More than two weeks after election night, the runner up in the Austin mayoral race, Carmen Llanes Pulido, conceded to Mayor ...

Llanes Pulido's concession comes a day after she requested a partial ballot recount in the five-way race. The city clerk said ...

Llanes Pulido's petition comes a week after incumbent Mayor Kirk Watson declared victory in the five-way race.

Second-place candidate Carmen Llanes Pulido officially filed a petition to request a recount in the Austin mayoral race ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Second-place candidate Carmen Llanes Pulido says she’s officially filed a petition to request a recount in ...

Carmen Llanes Pulido requested a recount in the Austin mayoral race, trailing Mayor Kirk Watson by a thin margin.

Llanes Pulido, who came in second to incumbent Mayor Kirk Watson, sought a recount after falling short of the threshold for a runoff election by just 14 votes.

Incumbent Mayor Kirk Watson had claimed victory in the race last week, but Llanes Pulido cited irregularities in the vote count.

Llanes Pulido, the second-place finisher in the November general election, said there was a chance a recount could force a runoff election.

Kirk Watson has been reelected Austin’s mayor in a five-person race that nearly resulted in a December runoff. He will serve ...