Bartlett Is In, Announcement Set for Monday
Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett set to announce re-election bid
BY KEVIN CANFIELD World Staff Writer
Monday, February 25, 2013
Mayor Dewey Bartlett will announce his candidacy for mayor Monday, setting in motion the third mayoral race in recent city history between a sitting mayor and a former mayor.
Bartlett will make his announcement at 4 p.m. at American Bank and Trust Co., 6060 American Plaza.
“We have to have consistency of leadership if we are going to continue down the same productive, positive road that we have had,” Bartlett said. “Change now, I think, would be detrimental to our future.”
Former Mayor Kathy Taylor, whom Bartlett succeeded in 2009, has announced her intention to reclaim her old job and will make an official announcement on Tuesday.