Frequently asked questions

A PAC, or Political Action Committee, is a group in U.S. politics that raises money to help support or oppose candidates, laws, or political causes during elections. Here is how it works:

1. Raising money. People, companies, or organizations give money to the PAC. The PAC uses this money to support candidates they favor or to oppose candidates they disagree with.
2. Helping candidates or causes. The PAC can spend money on things like advertising, mailers, or events to help candidates get elected or to promote laws and ideas it believes in.
3. Rules. PACs follow specific rules about how much money they can raise and how they can spend it.

Austin United PAC is a general purpose PAC. We support local issue campaigns and candidates who stand up for sustainability, transparency, and fiscal accountability. We are nonpartisan and independent. We care about the best policy, not any party affiliation.

Currently, Austin United PAC is supporting the Save the Soul of Austin citizen-initiative petition drive. All contributions received at this time will support this effort and only this effort.

Yes. PAC donations are public. You can review all City of Austin PAC donations in the official campaign finance filings.

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Yes. You can see who donates to all PACs in the City of Austin campaign finance filings.

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Yes. You can see where every dollar goes in the same public City of Austin campaign finance filings.

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We support candidates who will:

• Fund real climate, water, heat island, flooding, and biodiversity solutions.
• Implement affordability policies that do not accelerate displacement and gentrification.
• Maintain parks for residents rather than giving them away to private interests.
• Support the unhoused with what they need rather than overspending on consultants.
• Fully fund and compensate emergency first responders and disaster preparation and recovery.
• Champion government transparency and honest public engagement.

Yes. Kirk Watson won the 2022 mayoral race by 886 votes, and individual council member races were decided by even fewer. That means we potentially need to reach only a few hundred people to make them aware of what the Austin City Council does and what is at stake in this election. United, we can do that.