Polling Hiccups, the Mayor’s Bad Bets, and More to Know From Dallas Elections
Three incumbents head to the runoff, the mayor s preferred candidates underperformed, and there were more places to vote than ever before. Let s talk about the election.
By Matt Goodman
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May 3, 2021
10:23 am
At about 1 a.m. Sunday morning, we learned the results of a typically low-energy municipal election. Fewer than 10 percent of Dallas County voters cast their ballots, which is pretty close to what we saw in May 2019. Of course, the mayor wasn’t on the ballot this time, so maybe this is a small win. In 2018, the national rate for municipal elections was 27 percent, according to the
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One More Look at Campaign Finance Reports Before Election Day
Incumbents are out-raising their challengers, which wasn t the case a month ago. Get informed and go vote on Saturday.
By Alex Macon
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April 30, 2021
9:09 am
Are you going to vote Saturday? Not many people are. But you’re not many people. You’re you. You’re on this stuff. You’ve read all about Mayor Eric Johnson. The mayor, isolated for much of his first two years on the council, is not on the ballot. But he’s inserted himself into several races in an apparent effort to bring some allies into City Hall. You’ve learned what, exactly, those confusingly worded city of Dallas ballot propositions mean. You know those campaign mailers about defunding the police are a lot of noise without much substance. You know a lot’s at stake, from thefuture of public transit to the city’s environmental health to building permits to basic infrastructure. A lot of federal money is also coming ou
How ‘defund police’ perceptions drove a political wedge in upcoming Dallas City Council elections
How ‘defund police’ perceptions drove a political wedge in upcoming Dallas City Council elections
Claims of the Dallas Police Department being defunded are playing prominently in mailers to voters ahead of Saturday’s election.
File photo.(Irwin Thompson / Staff Photographer)
The Dallas City Council last fall voted to take $7 million from the police department’s overtime budget to spend on streetlights and hire civilians to replace cops working desk jobs.
Now, the issue is driving a political wedge in Saturday’s municipal elections as candidates who oppose the decision are accusing those who supported the move of “defunding the police.”
Saturday’s Dallas city council election has become in part a referendum on Mayor Eric Johnson and his failed attempt to prevent the council from cutting $7.