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

• 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]

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.