2007 Dallas mayoral election

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Nominee  | Tom Leppert | Ed Oakley  | Don Hill
First round vote  | 19,367 | 14,754 | 9,896
First round percentage  | 27.10% | 20.64% | 13.85%
Runoff vote  | 49,558 | 36,135  |
Runoff percentage  | 57.83% | 42.17%  |

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Nominee  | Max Wells  |  |
First round vote  | 8,697  |
First round percentage  | 12.17%  |

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| Mayor before election

Laura Miller

| Elected mayor

Tom Leppert

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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

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* 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

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### General election

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

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| 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

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

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| Nonpartisan candidate  | Tom Leppert | 49,558  | 57.83%  |
| Nonpartisan candidate  | Ed Oakley  | 36,135  | 42.17%  |

## References

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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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