Matthew Fransein

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Matthew Fransein
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Elections and appointments
Last election

August 23, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

American University, 2010

Personal
Profession
Project manager
Contact

Matthew Fransein ran for election to the Tulsa City Council to represent District 4 in Oklahoma. He lost in the general election on August 23, 2022.

Fransein completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Matthew Fransein earned a bachelor's degree from American University in 2010. His career experience includes working as a project manager. He has been affiliated with the Oklahoma Coalition Against Trafficking Task Force and Leadership Tulsa Class 61.[1]

Elections

2022

See also: City elections in Tulsa, Oklahoma (2022)

General election

General election for Tulsa City Council District 4

The following candidates ran in the general election for Tulsa City Council District 4 on August 23, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Laura Bellis
Laura Bellis (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
50.6
 
3,208
Michael Feamster (Nonpartisan)
 
25.0
 
1,581
Bobby Orcutt (Nonpartisan)
 
10.7
 
679
Michael Birkes (Nonpartisan)
 
7.0
 
444
Image of Matthew Fransein
Matthew Fransein (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
5.7
 
363
Weydan Flax (Nonpartisan)
 
0.9
 
60

Total votes: 6,335
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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Matthew Fransein completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Fransein's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Matthew brings twelve years of project management experience to the table to address critical areas that Tulsa's City Council needs to prioritize over the next few years. A Tulsa native, Matthew worked and lived internationally through the US Peace Corps, stabilization work in Afghanistan, Macedonia, and Western Africa. Following his return home in 2018, Matthew has spent the past four years working in direct services to support development, fundraising, and collaboration amongst private and public sector entities. He is supportive of Tulsa Police and seeks to enhance their capacity through updating internal systems, enhancing the Community Engagement Unit, and finding opportunities to tie in private agencies to support their work throughout the city. Matthew additionally seeks to cut much of the red tape associated with new developments within our city and has spent time learning from and exploring opportunities with Tulsa's Homebuilders Association and private developers and architects. Most importantly, he seeks to focus on a return to nonpartisanship within council to find the right solutions - without his personal beliefs or politics clouding his judgment.
  • Community Safety & Increased Supportive Services for Police
  • Affordable Housing & Cutting the Red Tape for Homebuilders
  • A City Council that Prioritizes Nonpartisanship & Collaborative Decision-Making
Community Safety & Increased Supportive Services for Police

Whether we like it or not, police are an institutional necessity for any society. We should seek to focus less on what’s wrong and instead focus on how best to support the Tulsa Police Department. Private agencies and specialized service providers must work together with our police department to address the many needs of our most vulnerable community members. With millions of dollars in private funding each year, let’s find ways to utilize our numerous specialized agencies to provide on-the-ground and supplementary support through a committee structure that ensures the safety of individuals through expert-informed methodology. What our police department needs is collaboration not contempt.

Affordable Housing & Cutting the Red Tape for Homebuilders

Inflation has affected nearly every aspect of our lives. Home values in Tulsa have increased by more than 53% between 2017 and 2022. With a shortage of existing single-family homes and cash buyers out-competing first time homebuyers and traditional loan applicants, many are limited to renting and are subject to an average increase in rent of 13.5% each year. Multi-family apartment rental costs a

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Footnotes

  1. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 25, 2022