Ed Oakley

Ed Oakley is a municipal politician from Dallas, Texas. He served on the city council from 2001 to 2007, and was a candidate for Mayor of Dallas in the runoff election held on June 16, 2007. If he had won, he would have been the first openly gay mayor of a top ten U.S. city.[1]

In the runoff election, Oakley lost to Tom Leppert by a margin of 58% to 42%.[2]

See also

References
  1. "National media tunes in to Dallas election". Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund. 2007-06-05. Archived from the original on 2013-04-09. Retrieved 2007-06-07.
  2. "June 16, 2007 Joint Runoff Election". Dallas County Elections. June 16, 2007. Archived from the original on April 11, 2011. Retrieved February 22, 2011.


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