2011 Dallas mayoral election

2011 Dallas mayoral election

May 14, 2011
 
Nominee Mike Rawlings David Kunkle Ron Natinsky
First round 28,424
40.86%
22,229
31.96%
17,430
25.06%
Runoff 31,088
55.80%
24,623
44.20%
Eliminated

Mayor before election

Dwaine Caraway

Elected mayor

Mike Rawlings

The 2011 Dallas mayoral election took place on May 14, 2011, to elect the successor to incumbent Mayor Tom Leppert. Leppert decided not to run for a second term, deciding to instead run for United States Senate in 2012. The race is officially nonpartisan. After no candidate received a majority of the votes, the top two candidates – Mike Rawlings and David Kunkle – faced each other in a runoff election on June 18, 2011 in which Rawlings prevailed.