Muskogee is the 13th-largest city in Oklahoma and is the county seat of Muskogee County. Home to Bacone College,it lies approximately 48 miles (77 km) southeast of Tulsa. The population of the city was 36,878 as of the 2020 census,a 6.0% decrease from 39,223 in 2010.
KTUL is a television station in Tulsa,Oklahoma,United States,affiliated with ABC and owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group. The station's studios are located at Lookout Mountain in southwestern Tulsa,and its primary transmitter is located on South 321st Avenue East,adjacent to the Muskogee Turnpike,in unincorporated southeastern Tulsa County.
The Mabel Bassett Correctional Center (MBCC) is an Oklahoma Department of Corrections prison for women located in unincorporated Pottawatomie County,Oklahoma,near McLoud. The facility houses 1241 inmates,most of whom are held at medium security. It is the largest female prison in Oklahoma.
John Tyler Hammons is an American politician who served as the 47th mayor of Muskogee,Oklahoma,from 2008 to 2012. He gained national attention when he was elected on May 13,2008,as a 19-year-old freshman at the University of Oklahoma,after winning 70 percent of the vote in a runoff election against 70-year-old,three-time former Muskogee mayor Herschel McBride. Hammons was reelected on April 6,2010,in a four-way race.
The City of Muskogee is governed by a city manager,mayor and a city council under the council–manager form of local government. The governing document of Muskogee,Oklahoma is the City Charter of Muskogee.
The 2012 congressional elections in Oklahoma were held on November 6,2012,to determine who would represent the state of Oklahoma in the United States House of Representatives. Oklahoma has five seats in the House,apportioned according to the 2010 United States census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms;those elected will serve in the 113th Congress from January 3,2013,until January 3,2015.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Oklahoma on November 4,2014. All of Oklahoma's executive officers were up for election,as well as the state's five seats in the United States House of Representatives and both of the state's United States Senate seats. Primary elections were held on June 24,2014,and primary runoffs were held on August 26,2014.
Barbara Masterson Staggs was a longtime educator in Muskogee,Oklahoma and a legislator in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. During her time in the legislature,Staggs assisted as a member of the Common Education Committee and was integral in passing many bills,such as one that lead to the creation of the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in Muskogee.
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.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma were held on November 6,2018,to elect the five U.S. representatives from the state of Oklahoma,one from each of the state's five congressional districts. The elections coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. Primary elections were held on June 26 and runoff elections were held two months later on August 28. The state’s U.S. House delegation Republican majority changed from 5-0 to 4-1. As of 2023 this is the only time since 2010 that Democrats won any house race in Oklahoma.
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma were held on November 3,2020,to elect the five U.S. representatives from the state of Oklahoma,one from each of the state's five congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
Valjean McCarty Hessing was a Choctaw painter,who worked in the Bacone flatstyle. Throughout her career,she won 9- awards for her work and was designated a Master Artist by the Five Civilized Tribes Museum in 1976. Her artworks are in collections of the Heard Museum of Phoenix,Arizona;the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa,Oklahoma;the Southern Plains Indian Museum in Anadarko,Oklahoma;and the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian of Santa Fe,New Mexico,among others.
The 2022 United States Senate election in Oklahoma was held on November 8,2022,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Oklahoma. Incumbent senator James Lankford won re-election to a second full term,defeating cybersecurity professional Madison Horn in a landslide,winning all 77 counties by more than 50% of the vote in each one.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma were held on November 8,2022,to elect the five U.S. representatives from the state of Oklahoma,one from each of the state's five congressional districts. The primary elections for the Republican. Democratic,and Libertarian parties' nominations took place on June 28,2022.
The 2021 Muskogee shooting was a mass murder that occurred in Muskogee,Oklahoma,United States,on February 2,2021,when a gunman opened fire at a house. The shooter killed six people—a man and five children—and a woman was seriously injured. Law enforcement responded to the residence at 1:30 a.m. CST. A male suspect was taken into custody after he was briefly pursued on foot by police officers,but a motive is yet undetermined and no other suspects are involved. The a request to delay the trial for murder was heard by a judge in early 2023. It is the deadliest mass shooting in Oklahoma since the 1986 Edmond post office shooting.
The 2022 Oklahoma Senate general election were held on November 8,2022. The primary elections for the Republican,Democratic,and Libertarian parties' nominations took place on June 28,2022. Runoff primary elections,if no candidate received 50% in the June 28 vote,took place on August 23. All candidates had to file between the days of April 13–15,2022. Oklahoma voters elected state senators in 24 of the state's 48 Senate districts. State senators served four-year terms in the Oklahoma Senate.
A general election was held in the state of Oklahoma on Tuesday,November 8,2022. The primary election was held on Tuesday,June 28,2022. Runoff primary elections,where necessary,were held on Tuesday,August 23. The candidate filing period was April 13,2022 to April 15,2022.
The 2022 United States Senate special election in Oklahoma was held on November 8,2022,to elect a member of the United States Senate for Oklahoma. The election took place concurrently with the regularly scheduled election for Oklahoma's other Senate seat. The candidate filing deadline was between April 13–15,2022.
The 2022 Oklahoma Attorney General election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the next attorney general of Oklahoma. The primary election was scheduled for Tuesday,June 28,2022. The candidate filing deadline was April 15,2022.
On June 1,2022,Michael Louis opened fire in the Natalie Building,part of the Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa,Oklahoma,United States. He killed four people,three of whom were hospital staff,and injured an unspecified number of others before committing suicide.
