Dallas mayoral election, 2007

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

Results

General election

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

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

References

  1. ↑ "2007 JOINT ELECTION DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS MAY 12, 2007" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-05-18.
  2. ↑ "2007 JOINT RUNOFF ELECTIONS JUNE 16, 2007 DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-06-26.
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