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

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. After no candidate received a majority of the votes, the top two candidates -

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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

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*Jennifer Gale - homeless activist and five time candidate for

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( *Gary Griffith - two term City Councilman from District 09 (

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) *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

Runoff results

References

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