McCracken Concedes to Leffingwell
In a joint appearance today Council Member Brewster McCracken cleared the way for Lee Leffingwell to become the next Mayor of Austin.
McCracken cited the expense of a runoff both to his campaign donors and to Austin taxpayers as reasons to bow out. A runoff would have cost the city 500,000 dollars. As KUT’s Mose Buchele reports many political observers thought McCracken had little chance of turning the race around. McCracken had these words for his opponent.
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