Austin, Texas – The next Austin City Hall it will look slightly different. Who filling some of those seats It’s still up in the air.

Mayor Kirk Watson slightly surpassed the 50 percent threshold on election night, but some ballots still need to be counted. He could face Carmen Llanes Pulido in a second round.

Live results: Austin election results

The incumbents of Districts 2 and 4, Chito Vela and Vanessa Fuentes, maintained their seats in a landslide.

In District 6, incumbent Mackenzie Kelly lost her seat to Krista Laine.

Kelly was known for advocating for public safety. She posted a statement on X:

“I’m really proud of the work we accomplished, but this time we fell short. Thank you to everyone who supported us. I will continue to fight for our community, because we are all fighters. Just because we are down today doesn’t mean that doesn’t mean we will ever Let’s be out. Onward to the future!”

Laine shared her thoughts.

“I really hope that we can stop looking at a city council member as the conservative voice or the liberal voice and instead focus on the core services of the city. I think a lot of what we’ve seen in today’s elections is a hunger to do things,” he said.

She says she understands the unique challenges of her district, near the Travis-Williamson county line.

“It’s really important to find some ways to improve 911 response time for critical emergencies. Better utility reliability, both power, keeping the lights on, and also water and wastewater, and also safer streets.” “, said.

The two leading contenders for District 7, Mike Siegel and Gary Blesdoe, each earned less than 50 percent of the vote and will face off in a runoff in December.

Marc Duchen narrowly won the District 10 seat.

The newly elected council members will begin their new terms in January.