Good News: Dallas Mayor Admits He's Republican

The former Democrat says the policies that cause cities to flourish are not coming from his old party. Dallas, Texas, is fortunate. The city has elected Republican mayors as recently as 2007 and 1991, and it now has a Republican mayor again after Eric Johnson announced that he’s switching parties from Democrat to Republican. It’s now the largest city in the nation with a Republican mayor. This switch is noteworthy partly because Johnson is black, and partly because of his explanation for doing so. To mark the change, he wrote...