2023 Dallas mayoral election

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2023 Dallas mayoral election
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  2019 May 6, 20232027 
Turnout7.1%
  Eric Johnson (51239403937).jpg
Candidate Eric Johnson
Popular vote45,535
Percentage98.7%

Mayor before election

Eric Johnson

Elected Mayor

Eric Johnson

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. One other candidate qualified, declared write-in candidate Kendal Richardson, whom Johnson defeated with 98.7% of the vote, breaking a record set in 1909 by former Dallas mayor Stephen J. Hay for the highest vote percentage garnered by a mayoral candidate facing any opposition in Dallas history.

Contents

Candidates

Declared

Disqualified

Declined

Endorsements

Eric Johnson
Federal politicians
State politicians
Local politicians
Organizations

Results

2023 Dallas mayoral election [9]
CandidateVotes %
Eric Johnson (incumbent)44,94298.70
Write-in5931.30
Total votes45,535 100.00

Notes

  1. Democratic candidate for California's 6th congressional district in 2016 and 2018; candidate for mayor of Sacramento, California in 2020; Democratic nominee for Texas's 1st congressional district in 2022

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