Marc Rossouw
Marc Rossouw ran for election to the Dallas City Council to represent District 12 in Texas. He lost in the general election on May 3, 2025.
Rossouw completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Marc Rossouw was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He earned a high school diploma from the St Stithians Collegeand a bachelor's degree from the University of Cape Town in 1995. His career experience includes working as a financial planner.[1]
Elections
2025
See also: City elections in Dallas, Texas (2025)
General election
General election for Dallas City Council District 12
Incumbent Cara Mendelsohn defeated Marc Rossouw and Jose Cavazos in the general election for Dallas City Council District 12 on May 3, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Cara Mendelsohn (Nonpartisan) | 63.8 | 3,745 |
 | Marc Rossouw (Nonpartisan)  | 30.3 | 1,780 | |
 | Jose Cavazos (Nonpartisan) | 5.8 | 341 | |
| Total votes: 5,866 | |||
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Endorsements
Rossouw received the following endorsements.
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Marc Rossouw completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Rossouw's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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In 2003 I moved into the private sector to work as the CFO for multiple private locally owned businesses. This work greatly affected my life. In those roles, I oversaw accounting & finance as well as strategic planning, hiring, and operations. These skill sets provide a background that translates to service in the City of Dallas.
…..and then in 2015 with the support of close friends and family I made a big career move!
I decided to start building a business of my own from zero. Becoming a financial advisor at Edward Jones requires many long long days and dedication, planning and execution but most of all listening and asking questions so that we can Work together to build plans to achieve their goals!
Everyday I work with families just like yours finding out:
1. what is most important to them 2. what are their goals and expectations 3. what are their concerns; and
4. then we work together to build a plan so that they can achieve those goals - whether its putting kids though college, buying their first home, basic budgeting and financial education or Retirement.- Texans living in the city of Dallas, the DFW metroplex and statewide, we are very proud of our economic growth that leads the nation. More business, more jobs and more tax revenue are the results of this growth, and we need to ensure that we continue this trend so that we can continue improving our city for ALL residents of Dallas and surrounding cities. This growth is essential if we are to keep pace with inflation, which has eroded our quality of life recently. And let’s be real, prices won’t be going down. We must be efficient, effective and respectful with the use of taxpayer dollars. No taxpayer is in favor of wasteful activities.
- As we attract more people to the city, we need to find ways to house them. Realistically, many jobs do not pay enough to justify purchasing homes that cost $500,000 and above. Most of the jobs that keep the city and economy ticking pay under $75,000 annually. As of 2023, the median household income in Dallas was under $68,000 per year - that means half make less than this. 79% of households make less than $100k annually. No city can survive by catering to a small percentage of high-income residents. We MUST work with builders to develop more affordable housing. Almost two thirds of the city is south of downtown Dallas, but only a small percentage of the population lives there. We need to identify development opportunities in that area for
- As we grow, we need to ensure we continue to keep everyone safe! Economic growth and affordable housing go a long way to reducing crime. Increases in crime are directly correlated to increases in joblessness, so if we grow our economy and incomes, we will reduce crime. In the meantime, we need to urgently address Proposition U, which requires Dallas to allocate 50% of new revenue to growing the police force to 4,000 officers. We must communicate with the residents how we are going to achieve this directive. We need to develop a detailed plan showing how much that 50% of additional revenue is projected to be and how it will be allocated to achieving the growth in officers. We also need to show how we will attract, train and pay new officer
We must also co-ordinate with public utilities like Atmos and garbage/waste services to maintain alleyways in a responsible and economically efficient manner. Tearing up the same alleyway multiple
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See also
2025 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 1, 2025
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