Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett re-elected
by Robin Dorner
Editor in Chief
With just 60 percent of the votes cast in today’s mayoral race in Tulsa, Kathy Taylor conceded to her opponent, Tulsa’s current mayor, Dewey Bartlett.
Dewey F. Bartlett, Jr., 66, is an oil industry executive as well as the city’s mayor. He was first elected as Tulsa's 39th mayor on November 10, 2009.
In this contest, Bartlett faced challenges from his (ironically) Democratic predecessor, Kathy Taylor, as well as from another Republican, city councilman Bill Christiansen, and several other candidates. In the mayoral primary election on June 11, 2013, in which the city used a new non-partisan election system for the first time, Bartlett finished second, with 34.2%, behind Taylor's 42.1% but ahead of Christiansen's 23.1%. This result lead to the Taylor - Bartlett runoff election held today.
Bartlett will serve for two years in this term.
Published - The Gayly, November 12, 2013. 8:45pm.