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Austin's liberal social and fiscal political atmosphere has also bred considerable [[libertarianism]] in the capital city.

Austin's liberal social and fiscal political atmosphere has also bred considerable [[libertarianism]] in the capital city.

Austin's mayor is Steve Adler, a Democrat in a nonpartisan position.

As of 2023, Austin's mayor is Kirk Watson and experienced [[Democrat]] who was previously elected mayor of Austin in 1997, and has also served in the Texas Senate for more than 13 years, including being its President Pro Tempore in 2019.<ref>https://www.austintexas.gov/department/mayor-kirk-watson</ref>  In 1991 he was appointed by Gov. Ann Richards as Chair of the Texas Air Control Board, and also served as Vice-Chairof a committee that managed the creation of an agency now known as the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

[[Ralph Yarborough]], an attorney from Austin, was from 1957 to 1971, one of the two [[U.S. Senate|U.S. Senators]] from Texas. He was a leader of the dominant liberal wing of the Democratic Party. He defeated [[George Herbert Walker Bush]] in the 1964 [[general election]] but then was upset in the 1970 Democratic [[primary]] by [[Lloyd Bentsen]], considered a mainstay of moderate Democrats in Texas though he had like Yarborough a mostly liberal voting record in the Senate.

[[Ralph Yarborough]], an attorney from Austin, was one of the two [[U.S. Senate|U.S. Senators]] from Texas from 1957 to 1971. He was a leader of the dominant liberal wing of the Democratic Party. He defeated [[George Herbert Walker Bush]] in the 1964 [[general election]] but then was upset in the 1970 Democratic [[primary]] by [[Lloyd Bentsen]], considered a mainstay of moderate Democrats in Texas though he had like Yarborough a mostly liberal voting record in the Senate.

On May Day 2021, a group of communists marched through Austin blocking traffic and singing the praises of [[mass murder]]ers.<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/05/communists-march-austin-texas-praise-mass-murderers-block-intersections-may-day-demonstration-video/ Communists March Through Austin, Texas – Praise Mass Murderers, Block Intersections in May Day Demonstration] at the Gateway Pundit</ref>

On May Day 2021, a group of communists marched through Austin blocking traffic and singing the praises of [[mass murder]]ers.<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/05/communists-march-austin-texas-praise-mass-murderers-block-intersections-may-day-demonstration-video/ Communists March Through Austin, Texas – Praise Mass Murderers, Block Intersections in May Day Demonstration] at the Gateway Pundit</ref>