Henry Louis Bellmon was an American Republican politician from the U.S. State of Oklahoma. A member of the Oklahoma Legislature,he went on to become both the 18th and 23rd governor of Oklahoma,mainly in the 1960s and again in the 1980s,as well as a two-term United States Senator in the 1970s. He was the first Republican to serve as Governor of Oklahoma and,after his direct predecessor George Nigh,only the second governor to be reelected.
Dewey Follett Bartlett Sr. was an American politician who served as the 19th governor of Oklahoma from 1967 to 1971,following his fellow Republican,Henry Bellmon. In 1966,he became the first Roman Catholic elected governor of Oklahoma,defeating the Democratic nominee,Preston J. Moore of Oklahoma City. He was defeated for reelection in 1970 by Tulsa attorney David Hall in the closest election in state history. He was elected to the United States Senate in 1972 and served one term. In 1978,he was diagnosed with lung cancer and did not run for reelection that year. He died of complications of lung cancer two months after retiring from the Senate in 1979.
KOTV-DT is a television station in Tulsa,Oklahoma,United States,affiliated with CBS. It is owned by Griffin Media alongside Muskogee-licensed CW affiliate KQCW-DT and radio stations KTSB,KRQV,KVOO-FM (98.5),KXBL and KHTT. All of the outlets share studios at the Griffin Media Center on North Boston Avenue and East Cameron Street in the downtown neighborhood's Tulsa Arts District;KOTV's transmitter is located on South 273rd East Avenue in Broken Arrow,Oklahoma.
Bell's Amusement Park was an amusement park located in Tulsa's Expo Square,part of the Tulsa State Fairgrounds in Oklahoma. It operated for 55 years before closing in 2006. The park was previously owned and operated by Keli and Jason Fritz. It was especially known for its large wooden roller coaster,called Zingo,designed by John C. Allen and built in 1966–68.
The City of Tulsa has a mayor-council form of government. This form of government has been in place since 1989,at which time Tulsa converted from a city commission form of government. The mayor is elected by the entire population and each of the 9 Councilors are elected from districts based on population.
M. Susan Savage is an American Democratic politician from Oklahoma. She was the 36th Mayor of Tulsa from 1992 to 2002,the first woman to hold that office. From 2003 to 2011,she was the 29th Secretary of State of Oklahoma.
Tom Adelson is an American politician from Oklahoma. He was an Oklahoma State Senator representing the 33rd Senate District,located in Tulsa County,from 2004 to 2012. Adelson is a Democrat who was first elected in 2004. Prior to his election,Adelson served Governor of Oklahoma Brad Henry's first Oklahoma Secretary of Health from 2003 to 2004.
Oneok Field is a baseball park in Tulsa,Oklahoma. Located in the historic Greenwood district adjacent to downtown Tulsa,it is the home of the Tulsa Drillers of the Texas League. The stadium is named for Oneok.
The 2010 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 2,2010,to elect the governor of Oklahoma. Due to term limits established by the Oklahoma Constitution,incumbent Democratic Governor Brad Henry could not seek re-election. The race had been hotly contested by both political parties,with several well-known Oklahomans announcing their candidacy up to two years before the election. This was the first time a woman challenged another woman for Governor of Oklahoma.
Brian John Bingman is an American politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma who has served in elected and appointed offices since the 1990s. A member of the Republican Party,he was first elected to the Sapulpa city commission in 1992,before being elected mayor by his fellow commissioners in 1994. He would serve in both of these offices until 2004,when he was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives to represent the 30th district. After one term in the house,Bingman ran for the 12th district of the Oklahoma Senate in 2006 and would hold the seat until term limited in 2016. In 2011,he was elected by Republican senators to serve as the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate,a position he would hold until retirement in 2016.
The 2009 Tulsa mayoral election was held on November 10,2009 to elect the mayor of Tulsa,Oklahoma. It resulted in the election of Dewey F. Bartlett Jr.,the Republican candidate.
Dewey Follett Bartlett Jr. is an American politician and businessman who served as the 39th Mayor of Tulsa,Oklahoma. An oil industry executive and political figure in Tulsa,Bartlett was the Republican nominee for mayor of Tulsa in the 2009 election,and was elected as Tulsa's 39th mayor on November 10,2009. He was re-elected in 2013,but was defeated in his second reelection bid in 2016.
Natalie Shirley is an American lawyer and businesswoman and university president from Oklahoma. Shirley previously served as the Oklahoma Secretary of Commerce and Tourism under Governor of Oklahoma Brad Henry,having been in that position from 2007 to 2011. She was Governor Henry's second Secretary of Commerce and Tourism,having succeeded Kathy Taylor. Concurrent with her service as Commerce Secretary,Shirley was appointed by Governor Henry to serve as the Director of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce from 2007 to 2011. In March 2012,she became the fourth president at Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City.
Ann Chilton Bartlett Burke was an American politician,political campaign staffer,and former First Lady of Oklahoma. Bartlett served as the First Lady of Oklahoma during the administration of her husband,Governor Dewey F. Bartlett from 1967 to 1971. Ann Bartlett then became actively involved in state and national campaigns for Republican presidential candidates during the 1970s and 1980s.
George Theron Bynum IV is an American politician and lobbyist who has served as the 40th mayor of Tulsa,Oklahoma,since 2016. Bynum was first elected to the Tulsa City Council,representing the ninth district in 2008 as a Republican and served four terms before running for mayor in 2016.
Monroe Nichols IV is an American politician and former college football player who has served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 72nd district since 2016. He is the first African-American to represent the district. In July 2023,he announced he would not seek re-election to the Oklahoma House in order to run in the 2024 Tulsa mayoral election.
The 2013 Tulsa mayoral election was held on June 11,2013 to elect the mayor of Tulsa,Oklahoma. No candidate received a majority vote in the primary elections,and the top two finishers advanced to a runoff election on November 12,2013. Incumbent mayor Dewey F. Bartlett Jr. was re-elected to a second term after facing former mayor Kathy Taylor.
The 2016 Tulsa mayoral election was held on June 28,2016 to elect the mayor of Tulsa,Oklahoma. Incumbent Republican mayor Dewey F. Bartlett Jr. lost re-election outright to Republican city councilor G. T. Bynum,eliminating the possibility of a runoff.
The 2024 Tulsa mayoral election is scheduled for August 27,2024 to elect the mayor of Tulsa,Oklahoma. Two-term incumbent mayor G. T. Bynum has declined to seek re-election to a third term in office. A runoff,if necessary,will be held November 5,2024. The official candidate filing period is in June 2024.
