2009 Austin mayoral election

none January 2025 September 2023 July 2009 2009 Austin mayoral election Flag of Austin, Texas.svg presidential no 2006 Austin mayoral election 2006 2012 Austin mayoral election 2012 May 9, 2009 13.02% File:Mayor of Austin, Texas (6760317815) (1).jpg 150x150px Lee Leffingwell c0c0c0 27,500 47.23% File:3x4.svg Brewster McCracken c0c0c0 15,613 26.81% File:Carole Keeton Strayhorn (1).jpg Carole Keeton Strayhorn c0c0c0 12,482 21.44% Mayor Will Wynn Lee Leffingwell The 2009 Austin mayoral election was held on May 9, 2009. Incumbent Mayor Will Wynn was term-limited. No candidate received a majority of the vote, which would have precipitated a runoff election, but second-place finisher Brewster McCracken withdrew from the race http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/election/entries/2009/05/11/mccracken_drops_out_of_mayoral_runoff.html statesman.com McCracken drops out of mayoral runoff Election Updates 2009-05-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20090514144819/http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/election/entries/2009/05/11/mccracken_drops_out_of_mayoral_runoff.html 2009-05-14 dead making Lee Leffingwell the winner by default. Candidates David Buttross Josiah James Ingalls Lee Leffingwell - Austin City Councilman Brewster McCracken - Austin City Councilman Carole Keeton Strayhorn - former Austin mayor, former Texas Comptroller, 2006 Independent gubernatorial candidate Forum + 2009 Austin mayoral election candidate forum No. Number Date Host Moderator Link Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan NonpartisanKey:black #90ff90  P  Participant  black #FFFFDD  A  Absent  black #ff9090  N  Not invited  black #CCFFCC  I  Invited #f0e68c W Withdrawn David Buttross Josiah Ingalls Lee Leffingwell Brewster McCracken Carole Keeton Strayhorn1 Oct. 5, 2022 Austin American-StatesmanKLRUKUT Bruce Hight YouTube P P P P P Election results 2009 Austin Mayoral electionMay 9, 2009 Joint General and Special Elections Travis County May 09, 2009 Official Results City of Austin Cumulative Report https://countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov/images/pre/election_results/2009.05.09/coacume.pdf Travis County 22 October 2019 20 May 2009 Nonpartisan Lee Leffingwell 27,500 47.23 Nonpartisan Brewster McCracken 15,613 26.81 Nonpartisan Carole Keeton Strayhorn 12,482 21.44 Nonpartisan David Buttross 2,230 3.83 Nonpartisan Josiah James Ingalls 403 0.69 58,228 References Category:2009 Texas elections Category:2009 United States mayoral elections 2009 Austin mayor 2009 Category:2000s in Austin, Texas Category:May 2009 in the United States