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Municipal elections in Travis County, Texas (2025)
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| 2025 Travis County elections |
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| Election dates |
| Filing deadline: August 18, 2025 |
| General election: November 4, 2025 (canceled) |
| Election stats |
| Offices up: Library board |
| Total seats up: 2 |
| Other municipal elections |
| U.S. municipal elections, 2025 |
Travis County, Texas was scheduled to hold a general election for the Wells Branch Community Library District board on November 4, 2025, but the election was canceled after only two candidates filed for the two available seats. The filing deadline for this election was August 18, 2025.
Elections
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Candidates and results
Special district offices
Wells Branch Community Library District
General election
The general election was canceled. Matt Bucher (Nonpartisan) and Derek Mahnke (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.
Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Texas elections, 2025
May 3, 2025
- Hays Consolidated Independent School District, Texas, elections (2025)
- Eanes Independent School District, Texas, elections (2025)
- Pflugerville Independent School District, Texas, elections (2025)
- Hays Consolidated Independent School District, Texas, Proposition A, School Building and Buses Bond Measure (May 2025)
- Hays Consolidated Independent School District, Texas, Proposition B, Construction of New High School Bond Measure (May 2025)
- Hays Consolidated Independent School District, Texas, Proposition C, Stadium Facilities Bond Measure (May 2025)
- Hays Consolidated Independent School District, Texas, Proposition D, Activity Center Facilities Bond Measure (May 2025)
- Hays Consolidated Independent School District, Texas, Proposition E, Technology Systems Bond Measure (May 2025)
November 4, 2025
- Texas Proposition 10, Property Tax Exemption for Improvements to Homestead Destroyed by Fire Amendment (2025)
- Texas Proposition 11, Increase Homestead Tax Exemption for Elderly and Disabled Amendment (2025)
- Texas Proposition 12, Change Membership and Authority of State Commission on Judicial Conduct Amendment (2025)
- Texas Proposition 13, Increase Homestead Property Tax Exemption Amendment (2025)
- Texas Proposition 14, Establish Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Amendment (2025)
- Texas Proposition 15, Parental Rights Amendment (2025)
- Texas Proposition 16, Citizenship Voting Requirement Amendment (2025)
- Texas Proposition 17, Property Tax Exemption for Border Security Infrastructure Amendment (2025)
- Texas Proposition 1, Establish Special Funds for State Technical College System Amendment (2025)
- Texas Proposition 2, Prohibit Capital Gains Tax on Individuals, Estates, and Trusts Amendment (2025)
- Texas Proposition 3, Denial of Bail for Certain Violent or Sexual Offenses Punishable as a Felony Amendment (2025)
- Texas Proposition 4, Allocate Portion of Sales Tax Revenue to Water Fund Amendment (2025)
- Texas Proposition 5, Property Tax Exemption on Retail Animal Feed Amendment (2025)
- Texas Proposition 6, Prohibit Taxes on Certain Securities Transactions Amendment (2025)
- Texas Proposition 7, Establish Homestead Exemption for Surviving Spouses of Veterans Killed by a Service-Connected Disease Amendment (2025)
- Texas Proposition 8, Prohibit Estate Taxes and New Taxes on Estate Transfers, Inheritances, and Gifts Amendment (2025)
- Texas Proposition 9, Authorize $125,000 Tax Exemption for Tangible Property Used for Income Production Amendment (2025)
- Austin, Texas, Proposition Q, Property Tax Increase Measure (November 2025)
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About the county
- See also: Travis County, Texas
The county government of Travis County is located in Austin, Texas. The county was first established in 1840.[1]
County government
- See also: Government of Travis County, Texas
Travis County is overseen by a five-member commissioners court. Four commissioners are elected by district to four-year terms. The head of the commissioners court, the county judge, is elected county-wide. Residents also elect a county attorney, district attorney, county clerk, district clerk, county sheriff, county tax assessor-collector, county treasurer, five constables, and five justices of the peace.
Demographics
The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.
| Demographic Data for Travis County, Texas | ||
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| Travis County | Texas | |
| Population | 1,290,188 | 29,145,505 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 994 | 261,267 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 69.3% | 69.2% |
| Black/African American | 8.3% | 12.1% |
| Asian | 6.8% | 4.9% |
| Native American | 0.6% | 0.5% |
| Pacific Islander | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Other (single race) | 8.2% | 6.2% |
| Multiple | 6.7% | 7% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 33.6% | 39.4% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 90.3% | 84.4% |
| College graduation rate | 51.5% | 30.7% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $80,668 | $63,826 |
| Persons below poverty level | 11.4% | 14.2% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
See also
| Travis County, Texas | Texas | Municipal government | Other local coverage |
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