Dallas City Council

City Council of the City of Dallas
Type
Type	Full-time Council-Manager
Houses	Unicameral
Leadership
Mayor	Eric Johnson since 2019
Mayor pro tempore	Jesse Moreno since 2025
Deputy Mayor pro tempore	Gay Donnell Willis since 2025
Structure
Seats	14
Committees	List Economic Development Housing & Homelessness Government Performance and Financial Management Quality of Life Arts and Culture Public Safety and Criminal Justice Transportation & Infrastructure Environment & Sustainability Workforce Ad Hoc Legislative Ad Hoc Judicial Nominations
Length of term	2 years, renewable thrice
Elections
Voting system	Majoritarian by District
Redistricting	Decennial
Meeting place
Website
dallascityhall.com/government/Pages/city-council.aspx
Constitution
City Codes City Council Rules

The Dallas City Council serves as the legislative body in the City of Dallas. It consists of 14 members. City council members are chosen by plurality elections in each of fourteen districts. The city operates under a council-manager system of local governance.

Current membership

The current members of the city council are: ^[1]

District	Name	Took Office	Committee Chairship	Party
1	Chad West	2019 [2]		Nonpartisan
2	Jesse Moreno†	2021		Nonpartisan
3	Zarin Gracey	2023		Nonpartisan
4	Maxie Johnson	2025		Nonpartisan
5	Jaime Resendez	2019		Nonpartisan
6	Laura Cadena	2025		Nonpartisan
7	Adam Bazaldua	2019		Nonpartisan
8	Lorie Blair	2025		Nonpartisan
9	Paula Blackmon	2019		Nonpartisan
10	Kathy Stewart	2023	Parks, Trails and the Environment	Nonpartisan
11	Bill Roth	2025		Nonpartisan
12	Cara Mendelsohn	2019	Government Performance and Financial Management	Nonpartisan
13	Gay Donnell Willis‡	2021		Nonpartisan
14	Paul E. Ridley	2021		Nonpartisan

† Mayor pro tem

‡ Deputy Mayor pro tem

References

1. "City Council." City of Dallas (official website). Retrieved on February 14, 2019.
2. "City elections in Dallas, Texas (2019)".