2019 Dallas mayoral election
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On May 4, 2019, the city of Dallas, Texas, held an election to choose the next Mayor of Dallas. The election began as a nonpartisan blanket primary, no candidate took a majority of over 50% of the total vote so the two top vote-earners Eric Johnson and Scott Griggs advanced to a runoff election on June 8. Incumbent mayor Mike Rawlings was unable to run for reelection due to term limits. Dallas also concurrently elected all 14 members of its city council, and 3 of the 9 total members of the Dallas Independent School District. Johnson won the runoff with 55.61%.
Candidates
Thirteen candidates declared campaigns for Dallas Mayor ahead of the filing deadline. One dropped out voluntary, while three failed to qualify, which left nine candidates for the May ballot.
Qualified candidates
- Mike Ablon, real estate developer
- Albert Black, chair of the Dallas Housing Authority
- Scott Griggs, Dallas City Councilmember, District 1
- Eric Johnson, member of the Texas House of Representatives
- Alyson Kennedy, activist, Socialist Workers Party member, 2016 presidential candidate
- Lynn McBee, philanthropist
- Regina Montoya, attorney, former aide during the Presidency of Bill Clinton, and Democratic nominee for Texas's 5th congressional district in 2000
- Miguel Solis, Dallas Independent School District Trustee, District 8
- Jason Villalba, former member of the Texas House of Representatives
Did not qualify
- Heriberto Ortiz
- Miguel Patino, resident of Oak Cliff
- Stephen S. Smith
Dropped out of race
- Larry Casto, former Dallas City Attorney endorsed Mike Ablon
Endorsements
- Colin Allred, U.S. Representative
- Eddie Bernice Johnson, U.S. Representative
- Lance Gooden, U.S. Representative
- Sylvia Garcia, U.S. Representative
- Mike Rawlings, Mayor of Dallas
- Ron Kirk, former Mayor of Dallas
- Tom Leppert, former Mayor of Dallas
- Steve Bartlett, former Mayor of Dallas
- Royce West, Texas State Senator, District 23
- John Carona, former Texas State Senator, District 16
- Roberto Alonzo, former Texas State Representative, District 104
- Linda Koop, former Texas State Representative; former member of the Dallas City Council
- Michelle Beckley, Texas State Representative, District 65
- Terry Meza, Texas State Representative, District 105
- Victoria Neave, Texas State Representative, District 107
- Carl Sherman, Texas State Representative, District 109
- Helen Giddings, Texas State Representative, District 109
- Angie Chen Button, Texas State Representative, District 112
- Dan Huberty, Texas State Representative, District 127
- Harold Dutton Jr., Texas State Representative, District 142
- Greg Ellis, former professional football player
- Jessica Gonzalez, Texas State Representative, District 104
- Ana-Maria Ramos, Texas State Representative, District 102
- Angela Hunt, former Dallas City Council Member, District 14
- Philip Kingston, Dallas City Council Member, District 14
- Adam Medrano, Dallas City Council Member, District 2; former Dallas Independent School District Trustee, District 8
- Omar Narvaez, Dallas City Council Member, District 6
- Mark Clayton, Dallas City Council Member, District 9
Organizations
- Our Revolution
- Larry Casto, former Dallas City Attorney
- Hillary Clinton, 67th United States Secretary of State; Former United States Senator from New York; Former First Lady of the United States
- George P. Bush, Land Commissioner of Texas
- Poncho Nevárez, Texas State Representative, District 74