The City of Tulsa Counciland auditor election filings were held last week from June 8-10. Of the nine council and auditor races only four drew no opposition. Laura Bellis of District 4, Christian Bengel of District 6, Phil Lakin Jr. of District 8 and Nathan Pickard as City Auditor were elected as they are unopposed. The City of Tulsa races are nonpartisan.
The most highly contested filing was in District 1 where Vanessa Hall-Harper, the incumbant, has served on the Council since 2016 and drew four opponents. Mareo Johnson, 53, a pastor and president of the Tulsa NAACP chapter; Thomas William Moore, 49, an athletic director for North Mabee; Reggie Williams, 42; and Corinice Wilson, 53, an assistant TCC professor will seek to unseat her.
District 2 has incumbent Anthony Archie, 38, who was first elected in 2024 pitted against Aaron L. Bisogno, 39. Bisogno has previously unsuccessfully run for this position in 2014, 2016, 2022 and 2024.
Jackie Dutton, 66, the incumbent in District 3 will run against Tanisha Bowen, 48. Dutton’s has served one term being elected in 2024. Bowen is a real estate agent for Keller Williams.
District 5 incumbent Karen Gilbert, 57, is the current Council Chair. She has been the District 5 council member previously from 2011 to 2018 and was re-elected again in 2024. Her opponent will be lawyer Adam Burnett, 32, at Frasier, Frasier and Hickman.
District 7 will see incumbent Lori Decter Wright, 51, running against Dave Perry, 56, and Kenny Wogoman, 40. Decter Wright was first elected in 2018 and been re-elected three times since in 2020, 2022 and 2024.
Wogoman was a medical marijuana advocate associated
with lawsuits against various state agencies trying to set limits on the new industry back in 2018 and 2021.
District 9 has no incumbent as Carol Bush announced she would not be running for re-election. Three candidates will be vying for the position – Ben Johnson, 44; Pete Regan, 56; and Shawn Tiemann, 48.
Regan ran for Lieutenant Governor in 2006 as a Democrat and is a TCC regent. Tiemann is a sportscaster. Johnson works as a 911 dispatcher.