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I spent a few minutes this morning talking to our old pal Zac Crain, who now says he can’t believe he ever wanted to be mayor in a city where 71,000 people turned out to vote — an “apocalyptic” figure, says the wanna-be candidate booted off the ballot. “I feel…

By Saturday afternoon, we heard several stories about the anonymous call many locals had received — the one in which they were told not to vote for Ed Oakley, Max Wells or Don Hill. Said the robo-voice on the other end of the “private” phone number: “Today is election day…

Since it doesn’t appear we’ll have further need for this tremendous photo, here it is one last time. Stay strong, Don Hill. You are still No. 1 — by which we mean, No. 3 — in our book. Here’s the first official statement from Don Hill, who — with 570…

Here’s where it stands, before it totally collapses: Tom Leppert’s got 27.24 percent of the vote, which translates to 19,080 votes — out of 70,045 counted thus far. Ed Oakley’s got himself 20.44 percent of the vote, or nearly 5,000 fewer than Jordan at 14,314. As for Hill and Wells,…

Our Man Downtown’s about to become Our Man at Gilley’s, as Matt Pulle’s on his way to Tom Leppert Party-Down HQ to wrangle a few quotes from the top vote-getter (thus far, but who’s kidding whom?) in today’s mayoral election. So, it’s damned near a done deal: Tom Leppert and…

We’re almost done tonight, folks: With most of the votes in — 64,234, to be exact — Tom Leppert’s got 27.19 percent, or 17,463 votes. Ed Oakley’s still in second, with 20.75 percent (or 13,328 votes). Don Hill’s still in third, with 14.37 percent — or 9,228 votes. Max Wells…

Our Man Downtown says: Don Hill’s done. Why? Because most of the Southern sector votes have been counted, and it’s likely Hill will drop from here on out, especially as Lake Highlands and East Dallas precincts keep reporting in. For instance, Max Wells’ former council district, which is now Bill…

Carol Reed, Tom Leppert’s $30,000-a-month campaign manager, sounds jubilant. As well she should: Her candidate could fall to second, as results keep coming in and Ed Oakley slowly creeps toward the top of the heap, but Leppert can’t possibly fall to third place and out of the runoff. With more…

With 328 precincts out of 577 now reporting in, Ed Oakley’s gaining on Tom Leppert: The second-place vote-getter now has 21.48 percent of the vote, or 11,700 votes. Top dog Leppert’s at 26.55, or 14,463 votes. Hill’s got 15.92 percent, with 8,670 votes, while Wells has 11.19 percent, with 6,096…

From Our Man Downtown: With 234 of 577 precincts completely reporting, Leppert’s still leading with 27 percent, or 12,439 votes. Oakley’s up to 21.9 percent, which translates to 9,982 votes. Hill’s still in third at 13.8 percent, or 6,282 votes. Wells is at 11.62 percent, which puts him at fourth…

Our Man Downtown Matt Pulle reports: Ten percent of the precincts have reported in, and Leppert’s still holding strong with 29 percent of the votes (9,338 votes). Oakley’s pulled up to 20 percent of the vote, with 6,508 votes counted so far. Don Hill remains in third, with 12.61 percent,…

I wrote earlier that the candidates who finished fifth or lower will have to pull rabbits out of their hat to make the runoff. I stand corrected: Even if they possess incredible magical abilities, the likes of which would make David Blaine bury himself under the sidewalk in a block…

As of 577 precincts left to report — meaning, all of them — Tom Leppert’s just waiting to find out who joins him in the runoff. Unless he gets 50 percent of the vote. Which ain’t gonna happen. Well, I think we can say that Tom Leppert is safely in…

Matt Pulle’s Our Man Downtown tonight with the results from early voting, which are as follows: Your early clubhouse leader is Tom Leppert, with 29 percent of the early vote (7,403 votes). Ed Oakley comes in at second, with 19 percent (4,957). Don Hill comes in third with 14 percent…

Below, in the comments affixed to today’s earlier item, we have reports from around town — East Dallas mostly, where all’s clear. Same goes for up here in Northwest Dallas — again — where trips to two polling places this afternoon turned up no petitioners for the Trinity Vote, and…

The missus and I just concluded a morning tour of the Northwest Dallas polling places, and so far, no drama — or voters, for that matter. At 9:32, we were Nos. 53 and 54 at Leonides Cigarroa Elementary School on Webb Chapel Road and Walnut Hill Lane (our third polling…

I have nothing but ambiguity, confusion and darkness to offer you, Friends of Unfair Park, on the eve of tomorrow’s mayoral election. There are no certainties, only wild cards. Here are just a few:…

…we will be live-blogging the election, beginning, most likely, in the late morning, between voting and going to Home Depot to buy some wallpaper, maybe get some flooring, stuff like that. Matt Pulle will be at county election HQ around 7 p.m., when early results start coming in; Jim Schutze…