Laura Miller
| Laura Miller | |
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| 58th Mayor of Dallas | |
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In office February 20, 2002 – June 25, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Ron Kirk |
| Succeeded by | Tom Leppert |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 18, 1958 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Steven D. Wolens |
| Residence | Dallas, Texas |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Religion | Judaism |
Laura Miller (born November 18, 1958) served as mayor of Dallas, Texas (U.S.) from 2002 through 2007. She did not run for re-election in the 2007 mayoral race. She was the third woman to serve as mayor of Dallas.
Laura Miller was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Miller and spent the early part of her career as a journalist. As a journalist, Miller worked as a staff writer for The Miami Herald and The Dallas Morning News and then as a columnist for the New York Daily News and the now-defunct Dallas Times Herald. In 1991, Miller became an investigative reporter for the Dallas Observer and then a columnist for D Magazine.
In 1998, Miller was elected to the Dallas City Council representing Oak Cliff and southwest Dallas. In 2002, Miller was elected as Mayor of Dallas, replacing Ron Kirk who left the post to run for the United States Senate position vacated by retiring Texas Senator Phil Gramm.
She fought for and won approval of a strengthened smoking ban, an ordinance prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, a revamped public housing system, a $23 million homeless assistance center, major changes to the city's Trinity River Corridor improvement plan and a taxpayer-funded downtown redevelopment effort.
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