Editing Dallas (section)

==Government==
===Local representation===
[[File:Flag of Dallas in front of City Hall. - panoramio.jpg|thumb|right|Flags at City Hall Plaza, Dallas]]
{{Main|Government of Dallas}}
{{See also|Mayor of Dallas}}
[[File:DallasCityHallB.jpg|thumb|[[Dallas City Hall]]]]
[[File:Dallas - Municipal Building 01A.jpg|thumb|Built in 1913, the [[Dallas Municipal Building]] was Dallas's old City Hall facility.]]
[[File:Dallas County Courthouse - Old Red.jpg|thumb|The former [[Dallas County Courthouse (Texas)|Dallas County Courthouse]] houses the [[Old Red Museum]], displaying artifacts from Dallas County history.]]
[[File:President Ronald Reagan Giving His Acceptance Speech at The Republican National Convention in Dallas Texas - DPLA - 9fdcd0b050951535fa48df8b9c632741.jpg|thumb|right|President [[Ronald Reagan]] giving his acceptance speech at the [[Republican National Convention]] in Dallas]]
The city uses a [[council-manager government]], with [[Eric Johnson (Texas politician)|Eric Johnson]] serving as mayor,<ref>{{cite news | url = https://dfw.cbslocal.com/video/4106496-eric-johnson-sworn-in-as-new-mayor-of-dallas/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190617165135/https://dfw.cbslocal.com/video/4106496-eric-johnson-sworn-in-as-new-mayor-of-dallas/ | url-status = dead | archive-date = June 17, 2019 | title = Eric Johnson Sworn In As New Mayor Of Dallas | work = [[KTVT]] | via = cbslocal.com | date = June 17, 2019 | access-date = June 17, 2019 | first = Jack | last = Fink}}</ref> Kimberly Tolbert serving as city manager,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.keranews.org/news/2025-01-22/kimberly-bizor-tolbert-named-next-dallas-city-manager | title=Kimberly Bizor Tolbert named next Dallas city manager | date=January 22, 2025 }}</ref> and 14 council members serving as representatives to the 14 council districts in the city.<ref name="mayor">[http://www.dallascityhall.com/ City of Dallas] – [http://www.dallascityhall.com/government/mayor/mayor.html Mayor] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080129171051/http://www.dallascityhall.com/government/mayor/mayor.html |date=January 29, 2008 }}. Retrieved October 16, 2006.</ref><ref name="manager">[http://www.dallascityhall.com/ City of Dallas] – [http://dallascityhall.com/government/CityManager/city_manager_gonzalez.html City Manager] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724171037/http://dallascityhall.com/government/CityManager/city_manager_gonzalez.html |date=July 24, 2013 }}. Retrieved January 13, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.dallascityhall.com/ City of Dallas] – [http://www.dallascityhall.com/government/government.html Government] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061019075417/http://www.dallascityhall.com/government/government.html |date=October 19, 2006 }}. Retrieved October 16, 2006.</ref> This organizational structure was contested by some in favor of a strong-mayor city charter,<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 2, 2015|title=Ask John Neely Bryan: Why's the Dallas City Manager Strong While the Mayor Is Weak?|url=https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2015/04/ask-john-neely-bryan-whys-the-dallas-city-manager-strong-while-the-mayor-is-weak/|access-date=September 16, 2020|website=D Magazine|language=en}}</ref> only to be rejected by Dallas voters.<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 1, 2005|title=What's the Matter With Dallas?|url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/whats-the-matter-with-dallas/|access-date=September 16, 2020|website=Texas Monthly|language=en}}</ref> In 1969, Anita N. Martínez become the first Latin American to sit as a councilwoman in Dallas's city council.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Villasana|first1=Sol|title=Dallas's Little Mexico|year=2011|publisher=Arcadia|isbn=978-0-7385-7979-5|pages=116}}</ref>

In the 2017–2018 fiscal year, the city's total [[government budget|budget]] (the sum of [[operating budget|operating]] and capital budgets) was $3.3 billion.<ref name="0607budget">[https://www.dallascityhall.com/departments/budget/financialtransparency/AnnualBudget/1819-0-Adopted-Budget.pdf City of Dallas FY18-19 Adopted Budget Overview]. ('''[[Portable Document Format|PDF]]'''). Retrieved February 14, 2019.</ref> The city has seen a steady increase in its budget due to sustained growth: the budget was $1.7 billion in 2002–2003,<ref name="0304budget">[http://dallascityhall.org/pdf/FY04AdoptedBudget/Introduction/Introduction.pdf City of Dallas FY03-04 Adopted Budget Overview] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060524010506/http://dallascityhall.org/pdf/FY04AdoptedBudget/Introduction/Introduction.pdf |date=May 24, 2006 }}. ('''[[Portable Document Format|PDF]]'''). Retrieved May 9, 2006.</ref> $1.9 billion in 2003–2004,<ref name="0304budget" /> $2.0 billion in 2004–2005,<ref name="0506budget">[http://dallascityhall.org/pdf/FY06AdoptedBudget/Overview/Overview.pdf City of Dallas FY05-06 Adopted Budget Overview] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060524010442/http://dallascityhall.org/pdf/FY06AdoptedBudget/Overview/Overview.pdf |date=May 24, 2006 }}. ('''[[Portable Document Format|PDF]]'''). Retrieved May 9, 2006.</ref> and $2.2 billion in 2005–2006.<ref name="0506budget" />

===Federal and state representation===
National and state legislators representing Dallas:
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The [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas]], which exercises original jurisdiction over 100 counties in North and West Texas, convenes in the [[Earle Cabell Federal Building and Courthouse]] in the [[Government District, Dallas, Texas|Government District]] of [[Downtown Dallas|Downtown]]. The same building additionally houses [[United States Bankruptcy Court|United States Bankruptcy]] and Magistrate Courts and a [[United States Attorney]] office. Dallas also is the seat of the Fifth Court of Appeals of Texas.

===Politics===
Since 2023, Dallas has been the largest city in the United States with a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] mayor after Eric Johnson switched parties after [[2023 Dallas mayoral election|winning re-election]]. He ran and was elected as a Democrat.{{Efn|Dallas elects mayors in nonpartisan races, however, mayor [[Eric Johnson (Texas politician)|Eric Johnson]] switched parties to the Republicans after winning re-election in [[2023 Dallas mayoral election|2023]].}} However, the city is normally a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] stronghold, with over 60% of voters supporting [[Kamala Harris]] in the [[2024 United States presidential election|2024 presidential election]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Texas President election results 2024 {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://edition.cnn.com/election/2024/results/texas/president |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> 69% of voters supporting [[Joe Biden]] in the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]] and 67% of voters supporting [[Hillary Clinton]] in the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 presidential election]] (excluding write-ins).<ref name="Dallas - Election Results">{{cite web|url=http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/TX/Dallas/63891/183923/Web01/en/summary.html |title=Dallas – Election Results |publisher=Dallas County Elections |date=November 21, 2016 |access-date=November 23, 2016}}</ref> [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] voters dominate the majority of the city, especially the [[Downtown Dallas|central]] [[Urban area|urban core]] and [[South Dallas|southern]] sectors, with [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] spreading a sliver of suburban neighborhoods in [[North Dallas]]. In the [[2004 United States presidential election|2004 U.S. presidential election]], 57% of Dallas voters voted for [[John Kerry]] over [[George W. Bush]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pages.sbcglobal.net/tom.blackwell/ |title=DemocraticResearch Blog |publisher=Pages.sbcglobal.net |date=July 4, 2001 |access-date=May 23, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100508071804/http://pages.sbcglobal.net/tom.blackwell/ |archive-date=May 8, 2010 }}</ref> Dallas County was closely divided, with 50% of voters voting for Bush and 49% voting for Kerry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/statesub.php?year=2004&fips=48113&f=0&off=0&elect=0 |title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections – State Data |publisher=Uselectionatlas.org |access-date=August 14, 2010}}</ref> Results in the 2008 and 2012 elections favored [[Barack Obama]], with the 44th President receiving 57% of Dallas County voters in both years, with greater margins in the city of Dallas. In the 2016 U.S. presidential election, approximately 66% of Dallas voters voted for [[Hillary Clinton]], with 28% of city voters voting for [[Donald Trump]].<ref name="Dallas - Election Results" /> Dallas County as a whole saw 61% of voters voting for Clinton, with 35% support for Trump.<ref name="Dallas - Election Results" /> In 2004, [[Lupe Valdez]] was elected Dallas County [[Sheriff]]. An open lesbian, Valdez was the only female sheriff in the state of Texas until her resignation. Despite controversies in her handling of county jails, she won re-election in 2008 with a 10-point victory over Republican challenger Lowell Cannaday.<ref>{{Cite news | url = https://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/local/stories/DN-dalsheriff_05met.ART.State.Edition2.4a497e1.html | title = Valdez triumphant in bid for 2nd term as Dallas County sheriff | date = November 5, 2008 | access-date = November 5, 2008 | first = Kevin | last = Krause | newspaper = [[The Dallas Morning News]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091228054810/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/local/stories/DN-dalsheriff_05met.ART.State.Edition2.4a497e1.html | archive-date = December 28, 2009}}</ref> In the [[2024 United States presidential election]], Donald Trump, achieved 34.1% of the vote in the city of Dallas. This marked the highest level of support for a Republican candidate in the city since the 2012 election, when [[Mitt Romney]] received a comparable percentage. This is most likely have attributed Trump's performance in Dallas in part to a notable shift in Hispanic voter preferences within Texas. Trump garnered an estimated 55% of the Hispanic vote statewide, a significant improvement from his performance among Hispanic voters in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Exit poll results 2024 {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/election/2024/exit-polls/texas/general/president/0 |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"  style="float:right; margin:1em; font-size:95%;"
|+ Dallas city vote<br /> by party in Presidential elections<ref name="Dallas County Election Results">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dallascountyvotes.org/|title=Dallas County, TX Elections &#124; Elections Information|website=www.dallascountyvotes.org}}</ref><ref name="collincountytx.gov">{{Cite web|url=https://www.collincountytx.gov/elections/election_results/Pages/result_archive.aspx|title=Election Results|website=www.collincountytx.gov|access-date=May 20, 2022|archive-date=May 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524214410/https://www.collincountytx.gov/elections/election_results/Pages/result_archive.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Denton County Election Results">{{Cite web|url=https://www.votedenton.gov/election-results/|title=Denton County, TX Elections|website=www.votedenton.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=DRA 2020 |url=https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::1c2c1e0d-2fd1-43a8-a039-73e7023124d1 |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=Daves Redistricting}}</ref>
|- style="background:lightgrey;"
! Year
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Third party (United States)|Third Parties]]
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2024 United States presidential election in Texas|2024]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''64.5%''' ''263,130''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|34.1% ''139,022''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.5% ''5,968''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2020 United States presidential election in Texas|2020]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''69.3%''' ''315,166''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|28.4% ''129,086''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|2.2% ''10,351''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2016 United States presidential election in Texas|2016]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''67.2%''' ''247,424''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|28.7% ''105,814''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|4.1% ''15,169''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2012 United States presidential election in Texas|2012]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''64.3%''' ''221,354''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|35.7% ''122,850''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0% ''0''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2008 United States presidential election in Texas|2008]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''64.9%''' ''235,014''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|34.7% ''125,480''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.4% ''1,616''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2004 United States presidential election in Texas|2004]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''58.6%''' ''198,429''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|41.4% ''140,233''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0% ''0''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2000 United States presidential election in Texas|2000]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''55.4%''' ''167,026''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|44.6% ''134,327''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0% ''0''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1996 United States presidential election in Texas|1996]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''54.9%''' ''156,486''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|39.9% ''113,703''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|5.3% ''15,071''
|}

{| class="wikitable"  style="float:right; margin:1em; font-size:95%;"
|+ Dallas city vote<br /> by party in Senate elections<ref name="Dallas County Election Results"/><ref name="collincountytx.gov"/><ref name="Denton County Election Results"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=DRA 2020 |url=https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::f2680c07-b1ce-4029-a33f-07ec589f7ac7 |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=Daves Redistricting}}</ref>
|- style="background:lightgrey;"
! Year
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Third party (United States)|Third Parties]]
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2024 United States Senate election in Texas|2024]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''66.9%''' ''271,719''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|31.0% ''126,082''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|2.1% ''8,542
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2020 United States Senate election in Texas|2020]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''65.4%''' ''293,817''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|32.0% ''143,861''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|2.6% ''11,506''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2018 United States Senate election in Texas|2018]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''71.2%''' ''255,236''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|28.1% ''100,633''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.7% ''2,636''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2014 United States Senate election in Texas|2014]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''57.9%''' ''107,549''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|42.1% ''78,094''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.0% ''0''
|}
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