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Dan Levine/Dallas Times Herald
Dallas Gay Alliance President Bill Nelson an-
nounces he'll run against Jerry Rucker-By Robert V. Camuto
OF THE TIMES.HERALD STAFF
A monthlong filing period for Dallas
mayoral and City Council candidates
ended Wednesday with a field of 35
registered for the April 4 ballot.
Nine candidates filed to succeed retir-
ing Mayor A. Starke Taylor, and the
other 26 will be running for 10 council
seats.
Moments before the 5 p.m. deadline,
council members Al Lipscomb and Jer-
ry Rucker were challenged by candi-
dates who said they enjoy broad-based
support.
Bill Nelson of Oak Lawn, president
of the Dallas Gay Alliance, filed to run
against Rucker, a two-term, at-large
councilman and a North Dallas attor-Complete list of city, suburban candi-
dates for April elections. Pages B-6,7.
ney.
Nelson, 37, who accused Rucker of
"four years of bad voting, particularly
on neighborhood issues," hopes to rally
forces from neighborhood and minority
groups against Rucker, one of the coun-
cil's most vocal and conservative mem-
bers.
, Lonnie L. Murphy, a Southwestern
Bell Telephone Co. manager, chal-
lenged District 8 Councilman Al Lips-
comb, saying that Lipscomb, a vocal
critic of police department policies and
a proponent of minority issues, has not
paid enough attention to his district in
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