2007 Dallas mayoral election

2007 Dallas mayoral election

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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.