2002 Dallas mayoral special election Turnout 21.68% (first round)[1] 21.82% (runoff)[2]
Candidate
Laura Miller
Tom Dunning
Domingo García
Party
nonpartisan
nonpartisan
nonpartisan
First round vote
64,224
51,302
14,631
First round percentage
48.80%
38.98%
11.12%
Runoff vote
72,983
60,053
Runoff percentage
54.86%
45.14%
Mayor before election
Ron Kirk
Democratic
Elected Mayor
Laura Miller
Independent
The Dallas mayoral election of 2002 took place on January 19 and February 16, 2002, to elect the mayor of Dallas , Texas . It was triggered after Ron Kirk declared his intent to resign as mayor so he could focus on running in the 2002 United States Senate election in Texas .
The race was officially nonpartisan . Since no candidate secured a majority in the first round, a runoff was held between the top-two finishers. Laura Miller won the election.
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