Tulsa, Oklahoma
| Tulsa, Oklahoma | |
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| General information | |
Mayor of Tulsa
G. T. Bynum | |
| Last mayoral election: | November 3, 2020 |
| Next mayoral election: | 2024 |
| Last city council election: | November 8, 2022 |
| Next city council election: | 2024 |
| City council seats: | 9 |
| City website | |
| Composition data (2019) | |
| Population: | 402,324 |
| Race: | White 64.3% African American 15.2% Asian 3.4% Native American 4.5% Pacific Islander 0.1% Two or more 7.5% |
| Ethnicity: | Hispanic 16.5% |
| Median household income: | $47,650 |
| High school graduation rate: | 87.3% |
| College graduation rate: | 31.5% |
| Related Tulsa offices | |
| Oklahoma Congressional Delegation Oklahoma State Legislature Oklahoma state executive offices | |
Tulsa is a city in Tulsa County, Oklahoma. The city also extends into Osage, Rogers, and Wagoner counties. The city's population was 413,066 as of 2020, according to the United States Census Bureau.
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City government
- See also: Mayor-council government
The city of Tulsa utilizes a strong mayor and city council system. In this form of municipal government, the city council serves as the city's primary legislative body and the mayor serves as the city's chief executive.[1]
Mayor
The mayor serves as the city's chief executive, and is responsible for proposing a budget, signing legislation into law, appointing departmental directors and committee members, and overseeing the city's day-to-day operations. The mayor also possesses veto powers and represents the city on the state, national, and international levels.[1]
The current Mayor of Tulsa is G. T. Bynum (nonpartisan). Bynum assumed office in 2016.
City council
The Tulsa City Council is the city's primary legislative body. It is responsible for adopting the city budget, levying taxes, and making or amending city laws, policies, and ordinances.[1]
The city council consists of nine members, each of whom is elected by one of the city's nine districts.[1]
The widget below automatically displays information about city council meetings. The topic list contains a sampling of keywords that Voterheads, a local government monitoring service, found in each meeting agenda. Click the meeting link to see more info and the full agenda:
Other elected officials
Mayoral partisanship
Tulsa has a Republican mayor. As of November 2024, 63 mayors in the largest 100 cities by population are affiliated with the Democratic Party, 25 are affiliated with the Republican Party, one is affiliated with the Libertarian Party, four are independents, five identify as nonpartisan or unaffiliated, and two mayors' affiliations are unknown. Click here for a list of the 100 largest cities' mayors and their partisan affiliations.
Mayoral elections are officially nonpartisan in most of the nation's largest cities. However, many officeholders are affiliated with political parties. Ballotpedia uses one or more of the following sources to identify each officeholder's partisan affiliation: (1) direct communication from the officeholder, (2) current or previous candidacy for partisan office, or (3) identification of partisan affiliation by multiple media outlets.
Elections
2024
The city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, held general elections for mayor, city auditor, and city council on August 27, 2024. A runoff election was scheduled for November 5, 2024. The filing deadline for this election was June 12, 2024.
2022
- See also: City elections in Tulsa, Oklahoma (2022)
The city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, held general elections for auditor and city council on August 23, 2022. A runoff election was scheduled for November 8, 2022. The filing deadline for this election was June 15, 2022.
2020
The city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, held general elections for mayor, city council, and auditor on August 25, 2020. A runoff election was held on November 3, 2020. The deadline for candidates to file to run in this election was June 10, 2020. Click here for more information about the mayoral election.
2018
The city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, held general elections for city council and auditor on November 6, 2018. The primary was on June 26, 2018. The deadline for candidates to file to run in this election was April 13, 2018.
2016
The mayor and nine seats on the Tulsa City Council were up for election in 2016. The filing deadline was April 13, 2016, and there was a primary election on June 28, 2016. A candidate was able to win a seat outright in the primary by winning 50 percent or more of the vote. A general election was held on November 8, 2016, for races with two candidates or races where no candidates received 50 percent of the primary vote.
2014
The city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, held nonpartisan elections for city council on November 4, 2014. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 16, 2014.[2]
All nine city council seats were up for election. An incumbent ran in each race. In Districts 5 and 8, incumbents ran unopposed.
For districts in which more than two candidates filed to run, a primary election was held on June 24, 2014. These districts included 1, 2, 4 and 7. Candidates who received a majority of the votes in the primary won outright and did not have to run in the November 4 general election. In races where no candidate received a majority, the top two candidates faced each other in a runoff election on November 4, 2014.[2]
Census information
The table below shows demographic information about the city.
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| Demographic Data for Tulsa | |
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| Tulsa | |
| Population | 413,066 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 197 |
| Race and ethnicity** | |
| White | 60.1% |
| Black/African American | 14.6% |
| Asian | 3.4% |
| Native American | 4.4% |
| Pacific Islander | 0.2% |
| Two or more | 12.5% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 17.3% |
| Education | |
| High school graduation rate | 88% |
| College graduation rate | 32.9% |
| Income | |
| Median household income | $56,648 |
| Persons below poverty level | 13.8% |
| 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 2017-2022). | |
| **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 census here. | |
Budget
The city's budget process operates by fiscal years running from July 1 to June 30 of the next year.[3] The mayor is responsible for submitting a proposed annual budget to the city council, who is responsible for adopting the budget after holding a public hearing.[4]
Fiscally standardized cities data
The fiscally standardized cities (FiSC) data below was compiled by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy to make municipal budgets comparable across cities in the United States.[5]
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FiSCs are constructed by adding revenues and expenditures of each central city municipal government to a portion of the revenues and expenditures of overlying governments, including counties, independent school districts, and special districts. The allocations to FiSCs are estimates of the revenues collected from and services provided to central city residents and businesses by these overlying independent governments. Thus FiSCs provides a full picture of revenues raised from city residents and businesses and spending on their behalf, whether done by the city government or a separate overlying government.[6] |
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The tables below show estimated finances within city limits. As such, the revenue and expenses listed may differ from the actual city budget.
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Historical total revenue and expenditure
To see the historical total revenue or expenditures as a rounded amount in this city, hover over the bars.[5]
Tulsa, Oklahoma, salaries and pensions over $95,000
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Contact information
Mayor's office
175 E. 2nd Street
Tulsa, OK 74103
City Clerk's office
175 East 2nd Street, Suite 260
Tulsa, OK 74103
Phone: 918-596-7513
Click here for city council contact information.
Ballot measures
- See also: Tulsa County, Oklahoma ballot measures
Tulsa is in Tulsa County, Oklahoma. A list of ballot measures in Tulsa County is available here.
Noteworthy events
2020: Events and activity following the death of George Floyd
During the weekend of May 29-31, 2020, demonstrations and protests took place in cities nationwide, including Tulsa, following the death of George Floyd. Events in Tulsa, Oklahoma, began on Saturday, May 30, 2020.[8] No curfews were issued. The national guard was not deployed.
2015: Study on city's nondiscrimination laws
In July 2015, the Movement Advancement Project described Tulsa, Oklahoma, as a city or county that did not prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity via ordinances that apply to public and private employers. At that time, a total of 71 of America's largest 100 cities prohibited private employers from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation, while 69 of those cities also prohibited discrimination based on gender identity. This did not include those jurisdictions that prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity for government employees.[9]
Nondiscrimination laws can cover a variety of areas, including public employment, private employment, housing, and public accommodations. Such laws may be enacted at the state, county, or city level.
2015: Shooting of Eric Harris
On April 2, 2015, a reserve deputy sheriff shot and killed an unarmed Black man named Eric Harris. Just before the shooting occurred, local police had caught Harris illegally attempting to sell firearms to an undercover officer. When Harris fled, several officers tackled him. It was at this point that a reserve deputy sheriff named Robert Bates reportedly reached for his stun gun to subdue Harris, but instead shot him in the back with a handgun. Video footage of the incident records Bates saying, "Oh, I shot him. I'm sorry," immediately after he fired the shot. Harris began screaming shortly thereafter and told officers that he was having trouble breathing. One officer responded by saying, "You shouldn't have f---ing ran" and "f--- your breath." Harris died in a hospital later that day.[10][11]
The shooting in Tulsa followed a number of similar incidents in cities such as Ferguson, Missouri, Madison, Wisconsin, and North Charleston, South Carolina, in which police have shot and killed unarmed Black men. Many of these events have led to protests as well as demands for more police accountability and solutions to racial disparities in major urban centers throughout the country.
The Tulsa County District Attorney's Office charged Bates, the reserve deputy who shot Eric Harris, with second-degree manslaughter.[12] After Bates pleaded not guilty on April 21, 2015, a jury found him guilty of second-degree manslaughter and recommended the maximum sentence of four years in prison.[13][14] At his sentencing on May 31, 2016, Bates was sentenced to four years.[15] He was released in 2017 after serving 16 months.[16]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Municode, "City of Tulsa 1989 Amended Charter," accessed September 1, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tulsa County, "2014 Election Calendar," accessed May 14, 2014
- ↑ City of Tulsa, "Fiscal Year 2023-24 Budget," accessed August 28, 2023
- ↑ Municode, "Tulsa City Charter Sections 7.1 & 7.2," accessed August 28, 2023
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, "Fiscally Standardized Cities database," accessed August 28, 2023
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, "Fiscally Standardized Cities," accessed August 28, 2023
- ↑ KTUL, "Hundreds gather in Tulsa, joining nationwide protests," May 30, 2020
- ↑ Movement Advancement Project, "Local Employment Non-Discrimination Ordinances," accessed July 7, 2015
- ↑ Politico, "Police release video of accidental shooting of black man in Tulsa," April 13, 2015
- ↑ Vox, "Tulsa reserve deputy charged with manslaughter for shooting Eric Harris," April 13, 2015
- ↑ CNN, "Deputy charged in Tulsa shooting," April 14, 2015
- ↑ USA Today, "Volunteer Oklahoma deputy pleads not guilty, heads to Bahamas," April 21, 2015
- ↑ CNN, "Ex-Oklahoma deputy Robert Bates guilty of killing unarmed suspect," April 28, 2016
- ↑ KTUL, "Ex-reserve deputy Robert Bates sentenced to 4 years in prison for manslaughter," May 31, 2016
- ↑ NBC News, "Ex-Deputy Robert Bates Convicted in Death of Eric Harris Released From Prison," October 19, 2017
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