2007 Dallas mayoral election

The 2007 Dallas mayoral election 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.

Candidates

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

General election

Dallas mayoral election - May 12, 2007^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Nonpartisan candidate	Tom Leppert	19,367	27.10%
Nonpartisan candidate	Ed Oakley	14,754	20.64%
Nonpartisan candidate	Don Hill	9,896	13.85%
Nonpartisan candidate	Max Wells	8,697	12.17%
Nonpartisan candidate	Gary Griffith	6,656	9.31%
Nonpartisan candidate	Sam Coats	5,473	7.66%
Nonpartisan candidate	Darrell Jordan	4,062	5.68%
Nonpartisan candidate	Roger Herrera	972	1.36%
Nonpartisan candidate	Jennifer Gale	554	0.78%
Nonpartisan candidate	John Cappello	504	0.71%
Nonpartisan candidate	Edward Okpa	429	0.60%
Nonpartisan candidate	write-ins	103	0.14%

Runoff results

Dallas mayoral election runoff - June 16, 2007^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan candidate	Tom Leppert	49,558	57.83%
	Nonpartisan candidate	Ed Oakley	36,135	42.17%

References

^ "2007 JOINT ELECTION DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS MAY 12, 2007" (PDF). Retrieved May 18, 2007.
^ "2007 JOINT RUNOFF ELECTIONS JUNE 16, 2007 DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS" (PDF). Retrieved June 26, 2007.

[1] "2007 JOINT ELECTION DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS MAY 12, 2007" (PDF). Retrieved May 18, 2007.

[2] "2007 JOINT RUNOFF ELECTIONS JUNE 16, 2007 DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS" (PDF). Retrieved June 26, 2007.

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