Following the Money in Dallas City Council Campaigns You can learn a lot from campaign finance reports. By Alex Macon and Matt Goodman Published in FrontBurner April 14, 2021 12:24 pm Earlier this month, over 50 candidates in 14 contested Dallas City Council races had to file their latest campaign finance reports, documenting their fundraising and spending over the last several months. The Dallas Morning News has hit on some of the bigger takeaways from these records. Almost $900,000 has been pumped into contests that will determine the makeup of the city council, with Mayor Eric Johnson spar...