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% 42.17% Nominee Max Wells First round vote 8,697 First round percentage 12.17%
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 [ 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 ] Runoff results [ edit ] References [ edit ]
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