Seven challenging incumbent in South Dallas City Council District, police overtime cut at center of debate
City Council member Adam Bazaldua faces Tramonica Brown, Kevin Felder, Walter “Changa” Higgins, Calvin Johnson, Donald Parish, James “JT” Turknett and Israel Varela
The Texas Star Ferris wheel towers over Leonhardt Lagoon where the swan boats are at Fair Park on Tuesday, June 18, 2019. (Ashley Landis/The Dallas Morning News)(Ashley Landis / Staff Photographer)
The Dallas City Council elections are May 1 and early voting starts Monday. All 14 council seats are contested, and three districts, 2, 11 and 13, will see new faces as the incumbents have reached term limits. The other 11 incumbents face challengers. This is the ninth of 14 stories on the races, which started with coverage of the three open seats. The rest are being featured in ascending numerical order.
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We interviewed candidates in 28 local elections. Here are summaries of each race.
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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
Our recommendation for Dallas City Council District 7
Incumbent Bazaldua faces seven rivals: Brown, Felder, Higgins, Johnson, Parish, Turknett and Varela.
Eight candidates are vying to represent District 7 in the Dallas City Council, a whopping slate for a municipal race and the most packed out of 14 contested council seats in this city. The district covers a stretch of diverse Dallas neighborhoods, from the South Dallas/Fair Park area to Buckner Terrace to Far East Dallas. These neighborhoods have long struggled with disproportionate crime rates, disinvestment and uneven council representation.
The race has become a referendum on incumbent Adam Bazaldua’s handling of Dallas police budget discussions last year in the aftermath of nationwide summer protests against racial injustice. His most formidable challengers are pastor and nonprofit founder Donald Parish Jr. and attorney Calvin Johnson, two longtime community advocates. Both say they are running against Bazaldua because of
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