Eric Johnson, the mayor of Dallas, in a Friday op-ed within the Wall Street Journal introduced that he’s leaving the Democratic Party and changing into a Republican. The op-ed is titled ‘America’s Cities Need Republicans, and I’m Becoming One’. Johnson, within the piece, explains his determination by saying that “the future of America’s great urban centers depends on the willingness of the nation’s mayors to champion law and order and practice fiscal conservatism.”

The op-ed is titled ‘America’s Cities Need Republicans, and I’m Becoming One’. Johnson, within the piece, explains his determination by saying that “the future of America’s great urban centers depends on the willingness of the nation’s mayors to champion law and order and practice fiscal conservatism.”

“Our cities desperately need the genuine commitment to these principles (as opposed to the inconsistent, poll-driven commitment of many Democrats) that has long been a defining characteristic of the GOP,” Johnson wrote.

“In other words, American cities need Republicans — and Republicans need American cities. When my political hero Theodore Roosevelt was born, only 20% of Americans lived in urban areas. By the time he was elected president, that share had doubled to 40%. Today, it stands at 80%. As America’s cities go, so goes America.”

Who is Eric Johnson?

The 47-year-old was born in Dallas. He attended the ISD faculties earlier than receiving a scholarship to attend Greenhill School, the place he graduated. He then went to Harvard and did legislation.

Johnson was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in November 2003. He beforehand served as Of Counsel to Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP in Dallas, Texas.