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>>> LIVE FROM SOUTH VICTORY, THIS IS WFAA NEWS.
>>> WE ARE FOLLOWING SEVERAL
BIG STORY TONIGHT INCLUDING A
WITNESS ACCOUNT OF WHAT
HAPPENED AFTER A GRAND PRAIRIE
OFFICER FELL TO HIS DEATH.
>>> THEN, +@ANSWER PRAYERS FOR
FORT WORTH FAMILY.
A HIKER MISSING FOR NEARLY A
WEEK TELLS US+@ HOW GOOD IT FEL
TO BE FOUND.
>>> AND, WE NOW KNOW WHO WILL
BE THE NEXT MAYOR OF THE CITY
OF DALLAS.
OF DALLAS. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. A LOT OF CHANGES THIS ELECTION
NIGHT, SOME VETERAN WATCHDOGS
AND CRITICS ON DALLAS CITY
COUNCIL ARE ON THEIR WAY OUT.
JOINING ME TO BREAK THIS DOWN,
POLITICAL REPORTER JASON
WHITELEY.
WHITELEY.
WHITELEY. WE WANT TO START WI+@TH THE
MAYOR'S RACE.
MAYOR'S RACE. >> I+@T WAS A DECISIVE WIN FOR
STA+@TE REPRESENTAT+@IVE ERIC
JOHNSON. +@
JOHNSON. +@ HE WILL UE ERAWIG
AS THE NEXT MAYOR OF DALLAS.
HERE ARE THE LATEST NUMBERS
HERE IN THE 10:00 HOUR.
JOHNSON IS MAINTAINING DBL-
DIGIT ED LI R
COUNCILMAN SCOTTRIGGS FROM
NORTH OAKCLIFF.
NORTH OAKCLIFF. JOHNSON AHEAD BY 58% OF THE
+@ VOTE, TO GRIGGS' 42%.
THIS IS THE EAR+@LY VOTE AT ABO
40% OF THE TOTAL PRECINCTS
REPORTING TONIH.
REPORTING TONIH. IN FACT, THAT LEAD HAS GROWN
SINCE EARLY VOTE TOTALS WERE
RELEASED AROUND 7:00 TNGT
DAVID GOINS KEEPS TABS ON CITY
HALL AND IS WITH THE JOHNSON
CAMPAIGN TONIGHT.
CAMPAIGN TONIGHT. WHAT HAV EHEARD FROM JOHNSON
SO FAR?
SO FAR?
SO FAR? >> Reporter: WELL, JASON, ERIC
JOHNSON, DALA AO ELEC,
TOOK THE STAGE HEREABOUT 10
MINUTES AGO.
MINUTES AGO. HE IS STILL SPEAKING.
IF WE CAN, WE CAN PERHAPS LET
YOU HEAR A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.
I'M NOT SURE WHETHER WE WILL BE
ABLE TO BRING THAT AUDIO UP
BEHIND US.
BEHIND US. WE WILL TAKE A LISTEN REAL
QUICK AND THEN STEP OUT.
>> I REALLY HAVE TO SAY THAT
THIS CAMPAIGN LITERALLY WOD
NOT BE SUCCEUWOD NOT
HAVE BEEN SUCSFLHAD IT
NOT BEEN FOR ALL OF THE
VOLUNTEERS.
VOLUNTEERS. THE PEOPLE WHO WORK +@SO HARD O
+@
+@ THIS
+@ THIS CAMPAIGN FOR NO PAY AT ALL.
WE HAD AMAZING VOLUNTEERS.
AMAZING VOLUNTEERS.
AMAZING VOLUNTEERS. AND, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE
HERE BUT I REALLY WANT TO CALL
OUT GARY AND ANGELA.
YOU GUYS ARE JUST AMAZING.
JUST INCREDIBLE.
JUST INCREDIBLE. +@
JUST INCREDIBLE. +@JUST, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IF YOU PUT UP A YARD SIGN OR A
CANVAS FOR US, OR YOU JUST GAVE
US --
US --
US -- +@
US -- >>
US -- >> HE SPOKE IN THE LAST 10
MINUTES OR SO.
OBVIOUSLY HE LET AFTER TH+@E MA
4th ELECTION AGAINST SCOTT
GRIGGS, LEADING INTO THE RUNOFF.
HIS LEAD JUST EXPANDED AS +@WE
MOVE INTO THIS RUNOFF HERE ON
JUNE 8th WITH THAT LARGE LEAD.
EARLY VOTING AT 7:00, IT HAS
BEEN HERE INTO 10:00.
HE SAYS TO HIS SUPPORTERS HERE
JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO, NOTHING
SPECIAL, I'M JUST SOMEBODY WHO
CAME FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS,
GREW UP IN WEST DALLAS AND
OAKCLIFF AND SHOWED THAT WITH A
LITTLE BIT OF HARD WORK AND
OPENING UP TO THE SUPPORT OF
THE PEOPLE AND VOTERS OF THE
CITY OF DALLAS, ANYTHING IS
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE. OF COURSE, INAUGURATION IS
ABOUT 10 DAYS.
HE SAYS HE WILL LAY OUT MORE
SPECIFICS ON HIS POLICY THEN.
LIVE AT THE JOHNSON WATCH +@
PARTY, BACK TO YOU.
>> IT IS VERY CLOSE NOW TO THE
INAUGURATION.
INAUGURATION. WE WERE AT THE SCOTT GRIGGS
WATCH PARTY AS WELL.
THIS IS LONGHORN BALLROOM IN
THE CEDARS NEIGHBORHOOD.
GRIGGS F+@ELT CONFIDENT THIS
AFTERNOON WHEN WE TALKED TO
HIM.
HIM.
HIM. HE
HIM. HE HAS BEEN THE UNDERDOG ALL
ALONG.
ALONG.
ALONG. HE
ALONG. HE HAD SUPPORT FROM THE DALLAS
POLICE ASSOCIATION, DALLAS
FIREFIGHTERS, BUT THE VETERAN
COUNCILMAN C+@OULD NOT GET CLOS
+@
COUNCILMAN C+@OULD NOT GET CLOS TONIGHT TO JOHNSON.
NOW THE QUESTION IS, WILL
GRIGGS CONSIDER STAYING IN
POLITICS AND PERHAPS RUNNING
FOR SOMETHING ELSE?
WE ARE TOLD HE WILL NOT ADDRESS
OUR SUPPORTERS FOR ANOTHER 45
MINUTES TONIGHT.
MINUTES TONIGHT. >>> THERE IS ANOTHER BIG DEFEAT
TONIGHT AS WELL.
PHILIP KINGSTON APPEARS TO BE
LOSING HIS SEAT ON TH+@E DALLAS
CITY COUNCIL.
CITY COUNCIL. DAVID BLUITT IS DEFEATING
KINGSTON SIG+@NIFICANTLY TONIGH
KINGSTON IS OUTSPOKEN AND A
SELF-STYLED WATCHDOG AND
FREQUENT CRITIC OF CIT+@Y HALL.
DISTRICT 14 REPRESENTS
DOWNTOWN, UPTOWN, CEDAR
SPRINGS, AND EAST DALLAS AS
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. +@
WELL. >>>
WELL. >>> IN DISTRICT 4, PARTS OF
OAKCLIFF, CAROLYN KING HARDIN
WILL RETURN.
WILL RETURN. SHE HAD 1900 VOTES COMPARED TO
DAWN PLAYERS 47%.
THIS IS MAYOR PRO TEM DUANE
CARAWAY'S OLD SEAT.
+@
CARAWAY'S OLD SEAT. HAD A LOT OF TURNOVER IN
COUNSEL.
COUNSEL.
COUNSEL. OVER TO BUTNER TERRACE ON THE
EAST SIDE OF THE CITY, ADAM
BAZALDUA HAD BEEN LEADING MOST
OF THE NIGHT.
IN THE LAST HALF HOUR, 45
MINUTES, TIFFANI+@ YOUNG, FORME
COUNCILWOMAN, SHE HAS NOW
PULLED AHEAD BY 60 VOTES, WITH
ABOUT HALF THE PRECINCTS
REPORTING.
REPORTING. IN DISTRICT 9, THIS IS
LAKEWOOD, FAR EAST DALLAS AS
WELL, PAULA BLACKMON LOCKED IN
A TIGHT RACE AGAINST ERIN
MOORE, SHE'S MAINTAINING A
SLIGHT LEAD ALL NIGHT OVER HER
OPPONENT.
OPPONENT.
OPPONENT. AND, ONE RACE WE ARE ALSO
WATCHING IN ARLINGTON HERE,
THIS IS COUNCIL DISTRICT 5, IT
IS DOWNTOWN, ARLINGTON AND
GENE+@RAL MOTORS PLANT.
IGNACIO NUNEZ DEFEATED ANDY
PRYOR IN ARLINGTON.
BOTTOM LINE, DON'T EXPECT A
DRASTIC CHANGE WITH ERIC
JOHNSON NOW LEA+@DING DALLAS.
HE WAS A WEST DALLAS KID WITH A
LOT OF HUMBLE BEGINNINGS AS
DAVID MENTIONED TOO.
HE HAD A GREAT EDUCATION.
HE SERVED DOWN IN AUSTIN AS A
STATE REP., HE IS GOING TO F+@A
A LOT OF PROBLEMS ON DAY ONE.+@
THE RECENT SPIKE +@IN MURDERS T
CITY HAS HAD.
JOHNSON IS GOI+@NG+@ TO BE OUR T
TOMORROW MORNING ON "INSIDE
TEXAS POLITICS" TOMORROW AT
9:00.
9:00.
9:00. >>
9:00. >> VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO
THAT, THANK YOU.
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