Celia Israel announces she’s running for Austin mayor
dallasvoice.comCelia Israel in her office at the Capitol (David Taffet/Dallas Voice) State Rep. Celia Israel announced she us running to be Austin’s next mayor.
If elected, she will become Austin’s first female mayor and Texas’ second lesbian mayor after Houston’s Annise Parker. She made her announcement this morning from Parque Zaragozain Recreation Center in East Austin that was broadcast on Facebook Live.
Several Austin leaders endorsed her campaign including her legislative seat-mate state Rep. Donna Howard. Israel was first elected to the Legislature in 2014 in a special election and where she became a founding member of the TEXAS LGBT Legislative Caucus.
She said she moved to Austin at the age of 17 in 1982 when the city’s population was 359,000. Today Austin is pushing 1 million people.
