The City of Oklahoma City sends this information as posted below:
Eight candidates filed to run for Oklahoma City Council seats in Wards 1, 3, 4 and 7. The general election is Feb. 11, 2025. All voters in Wards 1, 3, 4 and 7 can vote.
The nonpartisan election will decide who represents those Wards on the Council for the next four-year term. See a Ward map at okc.gov/WardMap.
Ward 1
Bradley Carter (incumbent)
Ward 3
Katrina Bedell Avers
Barbara Peck (incumbent)
Ward 4
Todd Stone (incumbent)
Ward 7
Masood A. Haqq
Andrea Holman
Camal Pennington
John A. Pettis, Jr.
How the election proceeds in each Ward depends on the number of candidates:
- If only one qualified candidate files to run, that candidate is automatically elected to office.
- If two qualified candidates file to run, the winner of the general election on Feb. 11 is elected to office.
- If three or more qualified candidates file to run, the general election on Feb. 11 determines whether a runoff on April 1 is necessary.
- If a candidate earns more than half of the votes on Feb. 11, he or she is elected to office. No runoff is necessary.
- If no candidate earns more than half of the votes on Feb. 11, the two candidates with the most votes advance to the April 1 runoff. The runoff winner is elected to office.
The City Council has nine members: the Mayor, elected citywide, and one member from each of Oklahoma City’s eight Wards. They serve part-time as the head of the City’s Council-Manager form of government. The mayor’s annual salary is $24,000, and each Council member’s is $12,000.
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