Carole Keeton, the first woman elected mayor in Austin and the first woman to be Texas comptroller, died this week. She was 85. Her son, Brad McClellan, told the Austin American-Statesman, she died around noon Wednesday.

Carole Keeton, a trailblazing Texas politician who was the first woman elected for the roles of mayor of Austin and state comptroller, died Wednesday. She was 85.

Carole Keeton, Austin's first woman mayor and the state's first female comptroller, died Wednesday, March 26, at age 85.