Austin Central Labor Council 2026 General Election Endorsements

Early voting for the general election will be Oct. 19-30, with Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026.

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No action means that a vote was taken and the voting body decided not to endorse a specific candidate, allowing union affiliates to endorse at-will in that race. If a race is not listed, there was no recommendation from the delegates.

Statewide Endorsements

Federal and state endorsements are made by the Texas AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education (COPE). See more details at texasaflcio.org/endorsements

*✊ Union-first candidate and current union member
Union affiliations shown for Texas AFL-CIO affiliated union members.

U.S. Senate	James Talarico (D) Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)
Governor	Gina Hinojosa (D) Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)
Lieutenant Governor	Vikki Goodwin (D) Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)
Attorney General	Nathan Johnson (D) Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)
Comptroller of Public Accounts	Sarah Eckhardt (D) Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)
Commissioner of General Land Office	Benjamin Flores (D)
Agriculture Commissioner	Clayton Tucker (D)
Railroad Commissioner	Jon Rosenthal (D)
Texas Supreme Court, Chief Justice	*Maggie Ellis (D) ✊** Member of AFSCME 1624 and TSEU (CWA 6186)
Texas Supreme Court, Place 2	Chari Kelly (D) Member of AFSCME 1624
Texas Supreme Court, Place 7	Kristen Hawkins (D)
Texas Supreme Court, Place 8	Gisela Triana (D) ✊ Member of AFSCME 1624*
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 9	*Holly Taylor (D) ✊** Member of AFSCME Texas Retiree Chapter 12
15th Court of Appeals, Chief Justice	Jerry Zimmerer (D)
15th Court of Appeals, Place 2	Thomas Baker (D)
15th Court of Appeals, Place 3	Marc Meyer (D) Former member of IAFF 341

State Board of Education Endorsements

State Board of Education, District 5
(Central Texas)

Allison Bush (D)
Former member of Texas AFT

Congressional Endorsements

District maps available here.

U.S. House, District 10 (Austin, Bryan)	Caitlyn Rourk (D)
U.S. House, District 11 (San Angelo, Midland, Pflugerville)	Claire Reynolds (D)
U.S. House, District 17 (Waco, Round Rock, Hillsboro)	Casey Shepard (D)
U.S. House, District 21 (San Marcos, New Braunfels, Kerrville)	Kristin Hook (D)
U.S. House, District 27 (Kyle, Brenham, Bay City, Victoria)	*Tanya Lloyd (D) ✊** Member of Texas AFT
U.S. House, District 31 (Georgetown, Killeen, Hamilton)	Justin Early (D)
U.S. House, District 37 (Austin)	Greg Casar (D) Member of AFSCME 1624

Texas House Races

Texas House, District 20 (Georgetown)	Matthias-Jonah Early (D)
Texas House, District 45 (Driftwood)	Erin Zwiener (D), incumbent Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)
Texas House, District 46 (Austin)	Sheryl Cole (D), incumbent
Texas House, District 47 (Austin)	*Pooja Sethi (D) ✊** Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)
Texas House, District 48 (Austin)	Donna Howard (D), incumbent Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)
Texas House, District 49 (Austin)	*Montserrat Garibay (D) ✊** Former Texas AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer; Member of Education Austin
Texas House, District 50 (Austin)	Samantha Lopez-Resendez (D)
Texas House, District 51 (Austin)	Lulu Flores (D), incumbent Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)
Texas House, District 52 (Round Rock)	Christopher Jimenez (D)
Texas House, District 73 (Dripping Springs)	Merrie Fox (D)
Texas House, District 136 (Austin)	John Bucy III (D), incumbent Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)

Local Race Endorsements

Local race endorsements are made by the Austin Central Labor Council.

Travis County

Travis County Appraisal District, Place 1	Skyler Korgel
Travis County Appraisal District, Place 2	Brian Peña
Travis County Appraisal District, Place 3	Yvonne Munoz

Williamson County

Williamson County Judge	Heather Jefts
Williamson County Clerk	Erin Block

City of Austin

Austin City Council, District 1	Amber Goodwin Member of AFSCME 1624
Austin City Council, District 3	Jose Velasquez, incumbent Member of AFSCME 1624
Austin City Council, District 5	Ryan Alter, incumbent Member of AFSCME 1624
Austin City Council, District 8	Selena Xie Former President of Austin EMS Association
Austin City Council, District 9	Zo Qadri, incumbent Member of AFSCME 1624
City of Austin Proposition A	FOR / SUPPORT
City of Austin Proposition B	FOR / SUPPORT
City of Austin Proposition I	AGAINST / OPPOSE

Austin Community College

ACC Board of Trustees, Place 1	Gloria Gonzales-Dholkala
ACC Board of Trustees, Place 2	Gigi Edwards Bryant
ACC Board of Trustees, Place 3	Nan McRaven
ACC-Pflugerville Annexation	FOR / SUPPORT

Austin ISD

Austin ISD Board of Trustees, District 1	Candace Hunter, incumbent
Austin ISD Board of Trustees, District 4	Jessie Neufeld
Austin ISD Board of Trustees, District 6	Sarah Dille
Austin ISD Board of Trustees, District 7	Laurie Solis
Austin ISD Board of Trustees, District 9 (At-Large)	Pamela Mathai

Round Rock ISD

Round Rock ISD Board of Trustees, Place 3

Ayaan Moledina

*✊ Union-first candidate and current union member
Union affiliations shown for Texas AFL-CIO affiliated union members.

The Committee on Political Education (COPE) is the Texas labor movement’s political arm. Local race endorsements have also been made by the local Area Labor Federations and Central Labor Councils.

The list of Texas AFL-CIO COPE 2026 General Election endorsements can be found here.

Find your Travis County polling location and learn more at votetravis.gov