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Brandon Kirkpatrick
Brandon Kirkpatrick (Democratic Party) ran for election for Oklahoma County Treasurer. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Kirkpatrick completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma (2022)
General election
General election for Oklahoma County Treasurer
Incumbent Forrest Butch Freeman defeated Brandon Kirkpatrick in the general election for Oklahoma County Treasurer on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Forrest Butch Freeman (R) | 55.3 | 120,996 | |
 | Brandon Kirkpatrick (D)  | 44.7 | 97,973 | |
| Total votes: 218,969 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Oklahoma County Treasurer
Brandon Kirkpatrick defeated Tom Guild in the Democratic primary for Oklahoma County Treasurer on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brandon Kirkpatrick | 61.2 | 26,641 |
 | Tom Guild | 38.8 | 16,866 | |
| Total votes: 43,507 | |||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Forrest Butch Freeman advanced from the Republican primary for Oklahoma County Treasurer.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Brandon Kirkpatrick completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Kirkpatrick's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am running for Oklahoma County Treasurer because I believe our city needs someone willing to speak up for our community. Someone that has made their career helping our state's businesses and residents evolve and grow. Someone that knows what it takes to speak up for our most vulnerable and has the fortitude to stand firm until our communities goals have been achieved. Someone that is only beholden to the people of Oklahoma County, not the political party or the people in power.
If elected, I will be a vote on the County's nine-person budget board, and my vote will be the people's vote! I will vote to fund projects that benefit our community. I will bring the people in the community impacted by decisions made to the table so that every voice can be heard and all can understand the impact of our political choices.
I want to be your next Oklahoma County Treasurer. I want to change the trajectory of our state. I want to help better fund education at all levels in all communities in Oklahoma County. I want to fund diversion programs that would allow the mentally ill and those suffering from drug addiction to get the help needed to be functioning members of our community instead of punishing them. I want to be Oklahoma County Treasurer because I believe in our community, and I believe change starts with each of us getting involved.
- Accountability Collecting Taxes and identifying ways to raise revenue while ensuring that our county agencies and tax dollars are properly accounted for. I have spent the last 17 years working with our state's most prominent companies and many local businesses, helping them reach their budget goals while adding revenue to their bottom line. I have managed multi-million dollar budgets and understand how to run a business successfully. My career has prepared me to be Oklahoma County Treasurer. It has taught me how to manage a budget and support projects that add revenue to fund growth and further capital. If elected as Treasurer, I will bring this same tenacity for success for Oklahoma County.
- Transparency Ensuring that the taxpayers of Oklahoma County know where and how their tax dollars are being spent and creating equitable and accessible ways to have questions and concerns addressed. Most people do not understand what the Oklahoma County Treasurer does, and to me that is a lack of transparency. In 2020, the County Commissioners, jail trust, and budget board attempted to misappropriate 40 million dollars into the county jail. Community members fought back to ensure that CAREs act funds go back to the people in the form of rental and utility assistance and small-business and non-profit relief grants. This is the perfect example of the lack of accountability and transparency and shows the need for responsible spending.
- Responsible Spending, Ensuring with my vote on the budget board, that county dollars are only spent in the most equitable and beneficial ways for constituents. Citizen-led spending is key to an inclusive budget. Hosting meetings and working with the communities that are impacted the most can deliver success.
A budget that funds Recovery Facilities that could help treat mental health and drug addiction. Like so many of you, I have come to know these diseases intimately through the people I love. I have lost people I love and continue to watch people I love slowly lose their lives to these illnesses. We know these people and know that they want help to get better. They come to us, but we lack the resources needed for their treatment. We watch as our loved ones go through the cycle of homelessness and incarceration. We hope to see a glimpse of that person before their sickness. Our community deserves better. We can better fund our Oklahoma County Health Department to help address mental illness and drug addiction, establishing recovery facilities with trained counselors equipped to treat mental illness and drug addiction. Developing programs that would send counselors to our public schools full-time to work with our students early, allowing for long-term success.
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See also
2022 Elections
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