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Dublin resident, researcher and author Kiran Mohammad loves her city, but she sees one major issue with its local government. Dublin, she said, boasts a promising future with little to no follow through on current projects like the design of a real downtown.
That’s why she is running for the Dublin mayoral seat in the Nov. 3 election.
“I’ll fix the real problems first,” she told the Weekly via email.
She will be facing off against incumbent Mayor Sherry Hu, a former Dublin City Council member who was elected mayor in November 2024, and Dublin Councilmember Michael McCorriston, who served as appointed mayor for about six months in 2024 between the resignation of Melissa Hernandez and the swearing in of Hu.
Mohammad is an author, former nonprofit executive and financial consultant who has helped people facing divorce, job loss or death in the family manage finances and next steps. She has also published research on spaceflight and other space-related topics at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
As a first-time candidate for elected office, Mohammad said she wants to offer Dublin residents an alternative to the established leaders on the City Council.
“My opponents have served together on the same City Council for years, and I respect their service,” she told the Weekly. “But downtown is still unfinished, traffic keeps getting worse and residents feel growth is outpacing basic infrastructure.”
She also said she does not take money from any special interest groups like SuperPACS or real estate groups, something she said proves how dedicated she is to solely serving the best interests of residents.
“I haven’t spent years at City Hall, and I see that as a strength: fresh eyes, no old habits and no old loyalties,” Mohammad said. “I have no property investments or real estate interests in Dublin, and I take no developer money. My only obligation is to the people who live here.”
Mohammad said the main reason she decided to run for the mayor seat was because she kept hearing issues being raised by her neighbors and wanted to do something about it.
“I kept hearing the same frustrations from neighbors,” she said. “School drop-offs back up for blocks. Traffic signals aren’t timed together. Downtown keeps getting redesigned while storefronts sit empty. Buildings go up before the sidewalks, and streetlights in front of them get fixed.”
“Goals get set, missed and quietly reset,” she added. “Projects get budgeted and never built. Promises wait years for someone to push them over the finish line.”
If elected, Mohammad said, one of her main priorities will be ensuring the development of a vibrant downtown.
“Within my first 100 days, I’ll bring the project to a public hearing, set firm deadlines and launch an online dashboard so every resident can track progress,” she said. “I’ll fill long-empty buildings with fast-track and pop-up permits, and I’ll make sure shops and businesses keep pace with new housing.”
She said she also wants to make fast and affordable transportation improvements that keep up with Dublin’s growing population and locate new housing units near public transit and jobs “where they make sense, not on open space like Schaefer Ranch.”
Mohammad listed some of her other priorities as emergency readiness, supporting teens and seniors experiencing loneliness, ranking city projects based on specific criteria and seeking more grants before asking taxpayers for money.
“On my first day, I’ll ask for one list: every promise this city has made and hasn’t kept,” she said. “Then we’ll work through it, in public, one item at a time.”
Learn more about Mohammad at kiranfordublin.com.
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