Saturday, September 7, 2024, your Legislative Committee and delegates to the Austin AFL-CIO Central Labor Council screened candidates for the Austin City Council and Mayoral races, as well as the Austin Community College Places and Austin Independent School District Trustees. Below are the endorsed candidates by all participating Unions in the Austin CLC.
No endorsements were made for Austin City Mayor, which leaves each Union to endorse a candidate based on the decisions of their respective governing bodies.
Austin City Council endorsements by name and District
Venessa Fuentes – District 2
Jose “Chito” Vela – District 4
Krista Laine – District 6
Mike Siegel – District 7
Ashika Ganguly – District 10
Austin Community College
Cole Wilson – Place 7
Stephanie Gharakhanian – Place 8
Julie Ann Nitsch – Place 9
Austin Independent School District
LaRessa Quintana – Trustee District 2
Kevin Foster – Trustee District 3
Lynn Boswell – Trustee District 5
Femando Lucas de Urioste – Trustee At-Large Position 8