Mike Rawlings

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Mike Rawlings
File:Mike Rawlings 2012 (cropped).jpg
59th Mayor of Dallas
In office
June 27, 2011 – June 17, 2019
Preceded by Dwaine Caraway (Acting)
Succeeded by Eric Johnson
Personal details
Born Michael Scott Rawlings
(1954-08-25) August 25, 1954 (age 69)
Borger, Texas, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Micki Rawlings
Children 2
Education Boston College (BA)

Michael Scott Rawlings (born August 25, 1954) is an American businessman and politician who served as the 59th Mayor of Dallas, Texas. A member of the Democratic Party, he won the nonpartisan 2011 Dallas mayoral election defeating former Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle.[1][2][3][4][5] He was reelected in 2015 by defeating Dallas lawyer Marcos Ronquillo.

Rawlings served as CEO of Pizza Hut from 1997 to 2002 and was also a former chief executive of the Tracy-Locke ad agency.[6][7][8] In addition to his work in the city, Rawlings is also a prominent opponent of domestic violence, speaking at many events, including a Ring The Bell event at the United Nations[9] alongside actor Patrick Stewart.[10][11]

Rawlings garnered national attention during the Ebola outbreak, the July 7th, 2016, ambush on Dallas police officers, and a dispute over the Dallas Police and Fire Pension System.[12] On the question of Confederate Statue Removal, Rawlings stated in August 2017 that Confederate statues in Dallas city parks are "monuments of propaganda" and called for a task force to decide what should be done with them.[13] Rawlings pushed for the removal of a Robert E. Lee statue in a city park.[14]

At the 2018 Conference of Mayors, Rawlings, who was known as a supporter of the arts in Dallas, received the 2018 National Award for Local Arts from the United States Conference of Mayors and Americans for the Arts in Washington, DC.[15]

Electoral history

2011 Dallas mayoral election

Initial Election

Candidate Vote number Vote percentage[16]
Mike Rawlings 28,424 40.86%
David Kunkle 22,229 31.96%
Ron Natinsky 17,430 25.06%
E. Edward Okpa, II 1,474 2.12%

Runoff Election

Candidate Vote number Vote percentage[17]
Mike Rawlings 31,088 55.80%
David Kunkle 24,623 44.20%

2015 Dallas mayoral election

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Candidate Vote number Vote percentage[18]
Mike Rawlings 30,703 72.55%
Marcos Ronquillo 11,384 26.90%
write-ins 235 0.56%

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External links

Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Dallas
2011–2019		 Succeeded by
Eric Johnson
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