Looks like Lee Leffingwell has held on to his City Council seat, while Jennifer Kim has to vacate hers in favor of Randi Shade. The Place 4 seat is still undecided and will head into a runoff election on June 14 between Cid Galindo and Laura Morrison.

Leffingwell, Shade, and either Galindo or Morrison will be sworn in on June 20.

• Statesman: Shade upsets Kim; Leffingwell holds on to Place 1
• Burnt Orange Report: City Council, ACC Trustees, AISD, School Bonds Election Results.
• Statesman: Austin school bond proposals pass
• Travis County: Precinct by Precinct Results for Austin City Council (PDF)
• Statesman: Rufus Honeycutt wins Round Rock City Council race
• Travis County: All Election Night Results throughout the county, cumulative and precinct by precinct

Random observations: A quick impression from skimming a few articles suggests to me that those reporting on or discussing the results attribute success or failue largely to how much money each candidate was able to raise. Leffingwell, for instance, far outpaced his opponents in raising money for his campaign. But the candidate sees the results as a statement of Austin voters approval of his Council record. A very quick pass through the precinct by precinct results also indicates that the faces on City Council might be quite different if Austin were to adopt a single-member district system for filling the City Council seats. For example, in Place 1 Meeker, and even Demling, fared much better in some precincts than the overall results would suggest. Presumably Meeker would have more name recognition in the precincts surrounding Northcross. Gather up the results for just that one part of town and a runoff would likely have been the initial outcome. The same is true for the Kim/Shade battle. Like I said, just random observations.

Anyone have strong feelings one way or the other regarding the outcome of the Austin City Council elections this weekend? Will you vote in the runoff?