Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund NPX Annual report of proxy voting record

FORM N-PX

ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF

REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number 811-22003

Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Gifford R. Zimmerman - Chief Administrative Officer

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 312-917-7700

Date of fiscal year-end: December 31

Date of reporting period: June 30, 2007

Item 1. Proxy Voting Record

Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund - Proxy Voting

July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007

Company Name

Ticker

CUSIP

Shareholder

Meeting Date

Description of Proposal

Proposed By

Vote Cast

Management

Recommends

Exxon Mobil Corp.

XOM

30231G102

2007-05-30

Elect Director Michael J. Boskin

Mgmt

For

2007-05-30

Elect Director William W. George

Mgmt

For

2007-05-30

Elect Director James R. Houghton

Mgmt

For

2007-05-30

Elect Director William R. Howell

Mgmt

For

2007-05-30

Elect Director Reatha Clark King

Mgmt

For

2007-05-30

Elect Director Philip E. Lippincott

Mgmt

For

2007-05-30

Elect Director Marilyn Carlson Nelson

Mgmt

For

2007-05-30

Elect Director Samuel J. Palmisano

Mgmt

For

2007-05-30

Elect Director Steven S Reinemund

Mgmt

For

2007-05-30

Elect Director Walter V. Shipley

Mgmt

For

2007-05-30

Elect Director J. Stephen Simon

Mgmt

For

2007-05-30

Elect Director Rex W. Tillerson

Mgmt

For

2007-05-30

Ratify Auditors

Mgmt

For

2007-05-30

Restore or Provide for Cumulative Voting

Shareholder

For

Against

2007-05-30

Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter — Call Special Meetings

Shareholder

For

Against

2007-05-30

Separate Chairman and CEO Positions

Shareholder

For

Against

2007-05-30

Initiate Payment of Cash Dividend

Shareholder

Against

For

2007-05-30

Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers’ Compensation

Shareholder

For

Against

2007-05-30

Company-Specific- Amend Article IX of the Corporation’s by-laws

Shareholder

Against

For

2007-05-30

Review Executive Compensation

Shareholder

Against

For

2007-05-30

Limit Executive Compensation

Shareholder

Against

For

2007-05-30

Claw-back of Payments under Restatements

Shareholder

For

Against

2007-05-30

Report on Political Contributions

Shareholder

For

Against

2007-05-30

Amend Equal Employment Opportunity Policy to Prohibit Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation

Shareholder

For

Against

2007-05-30

Report on Environmental Accountability

Shareholder

Against

For

2007-05-30

Report on Emission Reduction Goals

Shareholder

For

Against

2007-05-30

Report on Carbon Dioxide Emissions Information at Gas Stations

Shareholder

Against

For

2007-05-30

Adopt Policy to Increase Renewable Energy Portfolio

Shareholder

Against

For

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

209115104

2007-05-21

Elect Director Kevin Burke

Mgmt

For

2007-05-21

Elect Director Vincent A. Calarco

Mgmt

For

2007-05-21

Elect Director George Campbell, Jr.

Mgmt

For

2007-05-21

Elect Director Gordon J. Davis

Mgmt

For

2007-05-21

Elect Director Michael J. Del Giudice

Mgmt

For

2007-05-21

Elect Director Ellen V. Futter

Mgmt

For

2007-05-21

Elect Director Sally Hernandez

Mgmt

For

2007-05-21

Elect Director Peter W. Likins

Mgmt

For

2007-05-21

Elect Director Eugene R. McGrath

Mgmt

For

2007-05-21

Elect Director L. Frederick Sutherland

Mgmt

For

2007-05-21

Elect Director Stephen R. Volk

Mgmt

For

2007-05-21

Ratify Auditors

Mgmt

For

2007-05-21

Increase Disclosure of Executive Compensation

Shareholder

Against

For

Limited Brands

LTD

532716107

2007-05-21

Elect Director Dennis S. Hersch

Mgmt

For

2007-05-21

Elect Director David T. Kollat

Mgmt

For

2007-05-21

Elect Director William R. Loomis, Jr.

Mgmt

For

2007-05-21

Elect Director Leslie H. Wexner

Mgmt

For

2007-05-21

Ratify Auditors

Mgmt

For

2007-05-21

Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan

Mgmt

For

2007-05-21

Declassify the Board of Directors

Shareholder

For

Against

Hasbro, Inc.

HAS

418056107

2007-05-24

Elect Director Basil L. Anderson

Mgmt

For

2007-05-24

Elect Director Alan R. Batkin

Mgmt

For

2007-05-24

Elect Director Frank J. Biondi, Jr.

Mgmt

For

2007-05-24

Elect Director John M. Connors, Jr.

Mgmt

For

2007-05-24

Elect Director Michael W.O. Garrett

Mgmt

For

2007-05-24

Elect Director E. Gordon Gee

Mgmt

For

2007-05-24

Elect Director Jack M. Greenberg

Mgmt

For

2007-05-24

Elect Director Alan G. Hassenfeld

Mgmt

For

2007-05-24

Elect Director Claudine B. Malone

Mgmt

For

2007-05-24

Elect Director Edward M. Philip

Mgmt

For

2007-05-24

Elect Director Paula Stern

Mgmt

For

2007-05-24

Elect Director Alfred J. Verrecchia

Mgmt

For

2007-05-24

Amend Omnibus Stock Plan

Mgmt

For

2007-05-24

Ratify Auditors

Mgmt

For

2007-05-24

Prepare Sustainability Report

Shareholder

For

Against

R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co.

RRD

257867101

2007-05-24

Elect Director Thomas J. Quinlan, III

Mgmt

For

2007-05-24

Elect Director Oliver R. Sockwell

Mgmt

For

2007-05-24

Elect Director Stephen M. Wolf

Mgmt

For

2007-05-24

Ratify Auditors

Mgmt

For

2007-05-24

Declassify the Board of Directors

Mgmt

For

2007-05-24

Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement

Mgmt

For

2007-05-24

Prepare a Sustainability Report

Shareholder

For

Against

2007-05-24

Declassify the Board of Directors

Shareholder

Against

For

The Bank Of New York Mellon Corp.

064057102

2007-05-24

Approve Merger Agreement

Mgmt

For

2007-05-24

Adopt Supermajority Vote Requirement for Mergers

Mgmt

For

2007-05-24

Increase Authorized Preferred and Common Stock

Mgmt

For

2007-05-24

Adjourn Meeting

Mgmt

For

Mellon Financial Corp.

MEL

58551A108

2007-05-24

Approve Merger Agreement

Mgmt

For

2007-05-24

Adopt Supermajority Vote Requirement for Mergers

Mgmt

For

2007-05-24

Increase Authorized Preferred and Common Stock

Mgmt

For

2007-05-24

Adjourn Meeting

Mgmt

For

Omnicom Group Inc.

OMC

681919106

2007-05-22

Elect Director John D. Wren

Mgmt

For

2007-05-22

Elect Director Bruce Crawford

Mgmt

For

2007-05-22

Elect Director Robert Charles Clark

Mgmt

For

2007-05-22

Elect Director Leonard S. Coleman, Jr.

Mgmt

For

2007-05-22

Elect Director Errol M. Cook

Mgmt

For

2007-05-22

Elect Director Susan S. Denison

Mgmt

For

2007-05-22

Elect Director Michael A. Henning

Mgmt

For

2007-05-22

Elect Director John R. Murphy

Mgmt

For

2007-05-22

Elect Director John R. Purcell

Mgmt

For

2007-05-22

Elect Director Linda Johnson Rice

Mgmt

For

2007-05-22

Elect Director Gary L. Roubos

Mgmt

For

2007-05-22

Ratify Auditors

Mgmt

For

2007-05-22

Approve Omnibus Stock Plan

Mgmt

For

Biomet, Inc.

BMET

090613100

2007-06-08

Approve Merger Agreement

Mgmt

Against

2007-06-08

Adjourn Meeting

Mgmt

Against

The DirecTV Group, Inc

DTV

25459L106

2007-06-05

Elect Director Neil R. Austrian

Mgmt

For

2007-06-05

Elect Director Charles R. Lee

Mgmt

For

2007-06-05

Elect Director K. Rupert Murdoch

Mgmt

For

2007-06-05

Ratify Auditors

Mgmt

For

2007-06-05

Amend Omnibus Stock Plan

Mgmt

For

2007-06-05

Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan

Mgmt

For

CB Richard Ellis Group Inc

CBG

12497T101

2007-06-01

Elect Director Richard C. Blum

Mgmt

For

2007-06-01

Elect Director Patrice Marie Daniels

Mgmt

For

2007-06-01

Elect Director Thomas A. Daschle

Mgmt

For

2007-06-01

Elect Director Curtis F. Feeny

Mgmt

For

2007-06-01

Elect Director Bradford M. Freeman

Mgmt

For

2007-06-01

Elect Director Michael Kantor

Mgmt

For

2007-06-01

Elect Director Frederic V. Malek

Mgmt

For

2007-06-01

Elect Director Robert E. Sulentic

Mgmt

For

2007-06-01

Elect Director Jane J. Su

Mgmt

For

2007-06-01

Elect Director Brett White

Mgmt

For

2007-06-01

Elect Director Gary L. Wilson

Mgmt

For

2007-06-01

Elect Director Ray Wirta

Mgmt

For

2007-06-01

Ratify Auditors

Mgmt

For

2007-06-01

Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan

Mgmt

For

Vornado Realty Trust

VNO

929042109

2007-05-22

Elect Director Robert P. Kogod

Mgmt

For

2007-05-22

Elect Director David Mandelbaum

Mgmt

For

2007-05-22

Elect Director Richard R. West

Mgmt

For

2007-05-22

Ratify Auditors

Mgmt

For

2007-05-22

Require a Majority Vote for the Election of Directors

Shareholder

For

Against

General Motors Corp.

370442105

2007-06-05

Elect Director Percy N. Barnevik

Mgmt

For

2007-06-05

Elect Director Erskine B. Bowles

Mgmt

For

2007-06-05

Elect Director John H. Bryan

Mgmt

For

2007-06-05

Elect Director Armando M. Codina

Mgmt

For

2007-06-05

Elect Director Erroll B. Davis, Jr.

Mgmt

For

2007-06-05

Elect Director George M.C. Fisher

Mgmt

For

2007-06-05

Elect Director Karen Katen

Mgmt

For

2007-06-05

Elect Director Kent Kresa

Mgmt

For

2007-06-05

Elect Director Ellen J. Kullman

Mgmt

For

2007-06-05

Elect Director Philip A. Laskawy

Mgmt

For

2007-06-05

Elect Director Kathryn V. Marinello

Mgmt

For

2007-06-05

Elect Director Eckhard Pfeiffer

Mgmt

For

2007-06-05

Elect Director G. Richard Wagoner, Jr.

Mgmt

For

2007-06-05

Ratify Auditors

Mgmt

For

2007-06-05

Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan

Mgmt

For

2007-06-05

Approve Omnibus Stock Plan

Mgmt

For

2007-06-05

Publish Political Contributions

Shareholder

Against

For

2007-06-05

Limit on Directorships of Board Members

Shareholder

Against

For

2007-06-05

Adopt Greenhouse Gas Emissions Goals

Shareholder

For

Against

2007-06-05

Provide for Cumulative Voting

Shareholder

Against

For

2007-06-05

Approve Terms of Existing Poison Pill

Shareholder

Against

For

2007-06-05

Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter — Call Special Meetings

Shareholder

For

Against

2007-06-05

Performance-Based and/or Time-Based Equity Awards

Shareholder

For

Against

2007-06-05

Claw-back of Payments under Restatements

Shareholder

Against

For

2007-06-05

Optimize the Size of Board

Shareholder

Against

For

2007-06-05

Adopt Simple Majority Vote

Shareholder

Against

For

Celgene Corp.

CELG

151020104

2007-06-12

Elect Director Sol J. Barer

Mgmt

For

2007-06-12

Elect Director Robert J. Hugin

Mgmt

For

2007-06-12

Elect Director Michael D. Casey

Mgmt

For

2007-06-12

Elect Director Rodman L. Drake

Mgmt

For

2007-06-12

Elect Director A. Hull Hayes, Jr.

Mgmt

For

2007-06-12

Elect Director Gilla Kaplan

Mgmt

For

2007-06-12

Elect Director James J. Loughlin

Mgmt

For

2007-06-12

Elect Director Richard C. E. Morgan

Mgmt

For

2007-06-12

Elect Director Walter L. Robb

Mgmt

For

2007-06-12

Ratify Auditors

Mgmt

For

Amazon.com, Inc.

AMZN

023135106

2007-06-14

Elect Director Jeffrey P. Bezos

Mgmt

For

2007-06-14

Elect Director Tom A. Alberg

Mgmt

For

2007-06-14

Elect Director John Seely Brown

Mgmt

For

2007-06-14

Elect Director L. John Doerr

Mgmt

For

2007-06-14

Elect Director William B. Gordon

Mgmt

For

2007-06-14

Elect Director Myrtle S. Potter

Mgmt

For

2007-06-14

Elect Director Thomas O. Ryder

Mgmt

For

2007-06-14

Elect Director Patricia Q. Stonesifer

Mgmt

For

2007-06-14

Ratify Auditors

Mgmt

For

2007-06-14

Amend Omnibus Stock Plan

Mgmt

For

Countrywide Financial Corp.

CFC

222372104

2007-06-13

Elect Director Henry G. Cisneros

Mgmt

For

2007-06-13

Elect Director Robert J. Donato

Mgmt

For

2007-06-13

Elect Director Harley W. Snyder

Mgmt

For

2007-06-13

Ratify Auditors

Mgmt

For

2007-06-13

Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers’ Compensation

Shareholder

For

Against

The TJX Companies, Inc.

TJX

872540109

2007-06-05

Elect Director David A. Brandon

Mgmt

Withhold

Against

2007-06-05

Elect Director Bernard Cammarata

Mgmt

For

2007-06-05

Elect Director David T. Ching

Mgmt

For

2007-06-05

Elect Director Michael F. Hines

Mgmt

For

2007-06-05

Elect Director Amy B. Lane

Mgmt

For

2007-06-05

Elect Director Carol Meyrowitz

Mgmt

For

2007-06-05

Elect Director John F. O’Brien

Mgmt

For

2007-06-05

Elect Director Robert F. Shapiro

Mgmt

For

2007-06-05

Elect Director Willow B. Shire

Mgmt

For

2007-06-05

Elect Director Fletcher H. Wiley

Mgmt

For

2007-06-05

Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan

Mgmt

For

2007-06-05

Ratify Auditors

Mgmt

For

2007-06-05

Require a Majority Vote for the Election of Directors

Shareholder

For

Against

IAC/InteractiveCorp.

IACI

44919P300

2007-06-13

Elect Director William H. Berkman

Mgmt

Withhold

Against

2007-06-13

Elect Director Edgar Bronfman, Jr.

Mgmt

For

2007-06-13

Elect Director Barry Diller

Mgmt

Withhold

Against

2007-06-13

Elect Director Victor A. Kaufman

Mgmt

Withhold

Against

2007-06-13

Elect Director Donald R. Keough

Mgmt

For

2007-06-13

Elect Director Bryan Lourd

Mgmt

For

2007-06-13

Elect Director John C. Malone

Mgmt

Withhold

Against

2007-06-13

Elect Director Arthur C. Martinez

Mgmt

For

2007-06-13

Elect Director Steven Rattner

Mgmt

For

2007-06-13

Elect Director H. Norman Schwarzkopf

Mgmt

For

2007-06-13

Elect Director Alan G. Spoon

Mgmt

For

2007-06-13

Elect Director Diane Von Furstenberg

Mgmt

Withhold

Against

2007-06-13

Ratify Auditors

Mgmt

For

Family Dollar Stores, Inc.

FDO

307000109

2007-06-19

Elect Director Mark R. Bernstein

Mgmt

For

2007-06-19

Elect Director Sharon Allred Decker

Mgmt

For

2007-06-19

Elect Director Edward C. Dolby

Mgmt

For

2007-06-19

Elect Director Glenn A. Eisenberg

Mgmt

For

2007-06-19

Elect Director Howard R. Levine

Mgmt

For

2007-06-19

Elect Director George R. Mahoney, Jr.

Mgmt

For

2007-06-19

Elect Director James G. Martin

Mgmt

For

2007-06-19

Elect Director Dale C. Pond

Mgmt

For

2007-06-19

Ratify Auditors

Mgmt

For

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.

CTSH

192446102

2007-06-07

Elect Director Lakshmi Narayanan

Mgmt

For

2007-06-07

Elect Director John E. Klein

Mgmt

For

2007-06-07

Amend Omnibus Stock Plan

Mgmt

For

2007-06-07

Ratify Auditors

Mgmt

For

2007-06-07

Other Business

Mgmt

Against

Nvidia Corporation

NVDA

67066G104

2007-06-21

Elect Director James C. Gaither

Mgmt

Withhold

Against

2007-06-21

Elect Director Jen-Hsun Huang

Mgmt

For

2007-06-21

Elect Director A. Brooke Seawell

Mgmt

For

2007-06-21

Approve Omnibus Stock Plan

Mgmt

Against

2007-06-21

Ratify Auditors

Mgmt

For

Abercrombie & Fitch Co.

ANF

002896207

2007-06-13

Elect Director John A. Golden

Mgmt

For

2007-06-13

Elect Director Edward F. Limato

Mgmt

For

2007-06-13

Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan

Mgmt

For

2007-06-13

Approve Omnibus Stock Plan

Mgmt

Against

2007-06-13

Ratify Auditors

Mgmt

For

Jones Apparel Group, Inc.

JNY

480074103

2007-06-14

Elect Director Peter Boneparth

Mgmt

For

2007-06-14

Elect Director Sidney Kimmel

Mgmt

For

2007-06-14

Elect Director Howard Gittis

Mgmt

Withhold

Against

2007-06-14

Elect Director Matthew H. Kamens

Mgmt

For

2007-06-14

Elect Director J. Robert Kerrey

Mgmt

For

2007-06-14

Elect Director Ann N. Reese

Mgmt

For

2007-06-14

Elect Director Gerald C. Crotty

Mgmt

For

2007-06-14

Elect Director Lowell W. Robinson

Mgmt

For

2007-06-14

Elect Director Frits D. van Paasschen

Mgmt

For

2007-06-14

Ratify Auditors

Mgmt

For

2007-06-14

Company Specific—Adopt majority vote standard for election of directors

Mgmt

For

2007-06-14

Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan

Mgmt

For

2007-06-14

Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers’ Compensation

Shareholder

For

Against

The Kroger Co.

501044101

2007-06-28

Elect Director Reuben V. Anderson

Mgmt

For

2007-06-28

Elect Director John L. Clendenin

Mgmt

For

2007-06-28

Elect Director David B. Dillon

Mgmt

For

2007-06-28

Elect Director David B. Lewis

Mgmt

For

2007-06-28

Elect Director Don W. McGeorge

Mgmt

For

2007-06-28

Elect Director W. Rodney McMullen

Mgmt

For

2007-06-28

Elect Director Jorge P. Montoya

Mgmt

For

2007-06-28

Elect Director Clyde R. Moore

Mgmt

For

2007-06-28

Elect Director Susan M. Phillips

Mgmt

For

2007-06-28

Elect Director Steven R. Rogel

Mgmt

For

2007-06-28

Elect Director James A. Runde

Mgmt

For

2007-06-28

Elect Director Ronald L. Sargent

Mgmt

For

2007-06-28

Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan

Mgmt

For

2007-06-28

Amend Articles/Regulations—i)Rules of Conduct in Connection with Shareholder Meetings and (ii) Meetings Outside Cincinnati

Mgmt

For

2007-06-28

Ratify Auditors

Mgmt

For

2007-06-28

Report on Climate Change

Shareholder

For

Against

Dollar General Corp.

256669102

2007-06-21

Approve Merger Agreement

Mgmt

For

2007-06-21

Adjourn Meeting

Mgmt

For

The AES Corp.

AES

00130H105

2007-06-25

Elect Director Richard Darman

Mgmt

For

2007-06-25

Elect Director Paul Hanrahan

Mgmt

For

2007-06-25

Elect Director Kristina M. Johnson

Mgmt

For

2007-06-25

Elect Director John A. Koskinen

Mgmt

For

2007-06-25

Elect Director Philip Lader

Mgmt

For

2007-06-25

Elect Director John H. McArthur

Mgmt

For

2007-06-25

Elect Director Sandra O. Moose

Mgmt

For

2007-06-25

Elect Director Philip A. Odeen

Mgmt

For

2007-06-25

Elect Director Charles O. Rossotti

Mgmt

For

2007-06-25

Elect Director Sven Sandstrom

Mgmt

For

2007-06-25

Ratify Auditors

Mgmt

For

SIGNATURES:

Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund

/s/ Gifford R. Zimmerman - Chief Administrative Officer

Date

August 30, 2007

Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund (JCE) N-PXAnnual report of proxy voting record