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Nick Singer
Nick Singer (Democratic Party) ran for election for Oklahoma County Assessor. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Singer completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Nick Singer received degrees in math and economics from Penn State University in 2004. Singer's career experience includes working at the Oklahoma Education Association. He has also worked as a full-time sales representative at an audio-video company and has run an event production business.[1][2]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma (2022)
General election
General election for Oklahoma County Assessor
Incumbent Larry Stein defeated Nick Singer in the general election for Oklahoma County Assessor on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Larry Stein (R) | 55.0 | 119,790 |
 | Nick Singer (D)  | 45.0 | 97,966 | |
| Total votes: 217,756 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Nick Singer advanced from the Democratic primary for Oklahoma County Assessor.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Larry Stein advanced from the Republican primary for Oklahoma County Assessor.
2017
Three of the eight seats on the Oklahoma City Public Schools school board were up for runoff election on April 4, 2017. The runoff for all three seats was held since no candidate in any of the races received a majority of the votes cast in the general election on February 14, 2017. The district was the largest school district in the state in the 2014-2015 school year. This election fell during an ongoing community discussion on the role of charter schools. A total of 11 candidates filed for the seats, making this race the most highly-contested election in the state covered by Ballotpedia in 2017. One of the seats, that of the chairperson, was elected at large, while the other two were elected by district.
Five candidates filed to run for chairperson, including Office 4 incumbent Paula Lewis. Newcomers Stanley Hupfeld, Gregory Wyatt, Bianca Rose, and former board member Wilfredo Santos-Rivera joined Lewis on the ballot. Hupfeld and Lewis faced each other in the runoff, with Lewis winning the seat. The Office 1 incumbent did not file for re-election, leaving Nathan Shirley, Cheryl Poole, and Charles Henry to compete for the open seat, with Henry and Poole moving on to compete for the seat in the runoff. Henry won the runoff election. Office 2 incumbent Justin Ellis faced Nick Singer and Rebecca Budd in his bid for re-election. The incumbent was unsuccessful in his bid and Singer and Budd advanced to the runoff, with Budd winning the seat.[3][4][5]
Runoff results
| Oklahoma City Public Schools, Office 2 Runoff Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Rebecca Budd |
53.35% | 1,616 |
| Nick Singer | 46.65% | 1,413 |
| Total Votes | 3,029 | |
| Source: Oklahoma State Election Board, "Official Results," accessed April 28, 2017 | ||
General results
| Oklahoma City Public Schools, Office 2 General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Rebecca Budd | 36.66% | 819 |
| Nick Singer | 33.35% | 745 |
| Justin Ellis Incumbent | 29.99% | 670 |
| Total Votes | 2,234 | |
| Source: Oklahoma State Election Board, "Official Results," accessed March 7, 2017 | ||
Funding
Singer reported $775 in contributions and no expenditures to the Oklahoma City Public Schools board clerk, leaving his campaign with $775 cash on hand as of January 27, 2017.[6]
Every school board candidate in Oklahoma who accepted or spent more than $1,000 was required to file a Statement of Organization with the school district clerk within 10 days of the transaction. This statement establishes the candidate's campaign committee and declares the names of the chair and treasurer of the committee. Once a candidate filed a Statement of Organization, his or her committee was required to make reports of contributions and expenditures.[7]
Contribution and expenditure reports had to be made for the last quarter of the year preceding the election and quarterly during the election year until the committee was dissolved and a final report of contributions and expenditures was made. The reporting dates for this 2017 election were:[8]
- January 31, 2017: Post-General Contributions and Expenditures Report
- April 30, 2017: 1st Quarter Contributions and Expenditures Report
- July 31, 2017: 2nd Quarter Contributions and Expenditures Report
2012
Singer ran in the 2012 election for Oklahoma House District 87. Singer ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on June 26 and was defeated by incumbent Jason Nelson in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[9][10][11][12]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jason Nelson Incumbent |
55.3% | 7,052 | |
| Democratic | Nick Singer | 44.7% | 5,692 | |
| Total Votes | 12,744 | |||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Nick Singer completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Singer's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Fixing the Oklahoma County Jail. Oklahoma County is a diverse and growing community with an attractive mix of urban and rural communities. Many of us are pleased with the progress over the last few decades but we also fall short in glaring ways. With the OK County Jail, we have to stop sending good money after bad outcomes. The OK County Jail is the County’s biggest asset and it has been a disaster for 30 years. Overcrowded, understaffed and poorly built, politicians and civic leaders have kicked the can down the road for years. We have to fix it.
- Equitable Assessment, Transparency, and Accountability. As someone who is fiscally responsible, voters need a watchdog know where their tax dollars are going. While the Assessor’s website is considered accessible, it is trapped in the early 2000’s for design and user friendliness. I pledge to use the assessor's office to let taxpayers know where their dollars are going. Property assessment fills a lot of buckets and taxpayers deserve to know where their tax money is going and if it is to the uses they want to see.
- Invest in Ourselves and County Social Programs. The Assessor’s office is ground zero for property valuation and seeing trends before anyone else. While Oklahoma County has grown dramatically and diversely, our housing stock, social services, and other programs have not. A recent housing study done by Oklahoma City shows we are lacking in quantity and quality of affordable housing. The Assessor should be a leading voice in development trends and shine a light on challenges in our community. We need an Assessor that is making it easier to address urgent needs, not sitting on their hands waiting for someone to come to them.
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2012
Singer opposed taxpayer funding of private schools and supported more funding of public education, transportation, and schools.[13]
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 15, 2022
- ↑ Nick Singer OKCPS Board District 2, "Meet Nick," accessed February 27, 2017
- ↑ Tiffany Rouse, "Phone conversation with the Oklahoma County Election Board," December 9, 2016
- ↑ Oklahoma State Election Board, "Unofficial Results," accessed February 14, 2017
- ↑ Oklahoma State Election Board, "Unofficial Results," accessed April 4, 2017
- ↑ Elisabeth Moore, "Email conversation with Craig A. Cates," March 2, 2017
- ↑ Oklahoma Ethics Commission, ""NEW" Guide for School Board Candidates," accessed January 13, 2017
- ↑ Oklahoma Ethics Commission, "2017 Reporting Calendar," accessed January 13, 2017
- ↑ Oklahoma State Election Board, "Candidates for State Elective Office 2012," April 13, 2012
- ↑ Oklahoma State Election Board, "Official Primary Election Results— June 26, 2012," July 6, 2012
- ↑ Oklahoma State Election Board, "Runoff Primary Election Results— August 28, 2012," accessed May 25, 2014
- ↑ Oklahoma State Election Board, "General Election Results— November 6, 2012," accessed May 25, 2014
- ↑ (dead link)pages/about Nickforok.org, "About," accessed October 3, 2012
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