Our recommendations in all May 1 elections
We interviewed candidates in 28 local elections. Here are summaries of each race.
Your friends at The Dallas Morning News editorial board have provided for you a way to research candidates in May 1 election races that matter to you. Read our Voter Guide at voterguide.dallasnews.com.(Eric Gay / The Associated Press)
District 6: Michael Wood (R)
Michael Wood, 34, set himself apart in a huge field of 23 candidates that will likely result in a runoff to fill the seat of late Congressman Ron Wright, who died of COVID-19 in February. Wood is a Fort Worth businessman and military veteran who we think embodies key conservative principles of limited government, low taxes, reducing debt, reforming entitlement programs, religious liberty, free trade and support of Second Amendment rights. But what sets him apart from other Republicans is his willingness to tackle hard truths about his own party. Wood said the GOP has become a “cult of personalit
Dallas Council Members (Still) Don’t Want to Defund the Police
Ignore what you ve seen in some campaign mailers. There are Dallas residents who want to defund the police, but they re not sitting on the city council right now.
By Alex Macon
Published in
FrontBurner
April 16, 2021
11:41 am
If there is one issue driving Dallas City Council candidates this election season, it’s public safety. That’s fitting. More than 60 percent of the city budget’s general fund is typically spent on public safety, including the police and fire departments, emergency management operations, and court and jail services. Spending on police alone accounts for about a third of that general fund. On May 1, voters will choose the 14 people who have the power to shape that budget Mayor Eric Johnson is in the middle of his first term, but every other council seat is being contested.
Following the Money in Dallas City Council Campaigns
You can learn a lot from campaign finance reports.
By
Alex Macon and Matt Goodman
Published in
FrontBurner
April 14, 2021
12:24 pm
Earlier this month, over 50 candidates in 14 contested Dallas City Council races had to file their latest campaign finance reports, documenting their fundraising and spending over the last several months.
The Dallas Morning News has hit on some of the bigger takeaways from these records. Almost $900,000 has been pumped into contests that will determine the makeup of the city council, with Mayor Eric Johnson spared from having to run for re-election until 2023. Big-name donors who have previously backed the mayor are now supporting challenges to three incumbent city council members who voted against Johnson last fall in a battle over police overtime funding a sign that public safety concerns (and the mayor’s strained relationships with many of his colleagues) are driving forces this election
Our recommendation for Dallas City Council, District 11
The district is a cross section of Dallas and needs experienced leadership.
District 11 in northern Dallas stretches roughly from Walnut Hill Lane on the south, beyond Keller Springs Road on the north, from the Dallas North Tollway on the west to east of Central Expressway. The far-flung district is a cross section of Dallas pockets of wealth, poverty as well as economic redevelopment and public safety challenges.
And, for the first time since 2013, district voters will go to the polls this spring without seeing Lee Kleinman’s name on the ballot. Kleinman is term-limited and ineligible to run for reelection this year, prompting a field of four candidates to seek the council seat.
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