Dallas mayoral election, 2007
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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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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nonpartisan | Tom Leppert | 49,558 | 57.83% | ||
nonpartisan | Ed Oakley | 36,135 | 42.17% |
References[edit]
^ "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
^ "2007 JOINT RUNOFF ELECTIONS JUNE 16, 2007 DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-06-26.
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