Claim: Says that several times in the last 15 years, Austin City Council candidates have won seats after trailing by more than 4,000 votes in the election prompting the runoff.
Fact-check: Randi Shade says several council candidates in last 15 years have come back from larger deficits than hers
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: W. Gardner Selby
Date published: 2011-05-26T00:00:00