Dwight Boykins


Dwight Anthony Boykins is a Democratic politician and member of the Houston City Council in Texas, representing District D where he was born and raised. He was elected to the council in 2013 in the general election on November 5, 2013. He is also a candidate for Mayor of Houston in the 2019 election.

Biography

Dwight Boykins is from Houston, Texas, and attended Stephen F. Austin High School. He received a bachelor's degree in marketing from Texas Southern University. A small business owner, Boykins has also served on the city's Hurricane Ike Relief Fund Board and Oversight Committee of ReBuild Houston.

Political career

Dwight Boykins was sworn in to the Houston City Council in 2014. He represents council District D which run through Houston's southern quadrant, contains the Houston Museum District, Texas Medical Center, and the under resourced neighborhoods of the south side. As a member of City Council, Dwight serves as Chair of the Ethics, Elections & Council Governance Committee and is a member of the following committees: Budget and Fiscal Affairs; BFA Subcommittee on Debt Financing and Pensions; Regulation and Neighborhood Affairs; and Housing and Community Development.

Mayoral Candidate

Dwight Boykins is basing his campaign on streamlining the City's Budget by implementing what he calls Zero-Based Budgeting. Using Zero-Based Budgeting will allow the City to pay for important priorities such as Infrastructure, Pay Parity, Collective Bargaining Obligations, Public Safety, Street Repairs, Potholes, and Trash Pickup. Additionally learning from the mistakes of the current administration, Boykins plans to speed up Harvey Disaster Recovery by fast-tracking critical drainage, infrastructure, and housing repair programs by leveraging his small business and banker background.