Candidates running for Dallas City Council and mayor have raised nearly $1.2 million in donations since January, with boosts in the last month of the May 6...
Gracey, Resendez and Schultz are registered Democrats, and Stewart is a registered Republican, according to public records. The Dallas City Council elections are nonpartisan races. City Council candidates Sukhbir Kaur, John Sims, Denise Benavides, Sidney Robles Martinez, Marvin E. Crenshaw, Davante “Shawt” Peters didn’t submit their latest campaign finance reports, which were due April 28.
Moreno, Smith, Resendez, Blackmon and Schulz also reported $1,000 each from the Dallas Firefighters Association PAC. The Dallas Black Firefighters Association PAC instead gave $500 each to incumbent Carolyn King Arnold, Smith’s opponent, and Yolanda Faye Williams, one of Resendez’s two challengers. “We feel confident that the candidates we have chosen to endorse will represent the city of Dallas, the region and TREC well,” said Scott Rohrman, chair of The Real Estate Council PAC. The group represents the commercial real estate industry.Some PACs have done more than give donations. In District 1, a group called the New American PAC donated $2,500 to challenger Albert Mata and has sent mailers to voters in the North Oak Cliff area in support of Mata and fellow challenger Mariana Griggs.
West, who is seeking his third term, is white. Mata and Griggs, who are first-time candidates, are Hispanic. District 1 hasn’t had a representative of Hispanic descent since 2013 andGarcia didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. He has also donated $1,000 to Resendez in District 5 and Bazaldua in District 7 and $200 to Atkins in District 8.
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