The next election for Dallas City Council election is May 6, and 43 candidates have filed to run for office.

Two representatives - Adam McGough and Casey Thomas - have reached the end of their term limit, leaving those districts open to a new council member. One council member, Cara Mendelsohn, is running uncontested, as well as Mayor Eric Johnson.

All 14 council districts will be on the ballot for two-year terms.

Place 1 - Oak Cliff

• Chad West - incumbent
• Mariana Griggs - teacher, neighborhood activist, ex-wife of former council member Scott Griggs
• Albert Mata - former telecom engineer, Hispanic advocate

Place 2 - Deep Ellum, Love Field, Casa View

• Jesse Moreno - incumbent
• Sukhbir Kaur

Place 3 - Southwest Dallas, vacant seat left by Casey Thomas

• Zarin Gracey - director of the Office of Business Diversity for city of Dallas
• Joe Tave - radio host and return candidate who ran in 2017
• August Doyle - previously worked for city of Dallas in code, public works, and recycling, and DISD teacher
• Denise Benavides - former president of LULAC Grand Prairie who has a nonprofit, ran in 2019
• John Sims - entrepreneur, owner of a podcast/radio studio in Oak Cliff

Place 4 - South Dallas

• Carolyn King Arnold - incumbent
• Jamie Lynn Smith - accountant and first-time candidate

Place 5 - Far southeast Dallas

• Jaime Resendez - incumbent
• Yolanda Faye Williams - former city council assistant, repeat candidate
• Terry Perkins - retired pastor, return candidate who ran in 2021

Place 6 - West Dallas

• Omar Narvaez - incumbent
• Tony Carrillo - return candidate who ran in 2017
• Monica Alonzo - former council member defeated by Narvaez
• Sidney Robles-Martinez - community activist and elections political consultant

Place 7 - Far east Dallas, Just south of I-30

• Adam Bazaldua - incumbent
• Okema Thomas - community activist and get-out-the-vote advocate
• Tracy Dotie Hill - realtor and loan officer
• Marvin E. Crenshaw - repeat candidate
• Delmar Lamar Jefferson - one of two twin brothers running for office (his brother Jrmar filed to run for Mayor)

Place 8 - Far southeast Dallas

• Tennell Atkins - incumbent
• Subrina Brenham - income tax professional and return candidate who ran in 2021
• Davante Peters - community organizer, return candidate who ran in 2021 and 2019 (in District 3)

Place 9 - Northeast Dallas, Lakewood

• Paula Blackmon - incumbent
• Kendra Madison - marketing professional, Houston transplant

Place 10 - Northeast Dallas, Lake Highlands, vacant seat left by Adam McGough

• Sirrano Keith Baldeo - litigious and eccentric, was a candidate in 2019
• Brian Hasenbauer - marketing professional, one-time City of Dallas Community Development Commissioner
• Katherine Stewart - lawyer and former director of Uptown Dallas, Inc.
• Chris Carter - wasted taxpayer money with lawsuit to keep Confederate monuments, got thrown out of neighborhood meeting by cops
• Barbara Markham - former police officer in The Colony

Place 11 - North Dallas/central

• Jaynie Schultz - incumbent
• Candace Evans - founder of Candy's Dirt real estate blog, return candidate

Place 12 - Far North Dallas

• Cara Mendelsohn - incumbent

Place 13 - North/northwest Dallas

• Gay Donnell Willis - incumbent
• Priscilla Shacklett - realtor, developer, poll watcher anxious about "voting fraud"

Place 14 - Oak Lawn, Greenville Avenue, downtown Dallas

• Paul Ridley - incumbent
• Amanda Schulz - AKA Amanda Tenpenny Schulz, former Parks Board appointed by David Blewett (who lost to Paul Ridley)
• Joseph Miller - retired engineer

Place 15 (Mayor) - City of Dallas

• Eric Johnson - incumbent

The candidate filings are here. Candidates who ran in 2021 are here, and candidates who ran in 2019 are here.