City of Austin
City Council Member, District 9
Zohaib “Zo” Qadri
Nonpartisan Incumbent- On ballot as
- Zohaib “Zo” Qadri
- Current role
- Austin City Council Member, District 9 (elected 2022; term Jan. 6, 2023 through Jan. 6, 2027)
- Background
- Attended the University of Texas at Austin
- Master of Public Administration, Texas State University
- Graduate degree in Global Affairs, Rice University
- Former legislative aide and community organizer (per campaign)
- Experience
- Austin's first South Asian and Muslim council member (per campaign)
- Top priorities
- "We've made real progress on housing, transit and affordability, but the work isn't finished."
- Homelessness: "prevention, shelter, services and permanent housing"
- "We should invest in what works"
- "I'll continue pushing for stronger public reporting"
- Tidbits
- Property taxes and budget: In a Community Impact Q&A: "Every tax dollar comes from someone’s household budget, and Austinites deserve results for what they pay."
- Growth and infrastructure: In a Community Impact Q&A: "We’ve made real progress on housing, transit and affordability, but the work isn’t finished."
- Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
- Public safety: Campaign site: "We must take a holistic view of public safety that fully funds our EMS and fire services, recommits to our Vision Zero goals"
- Endorsements
- Austin Central Labor Council
- Lloyd Doggett, U.S. Congressman (listed by campaign)
- Joaquin Castro, U.S. Congressman (listed by campaign)
- Ro Khanna, U.S. Congressman (listed by campaign)
- Colin Allred, Former U.S. Congressman (listed by campaign)
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- Molly Cook, State Senator (listed by campaign)
- Gene Wu, State Representative, House Democratic Caucus Chair (listed by campaign)
- John Bucy, State Representative (listed by campaign)
- Sheryl Cole, State Representative (listed by campaign)
- Lulu Flores, State Representative (listed by campaign)
- Vikki Goodwin, State Representative (listed by campaign)
- Gina Hinojosa, State Representative (listed by campaign)
- Donna Howard, State Representative (listed by campaign)
- James Talarico, State Representative (listed by campaign)
- Salman Bhojani, State Representative (listed by campaign)
- Garry Mauro, Former Land Commissioner (listed by campaign)
- Wendy Davis, Former State Senator (listed by campaign)
- Glen Maxey, Former State Representative (listed by campaign)
- Eddie Rodriguez, Former State Representative (listed by campaign)
- Andy Brown, County Judge (listed by campaign)
- Delia Garza, County Attorney (listed by campaign)
- Celia Israel, Tax Assessor-Collector (listed by campaign)
- Christian Menefee, Harris County Attorney (listed by campaign)
- Ann Howard, County Commissioner (listed by campaign)
- Jeff Travillion, County Commissioner (listed by campaign)
- Carlos Lopez, Constable (listed by campaign)
- George Morales, Constable (listed by campaign)
- Tonya Nixon, Constable (listed by campaign)
- Stacy Suits, Constable (listed by campaign)
- Dana DeBeauvoir, Former Travis County Clerk (listed by campaign)
- Katie Naranjo, Former Travis County Chair (listed by campaign)
- Pooja Sethi, Former Travis County Chair (listed by campaign)
- Kirk Watson, Mayor of Austin (listed by campaign)
- Ryan Alter, Council Member (listed by campaign)
- Paige Ellis, Council Member (listed by campaign)
- Vanessa Fuentes, Council Member (listed by campaign)
- Krista Laine, Council Member (listed by campaign)
- Mike Siegel, Council Member (listed by campaign)
- José Velásquez, Council Member (listed by campaign)
- Chito Vela, Council Member (listed by campaign)
- Rudy Metayer, Council Member (Pflugerville) (listed by campaign)
- Jose Garza, District Attorney (listed by campaign)
- Steve Adler, Former Mayor of Austin (listed by campaign)
- Jimmy Flannigan, Former Council Member (listed by campaign)
- Ann Kitchen, Former Council Member (listed by campaign)
- Mike Martinez, Former Council Member (listed by campaign)
- Ron Nirenberg, Former Mayor of San Antonio (listed by campaign)
- Leslie Pool, Former Council Member (listed by campaign)
- Pio Renteria, Former Council Member (listed by campaign)
- Stephanie Gharakhanian, ACC Trustee (listed by campaign)
- Sean Hassan, ACC Trustee (listed by campaign)
- Julie Ann Nitsch, ACC Trustee (listed by campaign)
- Dr. Manuel Gonzalez, ACC Trustee (listed by campaign)
- Lynn Boswell, AISD Trustee (listed by campaign)
- Fernando de Urioste, AISD Trustee (listed by campaign)
- Kevin Foster, AISD Trustee (listed by campaign)
- Andrew Gonzales, AISD Trustee (listed by campaign)
- Candace Hunter, AISD Trustee (listed by campaign)
- Laressa Quintana, AISD Trustee (listed by campaign)
- Arati Singh, AISD Trustee (listed by campaign)
- Kathryn Whitley Chu, AISD Trustee (listed by campaign)
- Paul Saldaña, Former AISD Trustee (listed by campaign)
- David Hogg, Leaders We Deserve (listed by campaign)
- Angel Carroll, President, Black Austin Democrats (listed by campaign)
- United Workers of Integral Care: CWA 6154 (listed by campaign)
- Run for Something (listed by campaign)
- Campaign website
- zoforaustin.com
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