2022 Oklahoma City mayoral election

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2022 Oklahoma City mayoral election
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Candidate David Holt Frank Urbanic
Popular vote36,35512,117
Percentage59.81%19.93%

 
CandidateCarol HefnerJimmy Lawson
Popular vote8,2874,026
Percentage13.63%6.62%

Mayor before election

David Holt
Republican

Elected Mayor

David Holt
Republican

The 2022 Oklahoma City mayoral election took place on February 8, 2022, to elect the Mayor of Oklahoma City. Incumbent Republican Mayor David Holt won re-election outright with 59.8% of the vote, eliminating the need for a runoff. [1] [2]

Contents

All Oklahoma city municipal elections are required to be non-partisan, but candidates can be affiliated with a political party.

General election

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

  • Jason Padgett, businessman and former actor [6]

Endorsements

Carol Hefner
Federal executive officials
State executive officials
State senators
State representatives
County officials
Newspapers
  • The Oklahoma City Sentinel [10]
Organizations
David Holt
United States representatives
  • Dan Boren, U.S. representative for Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district (2005-2013) (Democratic) [13]
Statewide officials
State senators
State representatives
Tribal officials
County officials
  • Carrie Blumert, Oklahoma County Commissioner (Democratic) [13]
  • Butch Freeman, Oklahoma County Treasurer (Republican) [13]
  • Willa Johnson, former Oklahoma County Commissioner [14]
  • Brian Maughan, Oklahoma County Commissioner (Republican) [14]
City officials
  • Andy Coats, former Oklahoma City Mayor (Democratic) [13]
  • James Cooper, Oklahoma City Councilmember [13]
  • Mick Cornett, former Oklahoma City Mayor (Republican) [13]
  • Ron Norick, former Oklahoma City Mayor (Republican) [14]
  • Todd Stone, Oklahoma City Councilman (Republican) [14]
  • Rick Warren, Oklahoma County Clerk (Republican) [14]
School board officials
  • Lori Bowman, Oklahoma City Public Schools Board Member [13]
  • Carrie Coppernoll Jacobs, Oklahoma City Public Schools Board Member [14]
  • Paula Lewis, Oklahoma City Public Schools Board Member [14]
  • Meg McElhaney, Oklahoma City Public Schools Board Member [14]
  • Gloria Torres, Oklahoma City Public Schools Board Member [14]
Newspapers
  • The Black Chronicle [13]
  • Hola Oklahoma [13]
  • OKC Friday [15]
Labor unions

Debates

A mayoral candidate debate was scheduled for January 25, 2022 by media organizations NonDoc, News 9, and other nonpartisan partners. All candidates were invited to the debate, and three participated: Jimmy Lawson, Frank Urbanic and Carol Hefner. [18] Incumbent David Holt declined to participate, being represented by a photograph and empty podium on stage. [19]

2022 Oklahoma City mayoral election debates
No.DateHostModeratorLinkParticipants
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Non-invitee  I Invitee  W  Withdrawn
David Holt Jimmy LawsonCarol HefnerFrank Urbanic
1Jan. 25, 2022NonDoc
News 9
Oklahoma City Free Press
The Oklahoma City Sentinel
Oklahoma Gazette
League of Women Voters of Oklahoma County
Generation Citizen
Together Oklahoma
Tres Savage & Storme Jones News9  A  P  P  P 

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [lower-alpha 1]
Margin
of error
Carol
Hefner
David
Holt
Jimmy
Lawson
Frank
Urbanic
Undecided
Cole Hargrave Snodgrass & Associates (R) [upper-alpha 1] December 13–17, 2021400 (RV)± 4.9%4%61%1%6%

Results

2022 Oklahoma City mayoral election [20]
CandidateVotes %
David Holt (incumbent)36,35559.81%
Frank Urbanic12,11719.93%
Carol Hefner8,28713.63%
Jimmy Lawson4,0266.62%
Total votes60,785 100.00%

Results by county

CountyDavid HoltFrank UrbanicCarol HefnerJimmy LawsonTotal
VotesPercentVotesPercentVotesPercentVotesPercent
Canadian 2,53348.25%1,77833.87%80815.39%1312.50%5,250
Cleveland 3,56248.04%2,15229.03%1,45919.68%2413.25%7,414
Oklahoma 30,26062.89%8,18717.01%6,01812.51%3,6547.59%48,119
Pottawatomie 00.00%00.00%2100.00%00.00%2

See also

Notes

  1. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
Partisan clients
  1. Poll was sponsored by Holt's campaign

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