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Larry McAtee

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Larry McAtee
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Prior offices
Oklahoma City Council Ward 3
Successor: Barbara Peck

Education

High school

Northfield Mount Hermon School

Bachelor's

Princeton University

Graduate

New York University

Personal
Profession
Consulting firm president

Larry McAtee was a member of the Oklahoma City Council, representing Ward 3. McAtee assumed office in 2001. McAtee left office on April 13, 2021.

McAtee ran for re-election to the Oklahoma City Council to represent Ward 3. McAtee won in the primary on February 14, 2017.

McAtee was first appointed to the city council on January 30, 2001, to fill the vacancy created by the departure of Jack Cornett for the Oklahoma County Commission.[1][2][3]

Although city council elections in Oklahoma City are officially nonpartisan, McAtee was known to be affiliated with the Republican Party.[4]

Biography

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McAtee earned a B.A. in public and international affairs from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from the New York University Graduate School of Business Administration.[5][6]

As of his 2017 bid for re-election, McAtee was president of the business and leadership consulting firm Ironsharpeners. His professional experience also includes work in sales and management for Kimray, Honeywell, and Univac, as head of the family and motivational programs distributor McAtee and Associates, as an associate professor of management for Oklahoma City University, and as the author of the book, "Rebuilding Your Financial Wall God's Way."[5][7]

McAtee has served as president of the West Oklahoma City Rotary Club and a member of the Quail Springs Baptist Church.[8] [5]

Elections

2021

See also: City elections in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (2021)

Larry McAtee did not file to run for re-election.

2017

See also: Municipal elections in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (2017)

The city of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, held a primary election for city council on February 14, 2017. A general election was scheduled for April 4, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was December 7, 2016.

The city council seats in Wards 1, 3, 4, and 7 were up for election in the February primary. Incumbents ran for re-election in every ward except for Ward 4. Ward 4 incumbent Pete White announced his intention to retire from the council in November 2016.[9][10] Incumbent Larry McAtee defeated Matthew Olsen and Joe Nelson in the primary election for the Ward 3 seat on the Oklahoma City Council.[11]

Oklahoma City Council, Ward 3 Primary Election, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Larry McAtee Incumbent 51.74% 1,114
Matthew Olsen 35.86% 772
Joe Nelson 12.40% 267
Total Votes 2,153
Source: Oklahoma State Election Board, "Official Results," accessed March 4, 2017

See also

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Oklahoma Municipal government Other local coverage
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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
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Oklahoma City City Council, Ward 3
2001–2021
Succeeded by
Barbara Young