City of Austin
City Council Member, District 5
Ryan Alter
Nonpartisan Incumbent- On ballot as
- Ryan Alter
- Current role
- Austin City Council Member, District 5 (elected 2022; term Jan. 6, 2023 through Jan. 6, 2027)
- Background
- Engineering degree, UT Austin (per his City of Austin biography)
- Harvard Law School graduate (per the same biography)
- Lifelong Austin-area resident (per the same biography)
- Lives in South Austin (per the same biography)
- Experience
- Former Capitol staff member, Senators Kirk Watson, Sylvia Garcia and Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa (per his City of Austin biography)
- Top priorities
- "Four years ago, I ran to make Austin more affordable, and we've made real progress."
- "Every tax dollar should be treated as someone's hard-earned money."
- "Preventing homelessness is the cheapest and most effective tool we have, and I believe we should be using it more."
- Campaign site: "Safe communities don't just respond to emergencies, they prevent them."
- Tidbits
- Property taxes and budget: In a Community Impact Q&A: "Every tax dollar should be treated as someone’s hard-earned money. That’s why we initiated an efficiency audit, so we don’t have to keep asking you for more."
- Growth and infrastructure: Campaign site: "Everyone deserves housing they can afford and to not be pushed out by rising costs."
- Flooding and drainage: Campaign site lists "Stormwater improvements in D5" among his results
- Public safety: Campaign site: "Violent crime can be prevented if we continue to make smart investments in community-level programs like these."
- Endorsements
- Austin Central Labor Council
- Mayor Kirk Watson (listed by campaign)
- Council Member Vanessa Fuentes, D2 (listed by campaign)
- Council Member Jose Velasquez, D3 (listed by campaign)
- Council Member Chito Vela, D4 (listed by campaign)
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- Council Member Krista Laine, D6 (listed by campaign)
- Council Member Mike Siegel, D7 (listed by campaign)
- Council Member Paige Ellis, D8 (listed by campaign)
- Council Member Zo Qadri, D9 (listed by campaign)
- County Judge Andy Brown (listed by campaign)
- County Commissioner Jeff Travillion, Pct. 1 (listed by campaign)
- County Commissioner Brigid Shea, Pct. 2 (listed by campaign)
- County Commissioner Ann Howard, Pct. 3 (listed by campaign)
- County Commissioner George Morales, Pct. 4 (listed by campaign)
- Constable Gabe Padilla, Pct. 4 (listed by campaign)
- Constable Carlos Lopez, Pct. 5 (listed by campaign)
- Representative Sheryl Cole, D46 (listed by campaign)
- Representative Vikki Goodwin, D47 (listed by campaign)
- Representative John Bucy, D136 (listed by campaign)
- Austin Firefighters Association, IAFF Local 975 (listed by campaign)
- AFSCME Local 1624 (listed by campaign)
- AURA (listed by campaign)
- Austin EMS Association (listed by campaign)
- Austin Young Democrats (listed by campaign)
- Education Austin (listed by campaign)
- Liberal Austin Democrats (listed by campaign)
- LiUNA Local 1095 (listed by campaign)
- Sierra Club (listed by campaign)
- Tejano Democrats Austin (listed by campaign)
- University Democrats (listed by campaign)
- Campaign website
- ryanforatx.com
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