Sixteen months out from the election, the former head of Dallas ISD says he\u2019s well-positioned to become the city\u2019s next mayor.<\/p>\n
Michael Hinojosa shares why he\u2019s running in what observers expect to be a crowded field to lead Dallas.<\/p>\n
Nearly four years have passed since Michael Hinojosa retired from leading Dallas ISD<\/a>, and while he never left the city, he marked Tuesday as a return.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m back,\u201d he said, standing outside Dallas City Hall.<\/p>\n Hinojosa, 70, announced his first run at public office, seeking Dallas\u2019 mayoral office, which will be open after Eric Johnson leaves via term limits in November 2027.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat Dallas needs now is strong, proven, transparent leadership,” Hinojosa said. \u201cSo what am I going to be about as a mayor?\u201d<\/p>\n More of what he says helped his two stints leading the state\u2019s second-largest school system: broad coalition building with employees and Dallas\u2019 business community, which saw Dallas ISD make academic gains while capturing community support to invest in new buildings and programs.<\/p>\n Matthew Wilson with SMU political science says he expects a crowded field ahead of next year\u2019s election as Dallas faces major challenges, including the revitalization of downtown with the departure of the Mavs<\/a> and Stars,<\/a> along with AT&T <\/a>and the closure of the downtown Neiman Marcus store.<\/p>\n “He\u2019s certainly someone that has broad-based name recognition in municipal politics,\u201d Wilson said.<\/p>\n “Coming in this early, I think, signals his desire to begin building a broad network of relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n The Dallas native, who would be the city\u2019s first Hispanic mayor, says his campaign starts in earnest now with a meeting in one of Dallas\u2019 14 city council districts every week until election day. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sixteen months out from the election, the former head of Dallas ISD says he\u2019s well-positioned to become the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103],"class_list":["post-373265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373265","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=373265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}