Five candidates in the running to replace Adam Medrano on the Dallas City Council
For the first time in 16 years, none of the competitors carry the Medrano family name in the District 2 race.
The Deep Ellum sign in Dallas photographed on Thursday, Apr. 8, 2021. (Juan Figueroa/ The Dallas Morning News)(Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer)
The Dallas City Council elections are May 1 and early voting starts April 19. All 14 council seats are contested, and three will see new faces as incumbents have reached term limits. The other 11 incumbents face challengers. This is the second of 14
on each race, which kicked off with coverage of the three open district seats: 11, 2 and 13. The rest will be featured in ascending numerical order.