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2024 Tulsa school board election campaign contributions

Pre-election campaign contributions and expenditures reports

Posted by Michael Bates on March 29, 2024 5:26 PM

Tulsa Election 2022: City council campaign contribution reports

Yesterday, August 15, 2022, at 5 p.m., was the deadline for campaign contribution and expenditure reports for candidates in any August 23 election. This includes the City of Tulsa general election as well as runoff elections for statewide office, county office, and the legislature. The legislature has created a mess...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 16, 2022 8:31 AM

BatesLine at City Elders: Further reading

Video, with links to further reading, of my talk on the recent school board elections, the Democratic candidates who won despite higher Republican turnout, the connections of the donors who made their campaigns possible, and the challenges of bypassing the media to get your message to "normie" voters.

Posted by Michael Bates on April 21, 2022 12:56 PM

Joy Hofmeister, Fount Holland, former teachers' union chief charged with conspiracy to commit election felonies

Sometimes when a public figure's deviant behavior crosses over into criminal activity, the process of investigation turns up emails that point to a completely unrelated crime. Last week we heard about Anthony Weiner's selfie problem leading to a search of his computer, leading to more of Hillary Clinton's emails, including...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 4, 2016 1:37 PM

Sheriff candidate Regalado backed by Rogers Co. plant employees

Why are the executives and employees of a Rogers County manufacturing company, many of whom don't live in Tulsa County, so passionate, so willing to give sacrificially in support of a candidate for Tulsa County Sheriff? An odd thing about Vic Regalado's campaign contributions report: A surprising number of max...

Posted by Michael Bates on February 25, 2016 5:51 PM

Tulsa Election 2013: Ethics report notes; mayoral bet-hedgers

This is the first City of Tulsa mayoral election in which candidates are required by state law to file campaign finance reports through the Oklahoma Ethics Commission, rather than the city clerk's office, making it far easier to have access to the reports and analyze them. Tulsa County candidates also...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 4, 2013 8:57 AM