Dallas mayor Eric Johnson says he is joining the Republican Party

Johnson’s switch makes him the only Republican leading one of the 10 largest cities in the U.S., with Dallas being the ninth-largest,

. While the overall Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex has swelled in population in the recent decade, the number of people living in the city of Dallas itself slightly dropped between 2020 and 2022, according to Census estimates.

The mayor’s decision comes after he drew some eyebrows in…