Your Guide To The District 5 City Council Candidates

Your Guide To The District 5 City Council Candidates

District 5 Guide
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Summary

Four candidates are running to be the next Austin City Council member in District 5 (south Austin).

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This election guide was created by Amy Stansbury and Mirya Dila. Illustrations by Sarah Doan. 

Live in south Austin? You’re going to see a big City Council race on your ballot this year! We interviewed three of the candidates running for the District 5 City Council seat. You can listen to our podcast interview below and keep scrolling for our shorter, easy-to-read guide. 

Time stamps for easier listening – Ryan Alter – 01:29 – 22:43; Liz Brink – 23:00 – 40:36; David Weinberg – 40:53 – End

District 5 - The Basics
District 5 - Liz
District 5 - David
District 5 - Farrah
District 5 - Housing
District 5 - Homelessness
District 5 - Public Safety
District 5 - Endorsements

These represents a list of some of the endorsements pulled from the candidates’ websites. For a full list of endorsements for each candidate, check out their websites. 

Quotes for this story come from original interviews with the candidates and from their websites. 

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