Council Member Jimmy Flannigan was elected to serve the people of Austin City Council District 6 in 2016. As a small business owner and community advocate living in far NW Austin since his college days, he brings a unique perspective to representing the geographically largest and farthest district from City Hall.
With a background in LGBTQ activism and small business leadership, his approach to issues balances civil and worker liberty with fiscal responsibility. As an elected official, he reaffirms his commitment to results over ideology and partisan politics.
A few of the first actions he took as Council Member was to help establish the City of Austin’s LGBTQ Quality of Life Advisory Commission, as well as the city’s first LGBTQ employee group, SEEN, the Stonewall Equality Employee Network – quite a legacy for the first out gay man elected to Austin City Council.
Prior to his work on council, he served as president of the Austin Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce and as regional chair of the national gay chamber.
Currently, Flannigan serves on a number of boards with regional focus, including the CAMPO Transportation Policy Board and CAPCOG Economic Development District Board, among other appointments.
Upon moving to Austin to attend the University of Texas, he launched a small web development firm, Site Street, building websites for student organizations. During his time at UT, Flannigan was active in the Longhorn Band as leader of the Tuba section (and has not missed an alumni band weekend since graduating UT in 2001).
Council Member Flannigan lives with his partner Zach in the Los Indios neighborhood.
