Dallas - Law and Government

Law and Government

Main article: Law and government of Dallas See also: List of mayors of Dallas and Sister cities of Dallas

The city uses a council-manager government, with Mike Rawlings serving as Mayor, Mary Suhm serving as city manager, and 14 council members serving as representatives to the 14 council districts in the city. This organizational structure was recently contested by some in favor of a strong-mayor city charter, only to be rejected by Dallas voters.

In the 2006–2007 fiscal year, the city's total budget (the sum of operating and capital budgets) was $2,344,314,114. The city has seen a steady increase in its budget throughout its history due to sustained growth: the budget was $1,717,449,783 in 2002–2003, $1,912,845,956 in 2003–2004, $2,049,685,734 in 2004–2005, and $2,218,345,070 in 2005–2006.

National and state legislators representing Dallas:

Federal
House of Representatives Senate
Name Party District Name Party
Sam Johnson Republican District 3 Kay Bailey Hutchison Republican
Ralph Hall Republican District 4 John Cornyn Republican
Jeb Hensarling Republican District 5
Kenny Marchant Republican District 24
Eddie Bernice Johnson Democrat District 30
Pete Sessions Republican District 32
State
House of Representatives Senate
Name Party District Name Party District
Eric Johnson Democrat District 100 Bob Deuell Republican District 2
Robert Miklos Democrat District 101 Florence Shapiro Republican District 8
Carol Kent Democrat District 102 Chris Harris Republican District 9
Rafael Anchia Democrat District 103 John Carona Republican District 16
Roberto R. Alonzo Democrat District 104 Royce West Democrat District 23
Linda Harper-Brown Republican District 105 Craig Estes Republican District 30
Kirk Thompson England Democrat District 106
Allen Vaught Democrat District 107
Dan Branch Republican District 108
Helen Giddings Democrat District 109
Barbara Mallory Caraway Democrat District 110
Yvonne Davis Democrat District 111
Angie Chen Button Republican District 112
Joe Driver Republican District 113
Will Harnett Republican District 114
Jim L. Jackson Republican District 115


The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, which exercises original jurisdiction over 100 counties in North and West Texas, convenes in the Earle Cabell Federal Building and Courthouse in the Government District of Downtown. The same building additionally houses United States Bankruptcy and Magistrate Courts and a United States Attorney office. Dallas also is the seat of the Fifth Court of Appeals of Texas.

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