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Mayoral election in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (2022)

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2022 Oklahoma City elections
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Election dates
Filing deadline: December 8, 2021
General election: February 8, 2022
Runoff election: April 5, 2022(canceled)
Election stats
Offices up: Mayor
Total seats up: 1
Election type: Nonpartisan
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The city ofOklahoma City, Oklahoma, held a general election for mayor on February 8, 2022. A runoff election scheduled for April 5, 2022, was canceled after Mayor David Holt won the election outright in the general election. The filing deadline for this election was December 8, 2021.

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Candidates and results

General election

General election for Mayor of Oklahoma City

IncumbentDavid Holt defeatedFrank Urbanic,Carol Hefner, andJimmy Lawson in the general election for Mayor of Oklahoma City on February 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
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David Holt (Nonpartisan)
 
59.8
 
36,355
Frank Urbanic (Nonpartisan)
 
19.9
 
12,117
Carol Hefner (Nonpartisan)
 
13.6
 
8,287
Jimmy Lawson (Nonpartisan)
 
6.6
 
4,026

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Total votes: 60,785
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Additional elections on the ballot

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Mayoral partisanship

See also:Partisanship in United States municipal elections (2022)

Twenty-four of the100 largest U.S. cities held mayoral elections in 2022. Once mayors elected in 2022 assumed office, Democrats held 63 top-100 mayoral offices, Republicans held 28, independents held three, and nonpartisan mayors held four. Two mayors' partisan affiliations were unknown.

The following top 100 cities saw a change in mayoral partisan affiliation in 2022:

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About the city

See also:Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Oklahoma City is thecapital of the state ofOklahoma, and is the county seat ofOklahoma County. As of 2020, its population was 681,054.

City government

See also:Council-manager government

Oklahoma City uses a council-manager system. In this form of municipal government, an elected city council, which includes the mayor and serves as the city's primary legislative body, appoints an executive called a city manager to oversee the city's day-to-day operations.[2]

Demographics

The following table displays demographic data provided by theUnited States Census Bureau.

Demographic Data for Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Oklahoma CityOklahoma
Population681,0543,959,353
Land area (sq mi)60668,596
Race and ethnicity**
White65.9%71.1%
Black/African American14.4%7.3%
Asian4.4%2.2%
Native American2.9%7.7%
Pacific Islander0.1%0.2%
Other (single race)4.3%2.8%
Multiple7.9%8.7%
Hispanic/Latino20%10.9%
Education
High school graduation rate86.8%88.6%
College graduation rate31.5%26.1%
Income
Median household income$56,456$53,840
Persons below poverty level15.2%15.3%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau,"Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau,"American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the censushere.


See also

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Footnotes

  1. Lee was elected as a Democrat and switched parties in 2021.
  2. Oklahoma City, "Mayor and Council," accessed September 2, 2014
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