Residents in Austin will weigh in on national, state and local races on Nov. 5. The following are some of the top races to keep in mind going into Election Day. For a full list of ballot items, visit our voter guide.

City of AustinTravis County

District Attorney, 53rd Judicial District
  • Daniel W. Betts (R)
  • José Garza* (D)
Travis County Proposition A

“Approving the ad valorem tax rate of $0.344445 per $100 valuation in County of Travis for the current year, a rate that is $0.025 higher per $100 valuation than the voter-approval tax rate of County of Travis, for the purpose of increasing access to affordable and high-quality child care and afterschool/summer programming and related services for low-income families and developing and administering related workforce and economic development programs. Last year, the ad valorem tax rate in County of Travis was $0.304655 per $100 valuation.”

Read more about the proposition here.


Austin ISD

Board of trustees, District 2
  • LaRessa Quintana
  • Sarah Ivory
Board of trustees, At-Large Position 8
  • Lindsey Stringer
  • Nathaniel Hellman
  • Dylan "Sky" MacAdams
  • Nick Franke
  • Fernando Lucas de Urioste
  • Amy Moore
Austin ISD Proposition A

“Ratifying the ad valorem tax rate of $0.9505 per $100 valuation in the Austin Independent School District for the current year, a rate that will result in an increase of 8.3 percent in maintenance and operations tax revenue for the district for the current year as compared to the preceding year, which is an additional $184,628,049.”

Read more here.


Austin Community College District

ACC, Trustee, Place 7
  • Sherri Lynn Taylor
  • Cole Wilson
ACC, Trustee, Place 9
  • Joe Sefton
  • Julie Ann Nitsch
Federal and state elections

President
  • Donald J. Trump (R)
  • Kamala D. Harris (D)
  • Chase Oliver (L)
  • Jill Stein (G)
U.S. Senate
  • Ted Cruz* (R)
  • Colin Allred (D)
  • Ted Brown (L)
Texas Railroad Commissioner
  • Christi Craddick* (R)
  • Katherine Culbert (D)
  • Hawk Dunlap (L)
  • Eddie Espinoza (G)
Texas Supreme Court Justice — Place 2
  • Jimmy Blacklock* (R)
  • DaSean Jones (D)
Texas Supreme Court Justice — Place 4
  • John Devine* (R)
  • Christine Vinh Weems (D)
Texas Supreme Court Justice — Place 6
  • Jane Bland* (R)
  • Bonnie Lee Goldstein (D)
  • J. David Roberson (L)
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals — presiding judge
  • David J. Schenck (R)
  • Holly Taylor (D)
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals — Place 7
  • Gina Parker (R)
  • Nancy Mulder (D)
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals — Place 8
  • Lee Finley (R)
  • Chika Anyiam (D)
Texas House District 46
  • Nikki Kosich (R)
  • Sheryl Cole * (D)
Texas House District 48
  • Donna Howard* (D)
  • Daniel McCarthy (L)
U.S. House of Representatives, District 21
  • Chip Roy* (R)
  • Kristin Hook (D)
  • Bob King (L)
U.S. House of Representatives, District 35
  • Steven Wright (R)
  • Greg Casar* (D)
  • Steven Wright (R)
U.S. House of Representatives, District 37
  • Jenny Garcia Sharon (R)
  • Lloyd Doggett* (D)
  • Girish Altekar (L)
Where to vote

Voting locations on Nov. 5 are open from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Residents can vote at any voting station in the county in which they are registered to vote. More detailed information on polling locations is available here.