Teen Mom alum Farrah Abraham announced that she was running for mayor in Austin, Texas, but immediately withdrew her candidacy after learning that the next race wasn’t until 2028.
In an interview with TMZ, Farrah revealed she had submitted her candidate paperwork for mayor, but learned live on air – that she flubbed up the dates.
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“I’m super excited to be a candidate for mayor of Austin,” boasted Farrah. “I’m running super early, so I can’t wait to see whose going to be running with me and challenge me.”
Host Harvey Levin asked the adult film star, “Why so early?” Farrah thought Texas’s mayoral election was in 2026. “I just know what my city has told me.” The MTV reality TV reality star alleged that the city’s secretary’s office had told her the election was this year.
“I loved that I jumped the gun,” she added. “I think there’s also a lot going on locally, so if someone also misinterpreted that and told me different, that’s okay too.”
Farrah wants to make a change:
In an interview with local outlet KXAN, Farrah detailed how much this means to her. “I reached out to the city and I just was like, ‘Hey, I’m very serious about this. I love this city and I want to get involved in and help where I live and breathe, and I know I can help because I’m making it, others seem to be struggling, and I want to jump in the mix.'”
“If I could be a district seat and I could be mayor at the same time, I probably would do it.” The back-door XXX movie star told the Texas outlet that she wants to “work on any and every issue in the city council.” Specifically, she wants to focus on housing affordability and issues faced by self-employed workers, many of them creatives.
Although Farrah lives in the city’s District, she didn’t know who was currently representing the area. “I don’t even know who’s in District 5, maybe their names just aren’t big names or something. They just don’t come up where I work. People definitely are not enthused with people who are in charge of the city, or districts, or mayor.”
“I just can’t wait to see what’s really going on. We’re going to have a really good life. We’re going to have a better life in Austin,” Abraham added.
