Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson announced Friday that he is switching parties and will serve as a Republican-affiliated mayor of the blue-leaning city.

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson’s switch to the Republican Party could give him an easier road for statewide office, though he’ll still have a bumpy ride appealing to the GOP’s most conservative voters.

Mayor Eric Johnson’s decision to change parties was surprising for its timing, but appeared in line with how he had been governing, recently favoring tax cuts.

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson announced Friday that he is switching to the Republican Party, making the city the largest in the U.S. with a GOP mayor.

Dallas mayor Eric Johnson, who has held elected office in Texas as a Democrat for 13 years and the mayor's office for the past four, announced on Friday he would join the Republican Party. In a Wall Street Journal column explaining the decision,

Mayor Eric Johnson announced he was leaving the Democratic Party, accusing his colleagues of being too focused on virtue signaling.