Influential political figures continue to line up behind State Rep. Eric Johnson’s bid to become Dallas' next mayor.Powerful State Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, and a slew of Johnson’s Dallas County-based colleagues in the Texas House of Representatives — including fellow Democrats Victoria Neave of Dallas, Carl Sherman of DeSoto, Terry Meza of Irving and Michelle Beckley of Carrollton — are the latest to throw their support behind Johnson, who led the field in Saturday’s nine-candidate scramble to replace term-limited Mayor Mike Rawlings. Continue reading...
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