Ed Oakley

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Ed Oakley, mayoral candidate of Dallas, Texas in 2007
Ed Oakley, mayoral candidate of Dallas, Texas in 2007

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 16 June 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%.

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  1. ^ National media tunes in to Dallas election. Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund (2007-06-05). Retrieved on 2007-06-07.

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