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 full Hays County sample ballot here.
The Travis County sample ballot here.
R: Republican, D: Democrat, L: Libertarian, G: Green
FEDERAL
U.S. House of Representatives, District 10
(R) Michael McCaul*
(D) Linda Nuno
(L) Bill Kelsey
U.S. House of Representatives, District 21
(R) Chip Roy*
(D) Claudia Andreana Zapata
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 Senate, District 25
(R) Donna Campbell*
(D) Robert Walsh
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 51
(R) Robert Reynolds
(D) Maria Luisa “Lulu” Flores
Texas House of Representatives, District 73
(R) Carrie Isaac
(D) Justin Calhoun
Justice, 3rd Court of Appeals District, Place 4
(R) Lesli R. Fitzpatrick
(D) Rosa Lopez Theofanis
District judge, 428th Judicial District
(R) Bill Henry*
(D) Joe Pool
District judge, 455th Judicial District
(R) Cleve W. Doty
(D) Laurie Eiserloh
COUNTY
Hays County criminal district attorney
(R) David Puryear
(D) Kelly Higgins
Hays County judge
(R) Mark Jones
(D) Ruben Becerra*
Hays County judge, County Court-at-Law No. 1
(R) Robert Updegrove*
(D) Jimmy Alan Hall
Hays County judge, County Court-at-Law No. 3, unexpired term
(R) Dan O’Brien*
(D) Elaine S. Brown
Hays County district clerk
(R) Linda Duran
(D) Elaine Cárdenas*
Hays County treasurer
(R) Britney Bolton Richey*
(D) Daphne Sanchez Tenorio
Travis County judge
(R) Rupal Chaudhari
(D) Andy Brown*
Travis County clerk
(R) Susan Haynes
(D) Dyana Limon-Mercado
City
City of Austin mayor
Phil Campero Brual
Celia Israel
Kirk Watson
Anthony Bradshaw
Jennifer Virden
Gary S. Spellman
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 8
Paige Ellis*
Richard Smith
Antonio D. Ross
Kimberly P. Hawkins
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.
Sunset Valley, council member
Phil Ellett
Charles Young
Robert Johnson*
Sunset Valley, council member, unexpired one-year term
Horacio Zambrana
Karen Medicus
Permanent directors, Dripping Springs Municipal Utility District No. 1
Vote for none, one, two, three, four or five
Josh Arnold
Austin Carrasquillo
Shawn Connolly
Danny G. Hubbard
Wade Lombard
Dripping Springs Municipal Utility District No. 1, Proposition A
Confirming creation of Dripping Springs Municipal Utility District No. 1
Dripping Springs Municipal Utility District No. 1, Proposition B
An operation and maintenance tax for the district not to exceed one dollar ($1) per on hundred dollars ($100) valuation of taxable property.
Dripping Springs Municipal Utility District No. 1, Proposition C
The issuance of $116.15 million bonds for water, wastewater and drainage system facilities.
Dripping Springs Municipal Utility District No. 1, Proposition D
The issuance of $49,400,000 in bonds for roads.
Dripping Springs Municipal Utility District No. 1, Proposition E
The issuance of $174.23 million in bonds for refunding water, wastewater and drainage system facilities bonds (including refunding bonds issued therefor) issued pursuant to Section 59, Article XVI of the Texas Constitution.
Dripping Springs Municipal Utility District No. 1, Proposition F
The issuance of $74.1 million bonds for refunding road bonds (including refunding bonds issued therefor) issued pursuant to Section 52, Article III of the Texas Constitution.
AUSTIN ISD
Austin ISD board of trustees, District 6
Andrew Gonzales
Geronimo M. Rodriguez, Jr.*
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.
DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD
Dripping Springs ISD, Proposition A
Authorizing DSISD to issue $199.28 million in bonds for school facilities (including a new elementary school and expansion to middle school), the purchase of the necessary sites for school facilities, and the purchase of new school buses.
Dripping Springs ISD, Proposition B
Authorizing DSISD to issue $275.35 million in bonds for school facilities (including a new high school), and the purchase of the necessary sites for school facilities.
Dripping Springs ISD, Proposition C
Authorizing DSISD to issue $6.51 million in bonds for instructional technology and the imposition of a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds.
ACC
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 onsite 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 healthcare; (2) construction of anew 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 healthcare; (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.
