UPDATE: 1/15/26 at 5:50 p.m. EST — Teen Mother’s Farrah Abraham is setting the document straight on her political ambitions.
“I’m working for Austin Metropolis Council District 5 as a result of our metropolis has misplaced steadiness — we’ve gone tender on crime, pushed up costs and left working households like mine struggling to maintain up. Sufficient is sufficient,” Abraham, 34, mentioned in a assertion to Us Weekly on Thursday, January 15, by way of her rep at KN Productions Media Group. “I’ve confronted Hollywood drama, cancel tradition and on-line trolls and I’m nonetheless right here — able to battle for Austin households who don’t have lobbyists or insider entry. I’m right here for the on a regular basis mother and father juggling jobs, faculty runs and desires. It’s time for a survivor mother who is aware of the best way to hustle and make actual change.”
Earlier within the day, Abraham introduced she was working for mayor and shared her platform with followers. Regardless of altering races, her imaginative and prescient for Austin stays the identical.
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Former Teen Mother star Farrah Abraham is able to discover the world of politics.
“Austin, my story isn’t only a headline; it’s the blueprint for Austin’s 2026 transformation,” Abraham, 34, wrote in a since-deleted Instagram on Thursday, January 15, when confirming her bid for mayor of the Texas capital metropolis. “Let’s Preserve Austin Bizarre, Preserve Austin Honest, Vote Farrah Abraham for Austin Mayor 2026!”
In her announcement publish, the previous MTV actuality star shared that her 2026 plan is constructed on six pillars.
“1. Household Planning for All — Brighter futures begin right here. 2. Fashionable Staff Act — Your house, your desires,” she defined. “3. Veteran Bridge Program — Assist if you want it. 4. Security & Coverage First — Each zip code issues. 5. Abraham’s Survivor-First Pilot — Your voice, your reality. 6. Senior Housing ATX Cares — Secure, dignified dwelling.”
Abraham additionally launched a web site to additional focus on her imaginative and prescient for Austin’s future. It additionally seems that the previous 16 and Pregnant star stuffed out acceptable appointment varieties and filed them with the Workplace of the Metropolis Clerk.
“Be a part of the dialog, let’s form Austin’s future!” Abraham wrote by way of Instagram. “GO LONGHORNS! AND GOD BLESS AUSTIN TEXAS🙏 #farrahabraham #mayor #mayor2026 #austin.”
Us Weekly has reached out to Abraham’s rep for extra remark.
Abraham first gained recognition when she appeared on MTV’s 16 and Pregnant in 2009. On the time, cameras rolled when she welcomed her daughter, Sophia, one month after the demise of her highschool boyfriend.
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She went on to star within the present’s spinoff Teen Mother earlier than leaving the franchise in 2018 to pursue different alternatives.
“As Mayor candidate 2026, I consider in a brighter future for our wonderful Austin, Texas group,” Abraham said on her marketing campaign web site. “Our imaginative and prescient is to interact residents and promote transparency in native governance. For extra data, be at liberty to contact me to debate our options for a wiser future.”
Abraham isn’t the one actuality star entering into politics this yr.
Farrah Abraham has reservations about getting nearer to her mother and father, Michael Abraham and Debra Danielsen. “We don’t actually join with them, and my daughter’s principally blocked them,” Farrah, 34, completely shared with Us Weekly whereas selling A&E’s Secrets and techniques of Celeb Intercourse Tapes docuseries. “She doesn’t approve of their habits. Guys, you possibly can hold doing remedy, […]
On January 7, The Hills alum Spencer Pratt introduced he’s working for mayor of Los Angeles one yr after shedding his dwelling in Pacific Palisades, California.
“Over the previous yr, I’ve been on a journey for reality and I’ve seen how energy operates in our state and in our metropolis. Management is a closed circle reserved for the elite and their benefactors; and the insiders appear shocked, even insulted, that an outsider like me would even dare to problem the established order,” Pratt mentioned in a assertion. “However we stay in a metropolis of hopes and desires, the place a actuality TV character is the Common Joe. Why shouldn’t Metropolis Corridor be open to folks from all walks of life, together with a TV character like me.”
The Man You Cherished to Hate: Confessions From a Actuality TV Villain writer reiterated his targets in his cowl story for Us sharing, “Profitable the mayor’s race will probably be a victory for reality and transparency, which is what I’ve been combating for this complete yr. The top aim is identical: to shine a light-weight into the darkness.”
