Dallas Elections

Violent Crime is Low in East Dallas District 9, But Residents Remain Concerned About Public Safety

By April Towery / May 1, 2023 /

Many residents who live along the Garland Road corridor and near White Rock Lake in Dallas City Council District 9 have lived there for decades and love their neighborhoods.  They host neighborhood block parties and are thoroughly engaged in local zoning and development matters. They don’t talk a lot about crime, and for good reason:…

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District 10 Candidate Q&A With Kathy Stewart, Sirrano Keith Baldeo, Brian Hasenbauer, and Chris Carter

By Candy's Dirt / April 18, 2023 /

Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of responses to CandysDirt.com questionnaires issued to all candidates running for office in the May 6 Dallas City Council election. We’ll be revealing their responses over the next several days. Candidates in the races for Districts 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 12 did…

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Filing Kicks Off Today For Candidates in May 6 Dallas City Council Election

By April Towery / January 18, 2023 /

Fourteen Dallas City Council seats and the mayor’s gavel are up for grabs at the horseshoe on May 6, and today is the first day you can file candidate paperwork with the city secretary’s office.  This could be an interesting election season as the coming May election is the first for the City of Dallas’…

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Fair Park Advocates Celebrate Passage of Proposition A as a ‘Transformative Investment’

By April Towery / November 9, 2022 /

Voters approved a 2 percent increase in hotel occupancy taxes to fund major renovations at the 65-year-old Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center and Dallas’ Fair Park, launching a “transformative investment” of $1.5 billion into downtown and South Dallas. The measure passed with 67.68 percent of the vote and more than 186,000 residents voting in favor.…

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Election Day 2022 Final Results: Prop A Passes, Collin and Dallas County Judges Re-Elected

By April Towery / November 8, 2022 /

Dallas Election Day 2022 Live Updates 5 a.m. The final results are in from Dallas County. With 623,306 ballots counted and all 464 vote centers reporting, Proposition A passed, with 186,338 votes or 67.68 percent. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins was re-elected with 384,581 votes or 62.49 percent. About 43.81 percent of Dallas County’s registered…

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