Mayor of Major US City Switches To Republican Party: ‘Cities Need Republicans’

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson confirmed he’s switching to the Republican Party.

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson in a file phot0 Carolyn Caster/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

The mayor of Dallas announced that he is switching to the Republican Party, according to an opinion article he wrote Friday.

In an opinion article for the Wall Street Journal, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson, a longtime Democrat, wrote that U.S. “cities need Republicans” and that “I’m becoming one.”