2024 Texas General Election Runoff

As of September 9, 2024, Gary L. Bledsoe’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Gary L. Bledsoe is a civil rights attorney and has served as the president of the Texas NAACP since 1991. He is a former acting dean of the Thurgood Marshall School of Law and chairs the National Legal Committee and the National Housing Committee of the NAACP.

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Supports complying with local contribution and expenditure limits for political campaigns.

Believes in dismantling systemic racism and promoting civil rights.

Wants to ensure "essential workers" remain in the city.

- Supports complying with local contribution and expenditure limits for political campaigns.
- Believes in dismantling systemic racism and promoting civil rights.
- Wants to ensure "essential workers" remain in the city.

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Supports public safety through community policing, equitable law enforcement, and funding minority youth education.

Supports criminal justice reform, including police training, vehicle cameras, and addressing racial profiling.

- Supports public safety through community policing, equitable law enforcement, and funding minority youth education.
- Supports criminal justice reform, including police training, vehicle cameras, and addressing racial profiling.

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Believes in reducing carbon footprints and addressing heat islands.

Supports fully funding the climate equity plan and considering possible changes to it.

Supports fully funding the climate equity plan.

Supports climate bond initiatives to enhance city safety and livability.

- Believes in reducing carbon footprints and addressing heat islands.
- Supports fully funding the climate equity plan.
- Supports climate bond initiatives.

Energy & the Environment

As of November 13, 2024, Gary L. Bledsoe’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Supports affordable housing initiatives and policies that address homelessness.

- Supports affordable housing initiatives and policies that address homelessness.

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Mike earned his bachelor's degree from Brandeis University, his teaching credentials from California State University, and his law degree from Cornell University.

Mike is the co-founder of several nonprofit organizations. He previously served as an Austin city attorney. He also worked as a public school teacher and an attorney who practiced civil rights and employment law.

Mike Siegel previously ran for U.S. representative in Congressional District 10 in 2018 and 2020, but he did not win. 

Supports using "every tool at its disposal" to build housing, expand public transportation, and create good-paying union jobs.

Supports creating good-paying union jobs.

- Supports creating good-paying union jobs.

Believes in protecting voting rights and access to polling places.

Supports investing in violence prevention programs.

Supports investing in violence prevention programs to address the root causes of crime. 

- Believes in protecting voting rights and access to polling places.
- Supports investing in violence prevention programs to address the root causes of crime. 

Supports subsidizing the weatherization of multifamily properties to reduce electricity consumption and lower electric bills for renters.

Supports subsidizing the weatherization of multifamily properties to reduce electricity consumption and lower electric bills. 

Opposes building a new natural gas plant in Austin. Supports investing in wind, solar, geothermal, storage, energy efficiency, and demand response to meet local energy needs.

Supports investing in wind, solar, and geothermal power; energy storage; and energy efficiency to meet local energy needs.

Supports creating an Austin Clean Energy Authority to maximize investments from the Inflation Reduction Act.

Supports creating an Austin Clean Energy Authority to maximize federal funds from the Inflation Reduction Act, create green energy jobs, and reduce energy bills. 

Supports rapid decarbonization, a just transition for workers, and prioritizing environmental justice, including supporting communities harmed by fossil fuels.

Supports programs that promote rapid decarbonization, provide a just transition for workers, and prioritize helping communities harmed by fossil fuels.

Supports closing the Fayette coal plant, avoiding new natural gas power plants, and investing in battery storage, geothermal, and other renewable energy strategies.

Opposes building new natural gas power plants. 

Supports closing the Fayette plant as soon as possible, providing a just transition for coal plant workers, and remedying the environmental pollution caused by decades of coal plant operations.

Supports closing the Fayette coal plant, providing a just transition for coal plant workers, and addressing the environmental pollution caused by the plant. 

Believes supporting local farms will help reduce carbon emissions in the food supply and tackle food scarcity.

Supports expanding the Austin Civilian Conservation Corps.

Supports expanding the Austin Civilian Conservation Corps,  which recruit young workers for climate-related jobs with the goal of connecting them to union apprenticeship programs and renewable energy certification programs, 

- Supports subsidizing the weatherization of multifamily properties to reduce electricity consumption and lower electric bills. 
- Supports investing in wind, solar, and geothermal power; energy storage; and energy efficiency to meet local energy needs.
- Supports creating an Austin Clean Energy Authority to maximize federal funds from the Inflation Reduction Act, create green energy jobs, and reduce energy bills. 
- Supports programs that promote rapid decarbonization, provide a just transition for workers, and prioritize helping communities harmed by fossil fuels.
- Opposes building new natural gas power plants. 
- Supports closing the Fayette coal plant, providing a just transition for coal plant workers, and addressing the environmental pollution caused by the plant. 
- Believes supporting local farms will help reduce carbon emissions in the food supply and tackle food scarcity.
- Supports expanding the Austin Civilian Conservation Corps,  which recruit young workers for climate-related jobs with the goal of connecting them to union apprenticeship programs and renewable energy certification programs, 

Supports Project Connect and plans to protect it from litigation and Texas Legislature attacks.

Supports Project Connect, which will expand public transportation by building high-capacity light rail and bus services. 

- Supports Project Connect, which will expand public transportation by building high-capacity light rail and bus services. 

Believes in using "patient, mission-driven capital" to expand efforts in creating and maintaining affordable housing.

Supports the use of mission-driven capital to create and maintain affordable housing.

Supports establishing a local public bank to utilize city resources for local economic and social priorities, such as building green affordable housing and investing in climate resilience.

Supports establishing an Austin Public Bank to utilize the city's deposits and lending capacity to build green affordable housing. 

Plans to use the Affordable Housing Finance Corporation and Austin Economic Development Corporation to create a publicly-controlled, non-profit housing developer that builds green, mixed-income social housing.

- Supports the use of mission-driven capital to create and maintain affordable housing.
- Supports establishing an Austin Public Bank to utilize the city's deposits and lending capacity to build green affordable housing. 
- Plans to use the Affordable Housing Finance Corporation and Austin Economic Development Corporation to create a publicly-controlled, non-profit housing developer that builds green, mixed-income social housing.

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