Michael Bates

Tulsa Election 2020: Bynum's narrow win

8/26/2020

Tulsa Mayor GT Bynum IV narrowly avoided a November runoff, winning re-election outright with 51.9% in this first round of City of Tulsa voting. 30-year-old Greg Robinson II, running to Bynum's left, garnered 28.8% of the vote. Ken Reddick, running to Bynum's right, finished third with 13.8%, followed by Ty...

- August 26, 2020 at 12:38AM
Tulsa Election 2020: Bynum's narrow win
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Tulsa Election 2020: Ty Walker for Mayor

8/24/2020

What looked like a sleepy re-election run, for Tulsa Mayor GT Bynum IV as recently as the beginning of May, with one declared opponent and a perennial candidate in jail, turned into a free-for-all. As soon as he had some tough decisions to make, the smiley guy that everyone...

- August 23, 2020 at 10:57PM
Tulsa Election 2020: Ty Walker for Mayor
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Tulsa election Oklahoma runoff 2020: BatesLine ballot card

8/21/2020

In-person absentee voting is available at your County Election Board office on Thursday, August 20, 2020, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., on Friday, August 21, 2020, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Counties with a federal or state runoff will also have in-person absentee voting hours on Saturday, August...

- August 25, 2020 at 08:04PM
Tulsa election, Oklahoma runoff 2020: BatesLine ballot card
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Tulsa Election 2020 District 4: Kathryn Lyons questionnaire

8/19/2020

Back on August 12, I sent the three eligible candidates for City Council District 4 a questionnaire using the email addresses provided in their declarations of candidacy or on their websites. The questionnaire included the 18 questions I asked the mayoral candidates, plus a question about neighborhood conservation districts and...

- August 19, 2020 at 08:05PM
Tulsa Election 2020, District 4: Kathryn Lyons questionnaire
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Tulsa Election 2020: Mayoral candidate questionnaire

8/19/2020

Last Wednesday, BatesLine sent a questionnaire to the six serious candidates for Mayor of Tulsa, using the email addresses provided in their declarations of candidacy or on their websites. We sent two reminders. We received replies from three candidates: Craig Immel, Ken Reddick, and Ty Walker. The survey consists of...

- August 18, 2020 at 09:08PM
Tulsa Election 2020: Mayoral candidate questionnaire
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Tulsa Election 2020: Mayoral candidate questionnaire

8/19/2020

Last Wednesday, BatesLine sent a questionnaire to the six serious candidates for Mayor of Tulsa, using the email addresses provided in their declarations of candidacy or on their websites. We sent two reminders. We received replies from three candidates: Craig Immel, Ken Reddick, and Ty Walker. The survey consists of...

- August 18, 2020 at 09:08PM
Tulsa Election 2020: Mayoral candidate questionnaire
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Tulsa 2020 charter amendments

8/11/2020

Five amendments to Tulsa's city charter -- our city's constitution -- will be on the August 25, 2020, ballot. As usual, the summaries you will see on the ballot paper only tell part of the story. For the TL;DR folks, here are my recommendations: Proposition No. 1: Yes Proposition No....

- August 11, 2020 at 12:51AM
Tulsa 2020 charter amendments
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Illustrating Tulsa's new city election procedure

8/4/2020

I'm hearing that minions of Mayor Bynum IV are putting the word out that voting for one of his conservative opponents in the August 25, 2020, election will help elect someone further to the Left than the left-of-center Bynum. The rumor is self-serving garbage, preying on ignorance of the confusing...

- August 03, 2020 at 10:06PM
Illustrating Tulsa's new city election procedure
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