Saturday was Local Elections Day — the results of which signal that a conservative push-back against recent liberal gains in the “urban suburbs” has begun. Nowhere was that more apparent Saturday night than in Texas’ own capital (see some examples below).
Turnout was low as expected, with well-under 10 percent of the electorate turning out in most of these school board, city council, and utility district elections. This is par for the course in municipal elections, and at least one election is hanging by ONE VOTE as of the time of writing. In many cases, local political parties had to refrain from endorsements — often, a multi-candidate race will feature candidates from the same party running against each other.
