2013 Tulsa mayoral election
The 2013 Tulsa mayoral election was held on June 11, 2013 to elect the mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma. No candidate received a majority vote in the primary elections, and the top two finishers advanced to a runoff election on November 12, 2013. Incumbent mayor Dewey F. Bartlett Jr. was re-elected to a second term after facing former mayor Kathy Taylor.
This was the first mayoral election in Tulsa to use a nonpartisan two-round system rather than partisan primary system. Candidates' party affiliations did not appear on the ballot.
General election
Candidates
Advanced to runoff
- Dewey F. Bartlett Jr., incumbent mayor since 2009
- Kathy Taylor, former mayor
Eliminated in primary
- Jerry DeWayne Branch
- Bill Christiansen, former city councilor
- Lawrence Kirkpatrick, perennial candidate