Dan Pope

Daniel Manning Pope (born March 19, 1963) is an American businessman and politician. He is the 35th Mayor of Lubbock, Texas, and currently serving his second term.

Dan Pope
35th Mayor of Lubbock, Texas
Assumed office
May 17, 2016 (2016-05-17)
Preceded byGlen Robertson
Personal details
Born
Daniel Manning Pope

(1963-03-19) March 19, 1963
Temple, Texas
Political partyRepublican
Children2
Alma materTexas Tech University
OccupationBusinessman
Websiteci.lubbock.tx.us/city-council/mayor

Early life

Pope was born in Temple, Texas to Bert and Marcia Pope and graduated from Temple High School. He is an Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America. Pope attended Texas Tech University where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance from the Rawls College of Business in 1985.

Political career

On November 12, 2015, Pope announced his candidacy for the 2016 City of Lubbock mayoral election. On May 7, 2016, Pope won the general election to replace outgoing mayor Glen Robertson, a current Republican candidate for Texas' 19th congressional district seat. Pope won 53 percent of the vote in the four-person non-partisan race. He avoided a runoff election with the second-place candidate, who finished with 32 percent of the ballots cast.[1]

On May 5, 2018, Pope won a second two-year term as mayor with 78 percent of the vote over two little-known challengers.[2] In the campaign, Pope stressed public safety, including a new police facility, and planning for Lubbock's future growth.[3]

Pope and his wife, Denise, have two children, Manning and Anne Claire. Pope is a former member of the Lubbock Independent School District Board of Trustees, and Rawls College of Business Advisory Council.[4]

Electoral history
2016 Lubbock Mayoral Election
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Dan Pope 11,127 52.64
Nonpartisan Todd Klein 6,666 31.53
Nonpartisan Victor Hernandez 1,825 8.63
Nonpartisan Ysidro Gutierrez 1,521 7.20
2018 Lubbock Mayoral Election
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Dan Pope 11,394 78.02
Nonpartisan Johnathan Cothran 2,686 18.39
Write-in Stephen Sanders 524 3.59
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References
  1. Dottray, Matt (2016-05-07). "Pope wins Lubbock mayor race with 53 percent of vote". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Archived from the original on 2016-07-16. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  2. "Lubbock - Election Results". Scytl. 2018-05-05. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  3. Dotray, Matt (2018-05-05). "Mayor Pope gets second term, [Juan] Chadis holds narrow lead in District 1". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Archived from the original on 2018-06-28. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  4. "The Honorable Daniel M. Pope | Advisory Council". Rawls College of Business. Archived from the original on 2018-03-31. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
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