{"id":372100,"date":"2026-07-14T04:14:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T04:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/372100\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T04:14:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T04:14:29","slug":"former-dallas-isd-superintendent-michael-hinojosa-runs-for-dallas-mayor-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/372100\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Dallas ISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa runs for Dallas Mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brief<\/p>\n

Former Dallas ISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa has officially filed paperwork to run for Mayor of Dallas, citing a need for experienced leadership.<\/p>\n

Hinojosa highlights his strong financial track record at the school district as key to tackling the city’s current budget shortfall and sports teams leaving downtown.<\/p>\n

He will formally launch his campaign and outline his specific priorities during a news conference at Dallas City Hall on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n

DALLAS – Former Dallas ISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa announced that he is running for Mayor of Dallas on Monday.<\/p>\n

Hinojosa says the city needs experienced leadership to address the budget challenges and pro sports teams leaving Downtown Dallas.<\/p>\n

Addressing Dallas’ budget and pro sports team\"\"<\/p>\n

Local perspective<\/p>\n

Michael Hinojosa served two stints as superintendent of Dallas ISD, totaling 13 years. He told FOX 4 that he officially filed paperwork to enter the race and plans to formally launch his campaign at a Tuesday morning news conference at Dallas City Hall.<\/p>\n

Hinojosa points to financial track record at Dallas ISD\"\"<\/p>\n

What they’re saying<\/p>\n

Hinojosa cited his tenure leading Dallas ISD as evidence of his financial management experience, saying the district’s reserves grew from about $32 million when he took over in 2005 to nearly $1 billion in obligated and unobligated fund balances by the time he left.<\/p>\n

“I think that it’s really important for this community to know that we’re at an inflection point and that the city and the community need a strong, proven leader,” Hinojosa said.<\/p>\n

\"<div>Michael<\/p>\n

He pointed to the city’s budget shortfall, employee furloughs and concerns over major sports franchises potentially leaving downtown as examples of challenges facing Dallas.<\/p>\n

He said solving the city’s challenges would require coalition-building and pledged to focus on issues important to residents, taxpayers and businesses.<\/p>\n

“I believe that a vision is a dream with a deadline,” Hinojosa said, adding that if elected he would aim to address the city’s biggest challenges within two terms.<\/p>\n

Campaign announcement at Dallas City Hall\"\"<\/p>\n

What’s next<\/p>\n

Hinojosa said he will outline his priorities during a 10 a.m. campaign announcement on Tuesday, July 14, at Dallas City Hall.<\/p>\n

The Source<\/p>\n

Information in this article was provided by an interview conducted by FOX 4’s Shaun Rabb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Former Dallas ISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa has officially filed paperwork to run for Mayor of Dallas,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372101,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[66995,102,106,104,11521,103,109,131793],"class_list":["post-372100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-budget-shortfall","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-city-hall","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-isd","tag-dallas-news","tag-downtown-dallas","tag-michael-hinojosa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}