- James Nowlin
Dallas City Councilwoman Angela Hunt, a staunch LGBT ally who represents the heavily gay District 14, tells Unfair Park that she’s opted not to run for mayor in 2011, and will instead seek re-election to her council seat.
But James Nowlin, the openly gay candidate who announced plans to run for Hunt’s District 14 seat when it looked like she’d run for mayor, says he doesn’t plan to withdraw from the race and will challenge her in May.
“Angela made every indication that she was running for mayor, and our campaign team moved forward, and as we were moving forward we received tremendous support from voters across the district,” Nowlin said Wednesday. “Her waiting put the district and the potential candidates in a very awkward position. I’m in to to win it and I’m moving forward to the May 14 election.”
Another potential candidate in District 14, Jim Rogers, has said he won’t run if Hunt seeks re-election. But Nowlin, who was appointed to the Police Review Board by Hunt, said the seat belongs to the voters and he wants to give them a choice.
“I’m not running against anybody,” Nowlin said. “I’m running for the district, and this is about putting the district first.”
The filing period for Dallas city elections begins next week.
Seriously. This guy must be crazed or did the yard signs already go to print?
Mr. Nowlin is a very bright and polished candidate, but I think he should defer to Angela Hunt’s decision – and perhaps run for this seat in a few more years. Clearly he was expecting her to run for Mayor as many people were. Yet that didn’t happen and she has decided to seek re-election in this District. I like Angela Hunt – she’s good at bucking the “establishment” – and everything she told and warned the citizens of Dallas about on these big ticket items has proved remarkably accurate.