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Two new faces will be sworn in on Tuesday to Oklahoma Citys City Council. Councilor-elect Bradley Carter will serve Ward 1 and Councilor-elect Barbara Young will serve Ward 3 for four year terms. Carter owns coffee roasting company Grounds for Compassion at MacArthur Boulevard and NW 50th Street. He started the business as a way of providing farmers a job in Haiti. His company now roasts coffee from nine different countries. “It’s something we take the proceeds from and utilize within the o...

Oklahoman The race to succeed longtime Councilman Larry McAtee in far southwest Oklahoma Citys Ward 3 has become a financial slugfest. According to campaign finance reports filed this week, Jessica Martinez-Brooks and Barbara Young have raised a combined $156,000 and, as of this past weekend, had spent $125,000. Martinez-Brooks and Young were the top vote-getters in the Feb. 9 primary, advancing to Tuesdays Ward 3 runoff. One will become the first woman ever to represent Ward 3. In Tuesdays o...

Carter, Young win OKC Council seats in runoff By: Kathryn McNutt The Journal Record April 7, 2021 Bradley Carter Barbara Young OKLAHOMA CITY – Bradley Carter and Barbara Young will begin four-year terms on the Oklahoma City Council next week after winning their respective races in Tuesday’s runoff election. The results are unofficial until certified by the Oklahoma County Election Board. Carter will represent Ward 1, which encompasses much of northwest Oklahoma City. Carter ope...

Jenny Mae Harms / KOSU Jake Merrick won the Senate seat once held by Stephanie Bice and several newcomers won city council posts in Oklahoma City, Norman Stillwater and Broken Arrow. MERRICK ELECTED TO BICES SENATE SEAT The state Senate seat once held by now-Congresswoman Stephanie Bice was up for reelection on Tuesday. Oklahoma State Senate District 22 is a T-shaped district in parts of northern Oklahoma County and Eastern Canadian County. It encompasses the city of Piedmont and part of the ...

Oklahoman When new members are seated April 13, three of the nine Oklahoma City Council members will be women for the first time in nearly 20 years. Voters will choose Tuesday between Barbara Young and Jessica Martinez-Brooks in Ward 3. The winner will be the first woman to represent the southwest-side ward. In the northwest sides Ward 1 runoff, voters will choose between Shay Varnell and Bradley Carter. Of note: Martinez-Brooks sits on the Water Utilities Trust. Varnell is the Ward 1 repres...

Oklahoma City employees to receive $1,200 stipends after wages were frozen last year in response to the pandemic.

More campaign finance reporting deadlines are coming up in the next week.