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The current mayor is Eric Johnson, who has served one term since 2019 and is the 60th mayor to serve in the position. Dallas operates under a city charter that designates the mayor as the official head of city government and a council-manager system where a city council-appointed city manager serves as the chief operating officer of the city.
Eric Lynn Johnson [1] (born October 10, 1975) is an American politician and attorney who has served as the 60th mayor of Dallas, Texas, since June 2019.A Republican since September 2023, [2] Johnson previously served as a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives, where he represented the 100th District in the cities of Dallas and Mesquite.
The government in Dallas, Texas is primarily vested in the Dallas City Council, Mayor, and City Manager. There is also the Dallas Police Department, Dallas Fire-Rescue, and the Dallas municipal courts. In the 2006–2007 fiscal year, the city's total budget was $2.3 billion.
Michael Scott Rawlings (born August 25, 1954) is an American businessman and politician who was the 59th Mayor of Dallas, Texas.A member of the Democratic Party, he won the nonpartisan 2011 Dallas mayoral election defeating former Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle.
The 2023 Dallas mayoral election was held on May 6, 2023, to elect the mayor of Dallas, Texas. Incumbent mayor Eric Johnson ran for re-election to a second term in office.
Earle Cabell (October 27, 1906 – September 24, 1975) was a Texas politician who served as mayor of Dallas, Texas. Cabell was mayor at the time of the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy and was later a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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In 1964, shortly after the assassination in Dallas of President John F. Kennedy, Jonsson became mayor of Dallas, Texas on February 3, 1964, completing the term of Mayor Earle Cabell who had resigned to run for Congress. Elected to three additional terms, he worked to improve morale and the image of the city. [4]