District 10 councilman. Adam McGough. (Photo by Danny Fulgencio)
The deadline to file the paperwork to run for Dallas City Council in the May election passed at 5 p.m. Friday. District 10’s Adam McGough will keep his seat and continue to represent the Lake Highlands area for another two years. McGough is one of just three incumbents, of 14 seeking re-election, who will not face an opponent.
Overall, 39 potential candidates had filed as of Friday afternoon to contend in other council districts.
Meanwhile, in some of the other Advocate Magazine coverage areas:
In nearby District 14, which encompasses M Streets, much of Greenville Avenue and Uptown areas, attorney Matt Wood will face off against the oft-outspoken incumbent Phillip Kingston as well as East Dallas resident Kim Welch, and 20-something Town Hill Lane roommates Adam Fullerton and Austin Guttery (see more on those candidates here), and we will cover that race on our East Dallas/Lakewood site. You’ll also find coverage there on the District 9 (White Rock Lake, Dixon Branch, Old Lake Highlands) race where candidate Arthur Lee Adams, Jr. has filed to run against incumbent Mark Clayton.
Lee Kleinman will face longtime real estate reporter/ blogger Candace Evans (Candysdirt.com), in District 11, which we cover on the Preston Hollow Advocate site.
Meanwhile, back in our neighborhood, McGough notes in a Facebook message late Friday night that he is, “Humbled and thankful to continue my service to District 10 and the City of Dallas.”
“I don’t have the words to express how much all the support and gratitude means to my family and me. We love Lake Highlands and Hamilton Park, and we will continue to serve with all we have.”
He went on to thank many area groups including Lake Highlands Public Improvement District, Lake Highlands residents, Hamilton Park, Lake Highlands Women’s League, Lake Highlands Junior Women’s League, Exchange Club of Lake Highlands, Pamper Lake Highlands, Forerunner Mentoring Program, 100 Women of Lake Highlands, Lake Highlands High and Lake Highlands Advocate (which is generous given that we haven’t always been super easy on him.)
In 2015, McGough won his seat by a mere 36 votes over Paul Reyes in a runoff election.
Last summer Advocate’s Keri Mitchell interviewed McGough, who began his Dallas City Hall career as Mayor Mike Rawlings’ Chief of Staff, to assess his first year in office. In relatively short time, beginning with his somewhat brutal 2015 campaign, he’s faced big challenges.
If you’ve been paying attention, you know that, though he won’t have to run a campaign, his work — especially in historically troubled sections of D10 and with D10 families frustrated by school overcrowding — is only going to intensify.
