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2002 Dallas mayoral special election Turnout 21.68% (first round)[ 1] 21.82% (runoff)[ 2]
Candidate
Laura Miller
Tom Dunning
Domingo García
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%
The 2002 Dallas mayoral special election took place on January 19 and February 16, 2002, to elect the mayor of Dallas , Texas , after Ron Kirk resigned as mayor to run for the United States Senate seat up for election that year .
The race was officially nonpartisan . Since no candidate secured a majority in the first round, top-two finishers advanced to a runoff election, which Laura Miller won.
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