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

  • 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 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

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

References

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Dallas_mayoral_election