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Davante Peters
Davante Peters (also known as Shawt) ran for election to the Dallas City Council to represent District 8 in Texas. Peters lost in the general election on May 3, 2025.
Elections
2025
See also: City elections in Dallas, Texas (2025)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Dallas City Council District 8
Lorie Blair defeated Erik Wilson in the general runoff election for Dallas City Council District 8 on June 7, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Lorie Blair (Nonpartisan) | 56.1 | 1,143 | |
 | Erik Wilson (Nonpartisan) | 43.9 | 895 | |
| Total votes: 2,038 | |||
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General election
General election for Dallas City Council District 8
The following candidates ran in the general election for Dallas City Council District 8 on May 3, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Erik Wilson (Nonpartisan) | 42.1 | 1,129 |
| ✔ | Lorie Blair (Nonpartisan) | 39.4 | 1,056 | |
| Subrina Brenham (Nonpartisan) | 9.8 | 262 | ||
| Eugene Ralph (Nonpartisan) | 4.8 | 129 | ||
| Ruth Steward (Nonpartisan) | 2.3 | 61 | ||
| Davante Peters (Nonpartisan) | 1.6 | 43 | ||
| Total votes: 2,680 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Keio Gambe (Nonpartisan)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Peters in this election.
2023
See also: City elections in Dallas, Texas (2023)
General election
General election for Dallas City Council District 8
Incumbent Tennell Atkins defeated Subrina Brenham and Davante Peters in the general election for Dallas City Council District 8 on May 6, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tennell Atkins (Nonpartisan) | 78.6 | 1,585 |
| Subrina Brenham (Nonpartisan) | 17.5 | 353 | ||
| Davante Peters (Nonpartisan) | 3.9 | 78 | ||
| Total votes: 2,016 | |||
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2021
See also: City elections in Dallas, Texas (2021)
General election
General election for Dallas City Council District 8
Incumbent Tennell Atkins defeated Subrina Brenham, Davante Peters, and Lakolya London in the general election for Dallas City Council District 8 on May 1, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tennell Atkins (Nonpartisan) | 73.6 | 1,983 |
| Subrina Brenham (Nonpartisan) | 17.2 | 463 | ||
| Davante Peters (Nonpartisan) | 5.8 | 155 | ||
| Lakolya London (Nonpartisan) | 3.5 | 94 | ||
| Total votes: 2,695 | |||
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2019
See also: City elections in Dallas, Texas (2019)
General election
General election for Dallas City Council District 3
Incumbent Casey Thomas II defeated Charletta Rogers Compton, Denise Benavides, Britannica Scott, and Davante Peters in the general election for Dallas City Council District 3 on May 4, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Casey Thomas II (Nonpartisan) | 69.3 | 3,030 |
| Charletta Rogers Compton (Nonpartisan) | 9.5 | 417 | ||
 | Denise Benavides (Nonpartisan) | 8.4 | 368 | |
 | Britannica Scott (Nonpartisan) | 7.0 | 308 | |
| Davante Peters (Nonpartisan) | 5.7 | 248 | ||
| Total votes: 4,371 | |||
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Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Davante Peters did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
2023
Davante Peters did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2021
Davante Peters did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Davante Peters did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2025 Elections
External links
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