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 may 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 [a]
Margin
of error
Carol
Hefner
David
Holt
Jimmy
Lawson
Frank
Urbanic
Undecided
Cole Hargrave Snodgrass & Associates (R) [20] [A] December 13–17, 2021400 (RV)± 4.9%4%61%1%6%

Results

2022 Oklahoma City mayoral election [21]
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

References

  1. Dickerson, Brett (February 9, 2022). "Holt wins Oklahoma City race for mayor by landslide". Oklahoma City Free Press. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  2. Dickerson, Brett (January 23, 2022). "Candidates for City of OKC mayor invited to debate Tuesday, Jan. 25". Oklahoma City Free Press. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
  3. McCarville, Mike (December 1, 2021). "Hefner Declares Run for OKC Mayor". The McCarville Report. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  4. Crum, William. "OKC Mayor David Holt rakes in cash for re-election campaign". The Oklahoman.
  5. Garcia, Brianna (July 17, 2021). "An early look at candidates in the City of OKC mayoral primary Feb 2022". Oklahoma City Free Press. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  6. 1 2 Dulaney, Josh (September 20, 2021). "Amid fight with OKC over COVID curfews, defense attorney Frank Urbanic announces mayoral bid". The Oklahoman. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
  7. Faught, Jamison (January 19, 2022). "Hefner announces endorsements from multiple conservative groups in OKC mayoral race". Muskogee Politico. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  8. 1 2 Carol Hefner for Oklahoma City Mayor. Carol Hefner for Oklahoma City Mayor. Retrieved December 2, 2021 via YouTube.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 McGuinan, Patrick (January 22, 2022). "Carol Hefner well-positioned to challenge incumbent Mayor Holt in February 8 election". The Oklahoma City Sentinel. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  10. "Carol Hefner's Theme is Freedom – as 'Mayor for All'". The Oklahoma City Sentinel. February 6, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  11. 1 2 "Conservative groups endorse Hefner for OKC mayor". Yukon Progress. January 24, 2022. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
  12. Dickerson, Brett. "The race for Mayor of Okla City — a quick rundown on each candidate". Oklahoma City Free Press. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 "Over 2,000 people endorse Oklahoma City Mayor Holt". City Sentinel. January 31, 2022. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 "The remaining list of David Holt's endorsements, from G to Z". City Sentinel. January 31, 2022. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  15. "Editorial: Vote For Mayor Holt On Tuesday". OKC Friday. February 4, 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  16. "Over 2,000 people endorse Oklahoma City Mayor Holt". City Sentinel. January 31, 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  17. 1 2 Crum, William (August 21, 2021). "Is conservative Jason Padgett's campaign for Oklahoma City mayor over?". The Oklahoman. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  18. Savage, Tres (January 12, 2021). "OKC mayoral candidates invited to Jan. 25 debate". NonDoc. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  19. Patterson, Matt (January 25, 2022). "OKC mayoral debate features policy talk, criticism of 'No Show Holt'". NonDoc. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  20. Cole Hargrave Snodgrass & Associates (R)
  21. "FEBRUARY 08 2022". results.okelections.us. Oklahoma State Election Board. Retrieved February 10, 2022.