2007 Dallas mayoral election

2007 Dallas mayoral election

May 12, 2007

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%

Mayor before election Laura Miller Elected mayor Tom Leppert

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

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

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan candidate	Tom Leppert	49,558	57.83%
	Nonpartisan candidate	Ed Oakley	36,135	42.17%