Ward 1 has been represented by James Greiner for the last 8 years. For the February 9th City Council election, it is a nine way race.

MEGAN SCOTT, 36

NANA ABRAM DANKWA, 39

JAY SHERRILL, 40

RICHARD THOMAS BUCHANAN, 63

BRADLEY CARTER 41

JOSHUA W. DEBOLT, 37

BILL FLEMING, 76

SUSAN KAY PARISI, 69

SHAY VARNELL, 45

Analysis:

Based on ethics filings and news coverage here, the most serious candidates are Scott, Dankwa and Sherrill. Sherrill is backed by Republican Former Mayor Mick Cornett and the Greater OKC Chamber. He has raised a tremendous sum from a few monied interests. Scott and Dankwa are running more grassroots broadly supported campaigns with most of their contributions coming from smaller individual donations. We are encouraging people to support the more progressive candidates (Scott or Dankwa) in the race in an effort to move them to the runoff. The top 2 will move on unless a single candidate gets 50%.   

Please vote February 9th. Click here for more information about voting and what else may be on your ballot.