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