Looking at the Dallas City Council races

Monday was the deadline for entering into this, so let's see how the races shake out

In District 1, Delia Jasso will face no opposition in her bid for a second term. The second time around is usually when incumbents are the most vulnerable so I'm betting Jasso is going to make it the full eight years, if she wants to remain on the council that long. Pauline Medrano does have an opponent in District 2, but I don't see Billy MacLeod offering much resistance to the Medrano machine.

District 3 could be interesting. Personally, I see incumbent Dave Neumann as vulnerable and I will be anxious to see what kind of a campaign attorney Scott Griggs can run against Neumann.

In District 4, D-Wayne has no opposition; neither does Vonciel Hill in District 5. With Steve Salazar term limited, District 6 is one of the few with no incumbent in the race. I'm thinking his replacement is going to be former JP Luis Sepulveda. He has one opponent, community volunteer Monica Alonzo.

In District 7, Carolyn (Somewhat less of an embarrassment than she was in her first term) Davis has drawn two opponents, but I give neither one of them much of a chance. She's already won re-election once and I don't see either retired auditor Helene McKinney or community activist Casie Pierce knocking her off this time. One can hope, but one can also hope to win the lottery as well.

Tennell Atkins is running unopposed in District 8 and in District 9, the mighty Sheffie Kadane will be running against a high school kid named Robert Foster. Go easy on him Sheffie.

I see Cynthia Durbin providing only token (if that) opposition to Jerry Allen in District 10 and Linda Koop is running unopposed in District 11. In District 12, where term limited Ron Natinsky is going for the mayor's chair, three candidates have filed to succeed him: retired CPA Donna Starnes, DART board member William Tsao and former city council member Sandy Greyson, whom I'm betting will win this race without even a runoff.

Ann Margolin is unopposed in District 13 which means this seat is hers for the next six years if she wants to occupy it that long.

That brings us to District 14 where three-term incumbent Angela Hunt is somewhat shockingly facing four opponents who apparently (and erroneously) believe she is beatable because of her vote last September to raise property taxes. I hate to break it to these four misguided souls, but the voters in her district approved of her property tax stance; in fact, at a series of townhall meetings they insisted on it. You heard it here first: Hunt takes all four down without a runoff.

That brings us to the mayor's race. Right now I'm leaning toward voting for the only one of the four candidates in the race that doesn't stand a chance of winning. As for who is going to win? It's just way too early to tell right now.