City of Austin
City Council Member, District 1
Amber K. Goodwin
Nonpartisan- On ballot as
- Amber K. Goodwin
- Current role
- Attorney
- Background
- Lawyer, organizer and public safety advocate (per campaign)
- Former Travis County assistant district attorney (from May 2022; resigned Sept. 1, 2026 to campaign full-time) (per The Austin Bulldog)
- Founded and led the Community Justice Action Fund, a gun violence prevention organization (per campaign)
- Co-founder, Community Violence Legal Network (per campaign)
- Experience
- Chair, Austin Gun Violence Task Force (2019) (per campaign)
- Organized in Austin during the 2008 Obama campaign and with Organizing for America Texas (per campaign)
- Top priorities
- "Top priority is making affordability a part of our infrastructure"
- "I would work to better coordinate housing, health, and public safety budgets"
- "We need expanded affordable transit service connecting East Austin to jobs, healthcare, and schools"
- "I will work to pair anti-displacement tools like eviction and homestead protections with a District 1 Economic Opportunity Fund."
- Tidbits
- Property taxes and budget: In a Community Impact Q&A: "I support responsible budgeting that will protect our core services while delivering real economic opportunities for all of District 1."
- Growth and infrastructure: In a Community Impact Q&A: "I will advocate equitable transit-oriented development that pairs density near transit with guaranteed affordability; not just additional market-rate units."
- Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
- Public safety: In a Community Impact Q&A, says she would coordinate budgets "prioritizing anti-displacement, eviction protection, and violence prevention instead of siloed and duplicative spending"
- Endorsements
- Austin Central Labor Council
- Sheryl Cole, Texas State Representative for District 46 (listed by campaign)
- Greg Casar, Congressman for Texas District 35 (listed by campaign)
- Wendy Davis, Former Texas State Senator for District 10 (listed by campaign)
- Andy Brown, Travis County Judge (listed by campaign)
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- Joaquin Castro, Congressman for Texas District 20 (listed by campaign)
- Rodney Ellis, Harris County Commissioner (listed by campaign)
- Jose Garza, Travis County District Attorney (listed by campaign)
- John Bucy, Texas State Representative for District 136 (listed by campaign)
- Jose Velasquez, District 3 Austin City Council Member (listed by campaign)
- Krista Laine, District 6 Austin City Council Member (listed by campaign)
- Zo Qadri, District 9 Austin City Council Member (listed by campaign)
- Pooja Sethi, Former Travis County Democratic Chair (listed by campaign)
- Sherwynn Patton, Chief Executive Officer of Life Anew (listed by campaign)
- BRADY PAC (listed by campaign)
- Campaign website
- amberforaustin.com
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