including computer science and cybersecurity; (8) expansion of the Elgin campus for instructional programs including advanced manufacturing and skilled trades such as welding; (9) expansion of the San Gabriel Campus in Leander for instructional programs including advanced manufacturing and skilled trades such as welding; and (10) technology and facility improvements at various campuses including but not limited to Riverside, Northridge, South Austin, and Eastview; and the levying of the tax in payment thereof.
