1. Daniel Manning Pope was born on March 19,1963 and is an American businessman and politician.
13 Facts About Dan Pope
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Pope was born in Temple, Texas to Bert and Marcia Pope and graduated from Temple High School.
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Dan Pope is an Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America.
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Dan Pope attended Texas Tech University where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
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Dan Pope graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance from the Rawls College of Business in 1985.
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On November 12,2015, Dan Pope announced his candidacy for the 2016 City of Lubbock mayoral election.
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On May 7,2016, Dan Pope won the general election to replace outgoing mayor Glen Robertson, a current Republican candidate for Texas's 19th congressional district seat.
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Dan Pope won 53 percent of the vote in the four-person non-partisan race.
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Dan Pope avoided a runoff election with the second-place candidate, who finished with 32 percent of the ballots cast.
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On May 5,2018, Dan Pope won a second two-year term as mayor with 78 percent of the vote over two little-known challengers.
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The 2020 Mayoral election, in which Dan Pope is standing, was scheduled to take place on May 2, however was postponed to November 3 after a proclamation from Texas Governor Greg Abbott to allow political subdivisions to delay voting.
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Dan Pope is a former member of the Lubbock Independent School District Board of Trustees, and Rawls College of Business Advisory Council.
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In September 2020 Dan Pope issued a public apology for not recusing himself from a vote that helped direct taxpayer money toward a business investment made by his wife.