Voters in Austin, Texas, rejected a ballot measure that would have raised property taxes in the city to pay for a variety of public initiatives, including local homelessness services.

Nearly 110,000 people in the Texas capital—or 63.5 percent of the total voter turnout on Tuesday—voted against Proposition Q, according to preliminary results from election officials in Travis, Williamson and Hays counties. More than 62,000 people voted in favor, about 36.5 percent.

It is surprising that Austin, a blue dot in a solidly red state, voted in line with Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s recommendations to shut down the proposition: “If you live in Austin, go vote on Tuesday AGAINST Prop. Q—against raising your property taxes even more,” the Republican hardliner wrote on X on Monday.

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