Saturday, April 17, 2021

Your Travis County voting guide for the May 2021 local election


Early voting begins April 19 on elections across Travis County, including the prize fight of the year so far -- the rollback of the homeless camping ordinance in Austin. 

But act fast -- early voting ends in just one week, on April 27, with election day Saturday, May 1!

Below are recommendations The Tracker has put together from various conservative sources with some of our own admonitions thrown in for good measure. Unfortunately, local input has been hard to gather, which is something we hope to remedy in future local elections. Therefore, not every race will have a recommendation. But this year we are including ALL candidates with our preferred candidate(s) or position(s) in bold. Some races have more than one recommendation due to intra-conservative conflicts.

To see if you have an election coming up 1) find your precinct number on your voter registration card or at www.votetravis.com and 2) look below to see your precinct number. Please not that not all Travis County voters will have a ballot for the May election, but most will.

Bold = Travis Tracker recommendation
* = Official Travis County Republican Party endorsement
? = May be liberal candidate or position but better than the alternative or status quo

CITIES

AUSTIN
Travis County Voting Precincts 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 108, 109, 111, 112, 113, 116, 117, 118, 120, 121, 122, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131,132, 133, 134, 135, 139, 140, 141, 142, 149, 151, 152, 153, 154, 156, 160, 164, 200, 202, 203, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 226, 227, 228, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 256, 258, 259, 260, 262, 263, 266, 267, 268, 273, 274, 275, 277, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 307, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 317, 318, 321, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 347, 349, 350, 351, 352, 354, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 374, 375, 401, 402, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 446, 447,448, 450, 451, 452, 454, 458, 460, 461, 463.

Prop A, Fire union arbitration - FOR?
Prop B, Homeless camping ban  - FOR
Prop C, Transfer police oversight powers to Council - AGAINST
Prop D, Mayoral election w/ presidential year - AGAINST
Prop E, Ranked-choice voting - AGAINST
Prop F, Strong mayor - AGAINST
Prop G, 11th Council district creation - AGAINST
Prop H, $25 to every voter to direct toward candidates - AGAINST

Notes: Props. D-H are Soros-backed, and that's no exaggeration. See more analysis in our previous coverage here.

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BEE CAVE
Precincts 316, 318, 324, 346, 359, 365, 368

(Pick up to three)
Joann Taylor
Kevin Hight
Andrew Clark 
Andrew Rebb
er 
Andrea Willott

Prop A - Reauthorization of sales tax
Prop B - Cleanup charter
Prop C - Efficiency cleanup
Prop D - Council/secretary clarification
Prop E - Removal of Municipal Judge process
Prop F - Vacancies clause
Prop G - Pertaining to abstentions
Prop H - Mayor member of Council

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CEDAR PARK

Travis County Precincts 369, 372, 374, 375

Place 1
Dorian Chavez
Jim Penniman-Morin

Place 3
Claudia Chavez 
Anne Duffy

Place 5
Kevin Harris
Collin Klein 

Prop A - 3-year terms of office
Prop B - Signature authority
Prop C - Vacancies process
Prop D - Privileged information definition
Prop E - Resign-to-run

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LAKEWAY

Precincts 306, 308, 319, 320, 324, 346, 359, 373

(Pick up to three)

Keith Trecker
Steven Clark
Sanjeev Kumar 
Kelly Brynteson 
Gretchen Vance 

Mayor
Alain Babin
Tom Kilgore

Prop A - reauthorize sales tax

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LEANDER

Precincts 369, etc.

Mayor
Troy Hill
Christine Sederquist 

Note: While Sederquist is an active Republican and often a fiscal conservative vote on the Council, her social stances are often liberal. Hill is the incumbent mayor at the helm of a conservative and pro-liberty resurgence in the area, and we do not recommend tipping the balance here.

Place 2
Mike Sanders
Annette Sponseller

Esmeralda Traube

Note: Sanders has the longer Republican voter history, while Sponseller, a former P&Z board member who was recently appointed by the Council to fill a vacancy in place 2, has also recently joined the Republican party and has the support of the conservatives on the city council. Therefore our recommendation is split between Sanders and Sponseller.

Place 4
Nacole Thompson
Donnie Mahan
Steve Hanes (dropped out)

Place 6
Marci Cannon 
Becki Ross

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ROUND ROCK

Travis County Precincts 110, 161, 219, 225

Place 3
Matt Baker 
Janneke Parrish

Place 5
Tina Steiner
Kristin Stevens  

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WEBBERVILLE

Precincts 106 and 114

Prop A - Alcohol sales

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SCHOOL DISTRICTS

HAYS CONSOLIDATED ISD
Travis County Precincts 310, 403, 404, 406

At-large Trustees
Donye Curry
Will McManus
Bert Aguin

District 3
Courtney Runkle
Richard W. Cronshey

Prop A - $148M in new school buildings
Prop B - $41M in renovations
Prop C - $12.8M for stadium expansion
Prop D - $4.2M for stadium improvements
Prop E - $30M for bonds
Prop F - $2.6M for technology

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DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD

Travis County Precincts 308, 316, 361

(Pick up to three)

Kay Kizziar
Lynn Henson
Stephanie Holtzendorf
Tricia Quintero
Shannon O'Connor
Stefani Reinold
Mary Jane Hetrick
Jeffrey Aylstock
Thaddeus Fortenberry

NOTE: While this race contains several Republican voters, we recommend Quintero as one of the three selections as she is a proven conservative.

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EANES ISD

Precincts 210, 212, 213, 220, 221, 233, 234, 237, 301, 307, 314, 317, 318, 324, 330, 338, 342, 347, 354, 356, 357, 364, 365

Place 4
Nigel Stout
James Spradley

Place 5
Jennifer Champagne
Jen Stevens 

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LAKE TRAVIS ISD

Precincts 306, 308, 312, 316, 318, 319, 320, 324, 330, 346, 359, 361, 365, 368

Place 1
Phillip E. Davis
Todd Taylor 
Spike McBride

Place 2
Kara Bell 
Lauren White

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PFLUGERVILLE ISD

Precincts 102, 103, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 123, 136, 137, 145, 146, 148, 150, 153, 160, 161, 163, 203, 205, 211, 215, 216, 218, 219, 226, 227, 229, 258, 268

Place 1
Marc Garcia
David Aguirre 

Place 2
Tony Hanson 

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SPECIAL DISTRICTS

TRAVIS COUNTY ESD No. 7
Precincts 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 375

Annexation - Prop A (from Leander ETJ)
Creation - Prop A (10 cent tax) 

Note: Both are listed as Prop A because the second Prop A (creation and the 10-cent tax) could not exist without the passage of the first Prop A (annexation of the land).

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TRAVIS COUNTY ESD No. 17

Precincts 105, 107, 113, 146, 148, 153, 160, 163, 203, 215, 216, 225, 227, 229

Prop A - Creation of district - AGAINST

Note: It is our understanding that the creation of this emergency services special district would gut the ambulance services currently provided by Pflugerville ESD No. 2. Notable local Republicans are opposed.

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TRAVIS COUNTY MUD No. 26

Precinct 403

Board of Directors
(Pick up to five)
Ed Hamel
Bryan Baese
Josh Majors
Kent Myers
Steve Brazell

Prop A - Confirm creation
Prop B - M&O tax $1
Prop C - $270M in new bonds for water
Prop E - $10M for rec facilities
Prop F - $420M for bond payments
Prop G - $98M for road bond payments

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SHADY HOLLOW MUD

Precincts 302, 309, 315

Prop A - M&O tax of 11 cents

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Entire sample ballot (as of 4/16/21)

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