Austin mayoral hopeful Carmen Llanes Pulido conceded to incumbent Mayor Kirk Watson late on Friday. The announcement came a day after Llanes Pulido filed a petition for a partial ballot recount that the city clerk deemed defective.

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.

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