Your Guide To The District 9 City Council Candidates

Your Guide To The District 9 City Council Candidates

District 9 Guide
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Summary

Five candidates are running to be the next Austin City Council member in District 9 (downtown/central Austin).

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

Live in downtown/central 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 9 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 – Zo Qadri – 01:28 – 23:39; Rich Heyman – 23:53 – 49:45; Katie Kam – 49:58 – End.

District 9 Basics
District 9 - Zo
District 9 - Katie
District 9 - Housing 2
District 9 - Parks & Arts
District 9 - Parks & Arts 2
District 9 - Props

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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