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2006 Tulsa mayoral election

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The 2006 Tulsa mayoral election was held on April 4, 2006 to elect the mayorofTulsa, Oklahoma. Partisan primary elections were held on March 7, 2006.

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April 4, 2006 (2006-04-04)

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Nominee	Kathy Taylor	Bill LaFortune
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	39,453	36,016
Percentage	51.01%	46.56%

Mayor before election

Bill LaFortune
Republican

Elected Mayor

Kathy Taylor
Democratic

Incumbent Republican Bill LaFortune ran for re-election. He was defeated in the general election by Democratic nominee Kathy Taylor, who became the second female mayor of Tulsa after Susan Savage.^[1]

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Brigitte Harper
Bill LaFortune, incumbent mayor
Christopher Medlock
Randi Miller, Tulsa County commissioner

Endorsements

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Randi Miller

Richard Roberts, president of Oral Roberts University^[2]

Results

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Republican primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill LaFortune (incumbent)	13,894	42.69
	Republican	Christopher Medlock	11,105	34.12
	Republican	Randi Miller	7,038	21.62
	Republican	Brigitte Harper	513	1.58
Total votes			32,550	100.00

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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James Alexander, Jr.
Accountability Burns
Prophet-Kelly Clark
James Desmond, candidate for mayor in 1988
Don McCorkell, former state representative
Kathy Taylor, Oklahoma Secretary of Commerce, Tourism, and Workforce Development

Results

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Democratic primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kathy Taylor	16,852	79.76
	Democratic	Don McCorkell	2,952	13.97
	Democratic	James Alexander, Jr.	431	2.04
	Democratic	James Desmond	303	1.43
	Democratic	Prophet-Kelly Clark	298	1.41
	Democratic	Accountability Burns	292	1.38
Total votes			21,128	100.00

Independents

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Candidates

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Benford L. Faulk
Paul C. Tay, candidate for mayor in 2002

General election

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Results

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2006 Tulsa mayoral election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kathy Taylor	39,453	51.01
	Republican	Bill LaFortune (incumbent)	36,016	46.56
	Independent	Benford L. Faulk	1,484	1.92
	Independent	Paul C. Tay	398	0.52
Total votes			77,351	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

References

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^ Oklahoma Democratic Party Archived 2007-04-21 at the Wayback Machine

^ "3 Former Professors Sue Oral Roberts U." The Chronicle of Higher Education. October 4, 2007. Retrieved September 24, 2007.

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