2007 Las Vegas mayoral election

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2007 Las Vegas mayoral election
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  2003 April 3, 2007 2011  
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Candidate Oscar Goodman Tom McGowan
Popular vote26,8452,170
Percentage83.69%6.76%

Mayor before election

Oscar Goodman

Elected Mayor

Oscar Goodman

The 2007 Las Vegas mayoral election took place on April 3, 2007 to elect the mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections, and was officially nonpartisan.

Incumbent Mayor Oscar Goodman, a Democrat in office since 1999, received a majority of votes in the first round of the election, and was reelected to a third term in office with no need for a runoff. [1] Perennial candidate Tom McGowan came in a distant second place.

Candidates and election results

Incumbent Las Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman was first elected in the 1999 election, and was re-elected in 2003. He announced in April 2006 that he would seek a third and final term as mayor. [2] Goodman filed his candidacy on January 23, 2007. [3] His closest rival was Tom McGowan, a former entertainer and longtime critic of the Las Vegas City Council who previously ran in the 1999 and 2003 elections. [4] [5]

The election was held on April 3, 2007. Goodman won overwhelmingly, with nearly 84 percent of the vote, while McGowan came in a distant second with less than 7 percent. [4]

Results [6]
CandidateVotes %
Oscar Goodman (incumbent)26,84583.69
Tom McGowan2,1706.76
Sandra Coon1,0263.20
Beatrice Denise Turner8172.55
Yvette Chevalier7432.32
Tony Ianni4761.48
Total votes32,077

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