Overview
- Hinojosa formally launched his campaign in mid-July and is the first declared candidate for the open November 2027 mayoral race.
- The Dallas City Secretary’s Office received campaign paperwork that names Amanda Lake as Hinojosa’s treasurer and lists the office sought as Place 15, the mayor’s seat.
- He says his campaign will focus on public safety, housing affordability, infrastructure and neighborhood investment and plans weekly listening sessions in each of the city’s 14 council districts.
- Hinojosa supports a voter-approved shift to a stronger-mayor system and says he would vote for a charter change while declining to make that reform the centerpiece of his campaign.
- His two terms as Dallas ISD superintendent are central to his pitch — he credits improved graduation and dropout metrics and fewer failing campuses — but reporters note a 2007–08 multi‑million dollar budget shortfall and a 2021 mask‑mandate legal dispute that critics are likely to scrutinize as the race grows.