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The Dallas mayoral election of 2007 took place on May 12, 2007, to elect the successor to incumbent Mayor Laura Miller. Miller decided not to run for a second full term. The race is officially nonpartisan. After no candidate received a majority of the votes, the top two candidates - Tom Leppert and Ed Oakley - faced each other in a runoff election on June 16, 2007 in which Leppert prevailed.




Contents





  • 1 Candidates


  • 2 Results

    • 2.1 General election


    • 2.2 Runoff results



  • 3 References




Candidates[edit]


  • John Cappello - small businessman

  • Sam Coats - former member of the Texas House of Representatives and CEO of Schlotzsky's

  • Jennifer Gale - homeless activist and five time candidate for Mayor of Austin (

  • Gary Griffith - two term City Councilman from District 09 (East Dallas)

  • Roger Herrera - lawyer

  • Don Hill - four term City Councilman from District 05 (South Dallas)

  • Darrell Jordan - lawyer and candidate for Mayor of Dallas in 1995

  • Tom Leppert - former CEO of Turner Construction

  • Ed Oakley - three term City Councilman from District 03 (Oak Cliff)

  • Edward Okpa - real estate appraiser and candidate for Mayor of Dallas in 2003


Results[edit]



General election[edit]
















































































Dallas mayoral election - May 12, 2007[1]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±

nonpartisan

Tom Leppert
19,367
27.10%


nonpartisan

Ed Oakley
14,754
20.64%


nonpartisan
Don Hill
9,896
13.85%


nonpartisan
Max Wells
8,697
12.17%


nonpartisan
Gary Griffith
6,656
9.31%


nonpartisan
Sam Coats
5,473
7.66%


nonpartisan
Darrell Jordan
4,062
5.68%


nonpartisan
Roger Herrera
972
1.36%


nonpartisan
Jennifer Gale
554
0.78%


nonpartisan
John Cappello
504
0.71%


nonpartisan
Edward Okpa
429
0.60%


nonpartisan
write-ins
103
0.14%


Runoff results[edit]




















Dallas mayoral election runoff - June 16, 2007[2]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±

nonpartisan

Tom Leppert
49,558
57.83%


nonpartisan

Ed Oakley
36,135
42.17%


References[edit]




  1. ^ "2007 JOINT ELECTION DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS MAY 12, 2007" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-05-18..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  2. ^ "2007 JOINT RUNOFF ELECTIONS JUNE 16, 2007 DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-06-26.











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