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

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

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

Gonzalez said she didn’t know what the defects were and asked the American-Statesman to file an open records request for a letter to Llanes Pulido from City Clerk Myrna Rios’ office explaining her reasoning.

Carmen Llanes Pulido officially concedes the mayoral race to Kirk Watson, one day after filing a petition requesting a recount.Pulido was asking for a recount i

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

The video above shows coverage from when current Austin Mayor Kirk Watson was declared the apparent winner 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 the Austin mayoral race in 11 precincts inside Williamson County.

Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie ran as the "non-politician" who could hit reset at San Francisco City Hall. But even as a political newcomer, Lurie, scion of one of the city's elite old-money families, is far from an outsider.

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.

The runner-up in the race for Austin City Mayor, Carmen Llanes-Pulido, filed a request for a recount on Thursday. However, the request was denied.