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City Council Member District 7, City of Tulsa

Unofficial result: Won — Lori Decter Wright (Nonpartisan)

Source: results.okelections.gov

Tulsa city, Oklahoma
My vote power: Above average

This seat represents District 7, not the whole district above. We can’t match an address to an area this small, so this race may not be on your ballot.

What does this office do?

  • Passing city laws, called ordinances
  • Approving the city budget
  • Funding city services, such as police, trash, and parks

Affects: Environment and Public Health, Government Efficiency, Government Spending Reduction,

Candidates:

Nonpartisan

Southeast Tulsa native, Union High School graduate, Navy veteran and information-technology specialist. Priorities are a city budget focused on needs over wants, including infrastructure and neighborhoods, and opposing police use of Flock surveillance cameras.

Nonpartisan

Army veteran who deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, a Cherokee Nation citizen and single father with a sociology and criminology degree from Oklahoma State. Priorities are more police officers plus independent city oversight, and no expansion of surveillance cameras.

Nonpartisan · Incumbent

In office since 2018 and in her fourth term, the 2022 council chair and general director and CEO of Tulsa Opera. Priorities are public safety accountability and expanding affordable housing and homelessness services, plus street repairs across southeast Tulsa.

Sources: www2.tulsacounty.org · filings.okelections.gov