Final update 8:32 a.m.
With 65.2 percent of the vote, or 9,731 total votes, incumbent Delia Garza was named the winner of the Austin City Council District 2 race. She posted on her Facebook page last night thanking her supporters in District 2: Casey Ramos received 19.6 percent of the vote, or 2,930 votes, and Wesley Faulkner received 15.2 percent of the vote, or 2,272 votes.Update: 8:46 p.m.
Delia Garza, District 2 City Council candidate.[/caption]
District 2 Austin City Council Member Delia Garza said she is confident she will be victorious tonight, explaining she is ahead by enough to be confident in the current results.
"We're very positive," Garza said. "I think it would have to be a statistical anomaly if anything were to change."
She said she plans to stay true to the same priorities she maintained during her first term in elected office, addressing affordability, food availability and traffic issues in District 2. She also thanked her district voters for reelecting her.
Additionally, Garza weighed in on tonight's results so far on the mobility bond, which she said she did not support.
"I think the voters have spoken, and I respect the decision they've made," Garza said. "I really hope we can see through the promises that we made. I'm concerned that a lot of folks will have big concerns about 'did we address the congestion issue.' I wish we had more invested more in public transit. I think it's a good step but we are going to have to go to voters again [for public transit]."
Challenger Wesley Faulkner congratulated Garza and said "hopefully the issues that are brought in this race are addressed."
Faulkner held his watch party at Capitol Factory with the Austin Tech Alliance and the tech community. He said he was excited to see "what this group does and their impact on Austin in the future."
Incumbent Delia Garza leads in Austin City Council District 2 unofficial early voting totals
Posted 7:05 p.m.
Unofficial early vote totals from the Travis County Clerk's Office show incumbent Delia Garza leading in the District 2 Austin City Council race.
As of 7 p.m. when polls officially closed in Texas, Garza had 7,384 votes, or 66.6 percent of votes, while challengers Wesley Faulkner and Casey Ramos garnered 1,669 and 2,039 votes, or 15.05 and 18.4 percent of votes, respectively.
A total of 11,092 early voting ballots were cast in the Austin City Council District 2 election between Oct. 24 and Nov. 4, according to the clerk's office.
All results are unofficial until canvassed.
As of 5 p.m. today, nearly 80,000 votes had been cast in Travis County during Election Day, according to the Travis County Clerk's Office.
Garza campaigns on Election Day Posted 4:15 p.m. Austin City Council District 7 incumbent Delia Garza said she will be at Fiesta Mart, located at 701 E. Stassney Lane, to see voters until around 7 p.m. Her watch party, which will include live music by the Tiarra Girls, will be held down the street at Trudy's South Star, 901 Little Texas Lane, Austin, starting at 6:30 p.m. Challenger Wesley Faulkner will be at co-working space Capital Factory tonight starting at 6 p.m. for a watch party. The watch party is sponsored by the Austin Tech Alliance and the Austin Young Chamber of Commerce. Casey Ramos could not be reached about his plans for watching the election results.
