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Michael Hinojosa, former Dallas Independent School District Superintendent [6] [7] Peter Brodsky, real estate developer; Jennifer S. Gates, former member of the Dallas City Council; Lynn McBee, philanthropist and candidate for mayor in 2019; Miguel Solis, former Dallas Independent School District trustee and candidate for mayor in 2019
In the 2011 Chester Mayoral election, Linder defeated longtime incumbent Republican Mayor Wendell Butler Jr. in a hotly contested race. With his election, Linder became just the second Democrat to hold the office since 1905, and the first since Barbara Bohannan-Sheppard left office in 1995. [ 5 ]
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.
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Though the mayor’s position in Dallas is technically nonpartisan, Johnson joins Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker as one of two Republican mayors to lead a major Texas city.
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On March 5, 1795, the borough of Chester, which had been governed under the charter granted by William Penn in 1701, was incorporated by the Pennsylvania Assembly. [2] Chester was incorporated as a city on February 4, 1866 [3] with a mayor-council government system, consisting of a popularly elected city mayor and city council. The terms of the ...
Jeff Brown, a Democrat running for mayor of Philadelphia, prompted audible gasps with his answer to a question about environmental racism. 'Quiet Part Out Loud': Mayoral Candidate Goes Viral For ...