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Tulsa Election 2022: Filing final

The three-day filing period for the 2022 City of Tulsa election for City Council and City Auditor has concluded. All nine council seats are contested, but City Auditor Cathy Champion Carter has been reelected without opposition. Here is the complete list of candidates who filed. Names, ages, and addresses are...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 15, 2022 7:39 PM

Tulsa Election 2022: Filing day 2

At the end of the second day (June 14, 2022) of the three-day filing period for the 2022 City of Tulsa election for City Council and City Auditor, only two incumbents remain unopposed: District 3 Councilor Crista Patrick (D) and City Auditor Cathy Champion Carter (D). All nine City Council...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 14, 2022 5:42 PM

2018 Tulsa city election: Filing complete

The 2018 filing period for Tulsa City Auditor and all nine Tulsa City Council seats has ended. Thirteen Democrats, nine Republicans, one Libertarian, and one independent filed for the ten positions. Incumbents Cathy Criswell (Auditor), Jeannie Cue (District 2), Anna America (District 7), and Phil Lakin (District 8) have been...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 13, 2018 9:59 PM

Tulsa primary election 2013

Happy Election Day! Polls open in Tulsa County and the City of Tulsa at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. Citizens of the City of Tulsa have two races on a non-partisan primary ballot: Mayor and City Auditor. There will be runoffs in November and possibly (but not likely)...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 11, 2013 7:02 PM

Josh Lewis for Tulsa City Auditor

Overshadowed by expensive campaigns for Tulsa mayor and county commissioner, the other race on next Tuesday's ballot is for the crucial office of Tulsa City Auditor. The city auditor was envisioned by the drafters of Tulsa's 1989 city charter as a counter-balance to the power concentrated in the mayor's office....

Posted by Michael Bates on June 6, 2013 8:00 PM

Tulsa Election 2013: Filing complete

Filing ended Wednesday with a surprise: The last minute entry of former State Rep. John Wright in the Tulsa County Commission District 3 race, along with a Democrat, John Bomar, the first time a Democrat has run for this seat for as long as I can recall. One more candidate...

Posted by Michael Bates on April 12, 2013 7:38 AM

Tulsa Election 2013: Second day of filing

Only two new filers today: Incumbent Tulsa Mayor Dewey F Bartlett Jr and Joshua Steven Lewis, a 30-year-old challenging City Auditor Clift Richards. Here's the list of all filings through Tuesday as posted on the Tulsa County Election Board website, with Tuesday's filers highlighted in bold print. For Mayor of...

Posted by Michael Bates on April 9, 2013 5:49 PM

Tulsa Election 2011: Filings, day 1

The Tulsa County Election Board has the official list of Tulsa municipal candidates on its website, but here's a list for handy reference: CITY AUDITOR-2 (Two) Year Term No candidates. CITY COUNCILOR OFFICE NO. 1 -- 1 (One) Year Term Democrat Jack Ross Henderson, 2014 N. Rosedale Ave., Tulsa, OK...

Posted by Michael Bates on July 12, 2011 12:18 AM

Tulsa 2011 city election filings begin

The filing period for the City of Tulsa's 2011 city election begins tomorrow, Monday, July 11, 2011, at the Tulsa County Election Board and runs through Wednesday, July 13, 2011, at 5 p.m. For the last time (at least until the charter is amended again), all nine council seats will...

Posted by Michael Bates on July 10, 2011 10:16 PM

Tulsa inauguration 2009

I went to the new ballroom at the Tulsa Convention Center for today's swearing-in of our new mayor, auditor, and city councilors. Events like this bring together the diverse cast of characters that take an interest in local politics. There were federal, state, and local politicians, both current and former,...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 7, 2009 11:00 PM

Tulsa 2009 general election info

Click the "continue reading" link to find links to helpful essays on BatesLine, my endorsements, voter information from the Tulsa County Election Board, multimedia, and candidate questionnaires, all to help you as you get ready to vote (post-dated to remain at the top until polls close). ("I Voted" sticker courtesy...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 10, 2009 7:00 PM

Auditor: For Preston Doerflinger

If you weren't convinced a year ago that Tulsa needed a new City Auditor, you should be now. The incumbent, Phil Wood, has held the job since 1988, and he's the only auditor we've had under the 1989 City Charter, which gave the Auditor's office a great deal of independence...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 8, 2009 8:28 PM

Charter amendments: Against 1 and 2, for 3

As I was pulling out of the driveway on Saturday, a neighbor ran out into the street and flagged me down. She wanted to know what I thought about the three amendments to the Tulsa City Charter on the November 10 ballot. (You can find sample ballots with the text...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 2, 2009 5:57 PM

LWV Tulsa mayor, auditor candidate forum, 10/30/2009

From our local League of Women Voters, a chance to hear from (almost) all of our citywide candidates, on Friday, October 30, 2009: The League of Women Voters of Metropolitan Tulsa (LWVMT) and the Brookside NA will sponsor a mayoral candidate forum at All Souls Unitarian Church, 29th and Peoria,...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 22, 2009 10:00 AM