{"id":126401,"date":"2026-01-16T23:25:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T23:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/126401\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T23:25:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T23:25:06","slug":"teen-mom-alum-farrah-abraham-ends-austin-mayoral-run-eyes-city-council-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/126401\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Teen Mom&#8217; alum Farrah Abraham ends Austin mayoral run, eyes City Council instead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From teen pregnancy to porn \u2013 and now, public office.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTeen Mom\u201d alum and OnlyFans star <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/06\/24\/teen-mom-farrah-abraham-pleads-not-guilty-to-battery-charge\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Farrah Abraham\u2019s<\/a> political ambitions are already causing whiplash.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The reality TV lightning rod jumped into the race for Austin, Texas mayor earlier this week \u2013 only to pull out hours later after learning on live TV that the election isn\u2019t until 2028.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Abraham, 34, appeared stunned when a TMZ Live host pointed out just how premature her campaign launch was during an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/watch\/farrah-abraham-austin-mayor-race-2-years-early-01-15-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">interview Wednesday<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTeen Mom\u201d alum and OnlyFans star Farrah Abraham jumped into the race for Austin, Texas mayor earlier this week \u2013 only to pull out hours later. Variety via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes people say, \u2018the less you know the more you like,\u2019\u201d the host quipped. \u201cYou are now giving them many years to make a decision, because the election is not until 2028. Why so early?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, for some reason, the mayor election is 2026 \u2013 I don\u2019t know, that\u2019s just what the office told me as well,\u201d the former MTV star replied, before erupting into laughter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By Thursday, she\u2019d ditched her mayoral bid and announced she was instead running for Austin City Council, local news outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kxan.com\/news\/local\/austin\/former-reality-tv-star-farrah-abraham-ends-early-austin-mayoral-bid-will-run-for-district-5-seat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">KXAN reported<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI reached out to the city and I just was like, \u2018hey, I\u2019m very serious about this\u2026I 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\u2019m making it, others seem to be struggling, and I want to jump in the mix,\u2019\u201d Abraham told the outlet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But she appeared shaky on the basics of local politics yet again.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Abraham ditched her mayoral bid and announced she was instead running for Austin City Council.  Instagram\/farrahabraham<\/p>\n<p>When asked about her thoughts on her district\u2019s current council member, Abraham admitted she had no clue who held the seat \u2013 despite living in the district.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t even know who\u2019s in District 5. Maybe their names just like aren\u2019t big names or something,\u201d she said. \u201cThey just don\u2019t come up where I work.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Nebraska native, who moved to Austin in 2013, told Page Six\u2019s \u201cVirtual Reali-Tea\u201d last year that she was <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/03\/14\/celebrity-news\/teen-mom-alum-farrah-abraham-claims-she-is-making-millions-on-onlyfans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u201cmaking millions\u201d from OnlyFans<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Beyond her adult resume, which includes an infamous 2013 sex tape, Abraham is a self-proclaimed life coach and stand-up comedian, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/farrahabraham.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">her website<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Councilmember Ryan Alter, an Austin native and Harvard Law School graduate elected to the seat in 2023, told The Post he\u2019s \u201cexcited\u201d to be running for reelection this year. <\/p>\n<p>Alter said he looks forward to continuing \u201clowering costs and barriers to housing, improving government efficiency and effectiveness and making Austin a more sustainable city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abraham had no clue Ryan Alter (pictured) held the seat for Austin\u2019s District 5.  Austin Texas Government<\/p>\n<p>If elected, Abraham said she would also focus on housing affordability so Austinites don\u2019t continue \u201cmoving farther and farther out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just can\u2019t wait to see what\u2019s really going on\u2026We\u2019re going to have a better life in Austin,\u201d she vowed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The city council hopeful, when asked for comment, referred The Post to her campaign website.<\/p>\n<p>Abraham\u2019s site does not indicate whether she\u2019s running as a Democrat or Republican, which is not unusual as Austin City Council races are nonpartisan. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From teen pregnancy to porn \u2013 and now, public office.\u00a0 \u201cTeen Mom\u201d alum and OnlyFans star Farrah Abraham\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126402,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,4519,2777,662,54593,287,54594,53957,27,734],"class_list":{"0":"post-126401","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-austin","9":"tag-austin-headlines","10":"tag-austin-news","11":"tag-city-council","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-mayor","14":"tag-mtv","15":"tag-politics","16":"tag-reality-stars","17":"tag-teen-mom","18":"tag-texas","19":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}