Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson switches to Republican Party

[In It to Win It]

Texas Tribune

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson, a longtime Democrat, said he's switched parties to become a Republican.

“Today I am changing my party affiliation,” Johnson wrote in an op-ed published Friday in The Wall Street Journal. “Next spring, I will be voting in the Republican primary. When my career in elected office ends in 2027 on the inauguration of my successor as mayor, I will leave office as a Republican.”

Johnson served in the Texas Legislature for nine years as a Democrat before he was elected mayor in 2019. Though the mayor’s position is technically nonpartisan, Johnson joins Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker as one of two Republican mayors to lead a major Texas city.

Texas Republicans were quick to embrace Johnson as one of their own.

"Texas is getting more Red every day," Gov. Greg Abbott said in a tweet, sharing the announcement. "He’s pro law enforcement & won’t tolerate leftist agendas."

[Shell_Seas]

1. I call foul. He was bought off.

Oh well. Fuck em. This ends his political career in the very blue city of Dallas.

[mountain grammy]

2. Fuck Texas republicans and Eric Johnson..

Dealing with the devil..

[tulipsandroses]

4. What do they have on these folks?

I can’t understand all these switches lately.

[carpetbagger]

12. He doesn't play well with others.

I think he ran out of friends in city hall and decided to show his middle finger, getting some allies in Austin along the way and possibly some post-mayoral job leads.

That's a gross simplification of his tenure, but it's more right than wrong.

[bullimiami]

5. It takes a rare special sort of scumbag to see the current state of republicans and

decide it’s time to join.

[awesomerwb1]

7. Nicely put.

[onecaliberal]

8. 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

They’ll knife him come next election and go with the real McCoy to replace him.

[2naSalit]

9. +1

[Loki]

6. To be a Texas Democrat requires courage

Having lived in the Houston area for almost 20 years, it takes courage, strength and commitment to be a Democrat in that state. This fool has none of those qualities. Taking the easy way out to become the token they wave around as proof of their "inclusive agenda". Good riddance. He won't be missed and we won't see him again.

[LeftInTX]

11. Dallas is Texas' second blueist city after Austin.

It's very blue. Doesn't take too much courage to be a Democratic mayor in Dallas.

[Paladin]

10. Turncoat prick.

May he get what he deserves, and damned soon.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

13. Texas Democratic Party says good riddance to Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson

Link to tweet

[Paladin]

14. "Ineffective and truant."

Great description.