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Blake Ewing
Blake Ewing is a former member the Tulsa City Council in Oklahoma, representing District 4. He served on the council from 2011 to 2018.[1]
Although elections in Tulsa are officially nonpartisan, Ewing is known to be a member of the Republican Party.[2]
Biography
Ewing is a graduate of Nathan Hale High School. His professional experience includes owning and operating several restaurants and serving on the Oklahoma Restaurant Association Board of Directors.[1]
Campaign themes
2014
Ewing's campaign website listed the following themes for 2014:
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District 4 is the heart of Tulsa. It’s home to Downtown, Cherry Street, 18th and Boston, Utica Square, Riverparks, Woodward Park, TU, The fairgrounds, Route 66, Kendall Whittier and The Pearl District. It’s home to our most beautiful and historic neighborhoods like Swan Lake, Yorktown, Florence Park, Owen Park and Maple Ridge. More people work, play, ride public transportation, eat, drink, and enjoy live music and art in District 4 than in other parts of town. Three of our city’s hospitals even call it home. It’s important then, that the entire city recognizes the importance of continued growth, development, and renewal of our core. Route 66, in Kendall Whittier, and The Pearl District are just a few of the opportunities for robust and unique infill development. As these areas come to life, the neighborhoods that flank them find new life as well. Investing in tourism, and quality of life enhancements in these underserved areas will lead to new commerce, new visitors to Tulsa, local spending, and increased property values and will facilitate the type of urban core density Tulsa needs in order to offset its relatively low density characteristics outside of the core. This is how a city reinvents itself and Tulsa is on the cusp of some amazing turnarounds in the heart of the city. Our sales tax revenue funded city has got to focus on increasing population without new infrastructure or geographic growth, encouraging local spending, and attracting dollars from outside of the community. These issues are not political, they’re basic economics. We’ve got to be smarter about how we do business in Tulsa and it’s important to place our focus on reversing the trend of our budget needs outpacing our revenue growth. Our investments should be on projects and initiatives that facilitate these better economic outcomes and we need elected people with the sense and resolve to pursue them. Tulsa is moving in the right direction, but so are many of our peer cities. We need a continued focus on improving our quality of life, strengthening our economy, and bolstering our infrastructure to remain competitive. It’s important that we continue to be seen as a wonderful place to live, be it to raise a family, find a career, or start a business. For Tulsa to achieve its wonderful potential, we need strong leadership that is willing to challenge the status quo and demand better for our future. Should you vote to re-elect me to office, I will continue to be that voice in our local government. No matter what happens on June 24th, there’s still a lot to do and a great community to build. A city’s future isn’t decided on its election days. It’s decided every day. I ask you to join me in challenging our Tulsa to aspire to new heights and in working to get us there. Tulsa was built by the bold, the curious, the passionate and the relentless. It deserves nothing less from us now. Thank you for your continued support and for striving to make Tulsa the best it can be. [3] |
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| —Blake Ewing (2014), [4] | ||
Elections
2016
The mayor and nine seats on the Tulsa City Council were up for election in 2016. The filing deadline was April 13, 2016, and there was a primary election on June 28, 2016. A candidate was able to win a seat outright in the primary by winning 50 percent or more of the vote. A general election was held on November 8, 2016, for races with two candidates or races where no candidates received 50 percent of the primary vote. Incumbent Blake Ewing defeated Josh Starks, Michael Haskins, and Sam Walker in the Tulsa City Council District 4 primary election.[5]
| Tulsa City Council District 4, Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Blake Ewing Incumbent |
62.51% | 5,350 |
| Josh Starks | 25.41% | 2,175 |
| Michael Haskins | 6.10% | 522 |
| Sam Walker | 5.97% | 511 |
| Total Votes | 8,558 | |
| Source: Oklahoma State Election Board, "Official Results - Statewide Primary Election - June 28, 2016," accessed December 12, 2016 | ||
2014
The city of Tulsa, Oklahoma held nonpartisan city council elections on November 4, 2014. A primary election took place on June 24, 2014, for races in which more than two candidates filed to run. Because one candidate received a majority of the votes in the primary election for District 4, its general election was called off. Incumbent Blake Ewing defeated Dan Patten, Julian Morgan and Elissa K. Harvill.[6][7]
Recent news
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See also
- Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Municipal elections in Tulsa, Oklahoma (2016)
- United States municipal elections, 2016
- Tulsa, Oklahoma city council elections, 2014
- United States municipal elections, 2014
External links
- Profile from the City of Tulsa
- Campaign website
- Personal website and blog
- Tulsa County, Oklahoma - City of Tulsa Municipal Filings
- Social Media
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tulsa Council, "District 4," accessed November 24, 2014
- ↑ BatesLine, "Tulsa District 4 Republican primary: For Blake Ewing," September 12, 2011
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Blake for Tulsa, "Vision," accessed May 16, 2016
- ↑ Tulsa County, Oklahoma, "Tulsa County Election Schedule 2016," accessed April 14, 2016
- ↑ Tulsa World, "Ewing, Cue, Henderson win re-election; one seat still undecided," June 25, 2014
- ↑ Tulsa County, "Official candidate list," accessed June 30, 2014
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