2023 Dallas mayoral election

2023 Dallas mayoral election

May 6, 2023
Turnout7.1%
 
Candidate Eric Johnson
Popular vote 44,942
Percentage 98.7%

Mayor before election

Eric Johnson

Elected mayor

Eric Johnson

The 2023 Dallas mayoral election was held on May 6, 2023, to elect the mayor of Dallas, Texas. Incumbent mayor Eric Johnson ran for re-election to a second term in office. One other candidate qualified, declared write-in candidate Kendal Richardson, whom Johnson defeated with 98.7% of the vote, breaking a record set in 1909 by former Dallas mayor Stephen J. Hay for the highest vote percentage garnered by a mayoral candidate facing any opposition in Dallas history.