2026 City Council Candidate Questionnaire
Election Day 2026 takes place on November 3, and early voting begins in Texas on October 19. Preservation Austin sent a historic preservation-focused questionnaire to the candidates running for seats in the Austin City Council. The decisions made by City Council impact a range of preservation activities in our city. Preservation Austin is excited to share with our members and the Austin community the perspectives of those candidates who responded. Read on to learn what the candidates had to say.
This questionnaire is for informational purposes only. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Preservation Austin does not endorse individual candidates for local, state, or federal elections.
District 1
Michael Nahas
No response
Portia Riggins
No response
District 3
Gavino Fernandez Jr.
No email publicly available at time of survey
Eduardo Romero
No response
Brock Skinner
No response
Jose Velasquez
No response
District 5
Farrah Abraham
No email publicly available at time of survey
Liz Brink
No response
Jeffrey Bowen
No response
Kai Huang
No email publicly available at time of survey
Dave Thadani
No response