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Mayoral election in Dallas, United States
2007 Dallas mayoral election
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%
41.17%
Nominee
Max Wells
First round vote
8,697
First round percentage
12.17%
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.
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
Runoff results
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