City Councilor G.T. Bynum (left) and Mayor Dewey Bartlett are two of five people who filed to run for mayor during the three-day filing period that ended Wednesday. KEVIN CANFIELD/The Frontier
The filing period for city of Tulsa elected offices ended last week.
Four incumbents — City Councilors Karen Gilbert, Anna America and Phil Lakin, and Auditor Cathy Criswell — will be unopposed in the Nov. 8 general election.
Here is the official list of candidates from the Tulsa County Election Board.
MAYOR
Dewey Bartlett (I)
Age: 69
City Councilor G.T. Bynum
Age: 38
Occupation: Federal government relations consultant, Capitol Ventures
Lawrence Kirkpatrick
Age: 70
Occupation: N/A
Paul Tay
Age: 53
Occupation: N/A
Tom McCay
Age: 54
Occupation: N/A
CITY COUNCIL
District 1
Jack Henderson (I)
Age: 65
Occupation: Retired, AT&T
Vanessa Hall-Harper
Age: 44
Occupation: Child health and policy manager, Tulsa Health Department
District 2
Jeannie Cue (I)
Age: 62
Occupation: Retired nurse
Aaron Bisogno
Age: 29
Occupation: N/A
District 3
David Patrick (I)
Age: 64
Occupation: Owner, Patrick’s Auto Service
Jim Rice
Age: 61
Occupation: N/A
Araceli Tiger
Occupation: Community organizer in Kendall Whittier neighborhood
District 4
Blake Ewing (I)
Age: 37
Occupation: Business owner
Sam Walker
Age: 24
Occupation: N/A
Michael Haskins
Age: 27
Occupation: N/A
Josh Starks
Age: 39
Occupation: N/A
District 5
Karen Gilbert (I)
Age: 47
Occupation: Parent facilitator, Wright Elementary School
District 6
Connie Dodson (I)
Age: 48
Occupation: Photographer, owner of Connie Palmer Photography.
Skip Steele
Age: 66
Occupation: Owner, All Hours Computer Service (former city councilor)
Allen Branch
Age: 33
Occupation: N/A
District 7
Anna America (I)
Age: 52
Occupation: City Councilor
District 8
Phil Lakin (I)
Age: 48
Occupation: CEO of the Tulsa Community Foundation
District 9 (Open seat)
Ben Kimbro
Age: 43
Occupation: N/A
Eric McCray
Age: 35
Occupation: N/A
CITY AUDITOR
Cathy Criswell (I)
Age: 61
NOTE: The city of Tulsa went to nonpartisan elections in 2011. Under that system, if only one candidate files for an office, he or she would be elected. If only two people file for an office, they would meet in the Nov. 8 general election.
If more than two candidates file for an office, a primary would be held June 28. The two candidates whose vote totals in the primary account for a majority of the votes cast move on to the general election.
If two candidates do not receive a majority of the votes cast in the primary, the three or more candidates whose vote totals account for a majority of the votes cast move on to an Aug. 27 runoff. The top two candidates in the runoff move on to the general election.
