2014 Austin mayoral election

2014 Austin mayoral election

November 4, 2014 (first round) December 16, 2014 (runoff)
Turnout	33.83% (first round) 15.37% (runoff)
Candidate Steve Adler Mike Martinez Party nonpartisan nonpartisan First round vote 64,416 51,892 First round percentage 36.77% 29.62% Runoff vote 52,159 25,639 Runoff percentage 67.04% 32.96%   Candidate Sheryl Cole Todd Phelps Party nonpartisan nonpartisan First round vote 25,846 17,333 First round percentage 14.76% 9.90%
Mayor before election Lee Leffingwell Democratic Elected Mayor Steve Adler Democratic

Adler launching his candidacy

The 2014 Austin mayoral election was held on November 4 and December 16, 2014 to elect the mayor of Austin, Texas. It saw the election of Steve Adler.

This was the first election held according the new schedule in which elections are held every four years during the United States midterm election.

Election results

First round

First round results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Steve Adler	64,416	36.77
	Nonpartisan	Mike Martinez	51,892	29.62
	Nonpartisan	Sheryl Cole	25,846	14.76
	Nonpartisan	Todd Phelps	17,333	9.90
	Nonpartisan	Mary Catherine Krenek	7,370	4.21
	Nonpartisan	David Orshalick	3,746	2.14
	Nonpartisan	Randall Stephens	3,204	1.83
	Nonpartisan	Ronald Culver	1,358	0.78
Turnout			175,165

Runoff

Runoff reuslts

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Steve Adler	52,159	67.04
	Nonpartisan	Mike Martinez	25,639	32.96
Turnout			77,798