Bartlett Re-election Bid: “We must stay the course”
Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett to run for re-election
BY KEVIN CANFIELD World Staff Writer
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Standing in the lobby of a newly constructed bank headquarters in south Tulsa, Mayor Dewey Bartlett touted his record of job creation and common-sense management Monday afternoon as he announced his campaign for re-election.
“It’s great to look around here at 61st and Yale and see construction, growth and progress,” Bartlett said during a press conference at American Bank and Trust Co. “It is happening all over town. This is just one good example.”
Bartlett joins former Mayor Kathy Taylor, whom he succeeded, and former City Councilor Bill Christiansen as announced candidates for the city’s highest elected office.
Bartlett and Christiansen are Republicans. Taylor, a Democrat, will make her formal announcement at 5 p.m. Tuesday at ONEOK Field.