After eight years on the Austin City Council, Greg Casar will now head to Washington, D.C. after winning his primary by a wide margin.
The two candidates receiving the New York congresswoman's support are competing against more moderate Democrats in the primary.
The latest campaign finance reports show where candidates in Texas’ open congressional races stand.
The race for the heavily blue district features two Austin figures as frontrunners in the Democratic primary.
Rodriguez is the sixth incumbent Texas House member opting to run for higher office in 2022.
The city councilman who just won his third term in 2020 will vacate the position to run for the 35th Congressional District.
With formidable campaigns mounting on each side of the issue, Austin voters will consider setting a minimum staffing level for the police department.
Chas Moore launched his organization in 2015 and has since influenced massive policy changes in Texas' capital city.
The resolution would aid legal challenges to the constitutionality of Senate Bill 8. The gender-neutral language lost one liberal councilor.
The Austin city clerk announced 25,786 of the submitted signatures were valid, setting it up for a November vote.
Almost two years ago, the City of Austin began its experiment in widespread public homeless camping — and on Tuesday it will end.
After nearly two years of relaxed public camping laws, voters in the City of Austin elected to reinstate the public camping ban.
