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Farrah Abraham’s sudden Austin mayoral run imploded in real time after the former reality TV star learned on live television the election was years away.

The 34-year-old Teen Mom alum abandoned her just-announced campaign almost immediately after discovering during a TMZ Live interview that Austin’s mayoral election will not take place until 2028.

Abraham had already gone public with her ambitions earlier in the week, posting on social media, filing official paperwork, and promoting herself as a serious contender as if the race were right around the corner.

The entire effort unraveled on camera when TMZ hosts questioned why she was launching a campaign so early.

“The election’s not until 2028. Why so early?” Harvey Levin and Charles Latibeaudiere asked during the broadcast.

Abraham answered with confidence, even as the mistake became clear.

“For some reason, the mayor election is 2026,” she replied. “I don’t know, that’s just what the office told me as well.”

As Abraham remained on the call, Levin directed producers to contact Austin City Hall to verify the timeline.

Minutes later, the correction came back, ending the campaign almost as soon as it began.

“So, Farrah, we just got this in our ear, the election is in 2028,” Levin told her. “So I think you may have jumped the gun here.”

The realization appeared to catch Abraham completely off guard as hosts attempted to explain the differences between municipal election cycles.

“I love that I jumped the gun,” Abraham replied, smiling through the awkward moment.

Austin’s current mayor, Kirk Watson, was elected in 2024 and is serving a four-year term, leaving no mayoral race until 2028.

TMZ later summed up the moment on social media, suggesting Abraham appeared to learn the correct election year during the interview itself.

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Her political plans shifted dramatically just hours later. Records from the Austin Office of the City Clerk show Abraham initially filed paperwork on January 14 listing “Mayor of Austin” as the office sought.

By the very next day, that filing was amended to read “District 5, November 2026,” signaling a sudden pivot away from the city’s top job.

Her Instagram post announcing the mayoral run disappeared, while her social media bio quietly updated to reference a District 5 campaign instead.

 

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Abraham later confirmed the reversal during an interview with Fox News. “So I’m not running for mayor,” she told the outlet.

“It’s local District Five, which I think is great. I had no idea that I was going to be switching and amending so quickly. But I’m happy that the city was open to it. And I’m very excited.”

She framed the revised campaign as a response to frustration with city leadership and local conditions.

“I’m running for Austin City Council District 5 because our city has lost balance – we’ve gone soft on crime, driven up prices and left working families like mine struggling to keep up. Enough is enough,” Abraham said in a statement.

Casting herself as an outsider, Abraham leaned heavily on her years in the public spotlight as proof of resilience.

“I’ve faced Hollywood drama, cancel culture and online trolls and I’m still here – ready to fight for Austin families who don’t have lobbyists or insider access,” she said.

“It’s time for a survivor mom who knows how to hustle and make real change.”

Abraham first rose to fame in 2009 on MTV’s “16 and Pregnant,” where her storyline included personal tragedy following the death of her high school boyfriend shortly before the birth of her daughter, Sophia.

While Abraham’s campaign drama played out in Texas, another unconventional political bid emerged on the national stage.

Former Space Force Col. Bree Fram announced Tuesday a Democratic run for a Northern Virginia House seat after being pushed out of the military under President Donald Trump’s January 2025 executive order.

Fram, a biological male who identifies as female, resigned from the Space Force after being placed on administrative leave in compliance with the order signed one week into Trump’s second term.

The directive stated, “A man’s assertion that he is a woman … is not consistent with the humility and selflessness required of a service member.”

Fram is seeking to unseat incumbent Democratic Virginia Rep. James Walkinshaw in a June Democratic primary.

The campaign launch came via a social media video in which Fram declared, “Donald Trump fired me not for my performance but because of who I am,” while wearing pink nail polish.

Despite that framing, Fram insisted identity was not central to the campaign.

“I am not running on identity,” Fram claimed in an interview with InsideNova.

“I’m running on a platform that is about service and character, one that is about protecting strong democracy, including our basic rights particularly freedom of speech, freedom of assembly that are so under threat right now.”

Fram tied the run directly to the military exit in another interview.

“My experience of being pushed out is driving me to fight for an America that protects everyone’s dignity,” Fram said in an interview with WUSA9.

“Every child out there should know that they are safe, seen, and celebrated.”

If elected, Fram would become the second transgender member of Congress.

Democratic Delaware Rep. Sarah McBride, also a biological male who identifies as female, became the first transgender House lawmaker in January 2025.

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