Adelson, Bartlett Win Tulsa Mayoral Primaries

Democrat Tom Adelson and Republican Dewey Bartlett Jr. won their party primaries for mayor of Tulsa on Tuesday and now face off in the November 10th general election where they'll be joined by two independents.

Bartlett won 54 percent of the vote in his 11-way primary. His closest competitor, Chris Medlock, had 32 percent.

Adelson swamped his opponents, winning 94 percent of the vote.

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Adelson, Bartlett Lead Tulsa Mayoral Race

Republican Dewey Bartlett Jr. and Democrat Tom Adelson held wide leads in their respective mayoral primaries heading into the final week of the campaign, according to an Oklahoma Poll conducted August 29 to September 1st for the Tulsa World by SoonerPoll.com.

Three hundred likely voters from each party were surveyed, with 53 percent of Republicans choosing Bartlett from among the 11 GOP candidates and 54 percent of Democrats picking Adelson in a five-candidate field.

Republican Chris Medlock, with 15 percent of the GOP vote, was the only other candidate in either party to reach double digits.

None of Adelson's opponents in the Democratic primary received more than 2 percent.

Twenty-one percent of Republicans and 39 percent of Democrats said they didn't know who they would vote for.

"The numbers are problematic for (Bartlett and Medlock) both," said Bill Shapard of SoonerPoll.com, which conducted the survey. "Obviously, Medlock would like better numbers. But it could also be bad for Dewey Bartlett. His supporters could say, 'Oh, he's got it won,' and stay home." Bartlett leads Medlock in every demographic category, including self-identified conservatives.

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Bartlett Leads Tulsa Mayoral Dollar Race

Republican Tulsa mayoral candidate Dewey Bartlett Jr. leads the field in fundraising with a little more than $286,000.

That's above the nearly $197,000 that Democrat frontrunner Tom Adelson has collected.

Republican candidate Chris Medlock has raised $48,000 and independent Mark Perkins has raised about $29,000.

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Tulsa Mayoral Race Draws 19 Candidates

Tulsa's open mayoral race has drawn 19 candidates.

Those filing to follow Democrat Kathy Taylor in the office are Democrats Tom Adelson, Robert Gwin Jr., Paul Tay, A. Burns and Prophet Kelly Lamar Clark; Republicans Dewey Bartlett Jr., Chris Medlock, Anna Falling, David O’Connor, Paul Roales, Michael Tomes, Norris Streetman, Kevin Boggs, John Todd, Nathaniel Booth and Michael Rush; and
Independents Mark Perkins, Cleon Burrell and Lawrence Kirkpatrick.

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Tulsa Mayoral Field Grows To 14

Thirteeen Tulsans want to be that city's next mayor, and a 14th said today she'll file on Wednesday, last day of the filing period.

Filing today were State Senator Tom Adelson, a Democrat; former City Councilor Chris Medlock; Realtor Norris Streetman; Federal Express employee Kevin Boggs and political unknown John Porter Todd, all Republicans.

Former City Councilor Anna Falling said she is joining the Republican field and will file for mayor on Wednesday.

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Eight File For Tulsa Mayor On First Day

Eight candidates officially entered the Tulsa mayor’s race today, first day of the filing period that ends Wednesday.

Republican Dewey Bartlett Jr., Keener Oil & Gas president and former city councilor, filed, as did fellow Republicans truck driver David O’Connor, contract petroleum geologist Paul Roales and political unknown Michael Tomes Sr.

Also filing for the post Mayor Kathy Taylor is giving up were perennial candidates Robert Gwin Jr., Paul Tay, Accountability Burns and Prophet Kelly Clark, who are Democrats.

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