Voter turnout low in today's county commissioner race
By KEVIN CANFIELD World Staff Writer on Aug 13, 2013, at 1:43 PM
Local Politics
City voters on Nov. 12 will consider separate ballot propositions to extend 1.1 percent in sales taxes up to seven years for $563.7 million in roadwork and other capital improvements projects and to issue $355 million in general obligation bonds mainly for nonarterial roadwork.
Mayor Dewey Bartlett and former Mayor Kathy Taylor have eight weeks to make their cases before voters go to the polls Nov. 12.
Turnout for Tuesday’s District 3 Tulsa County Commission race has been weak, Tulsa County Election Board officials said Tuesday.
Polls opened at 7 a.m. and will close at 7 p.m.
“It’s been pretty slow from what I’m hearing from the precincts,” said Election Board Secretary Patty Bryant said Tuesday afternoon.
Republican Ron Peters is facing Democrat John Bomar.
The winner will succeed former Commissioner Fred Perry, who retired in July.
According to the Election Board, there are 123,473 eligible voters in the precinct, including 75,192 Republicans, 34,439 Democrats and 13,842 independents.
Peters represented House District 70 for 12 years before term limits forced him out of office. He also has 30 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry and is president of RelationsInc., a public relations firm.
Bomar, 64, is a field construction supervisor for the Tulsa County Engineers Office, where he has worked for 17 years. He has never run for elective office.
Peters defeated three opponents in June in a special Republican Party primary. No other Democrat filed for the office.
The new commissioner is expected to be sworn in Monday and will serve through the end of 2014.
Perry appointed Chief Deputy Mark Liotta to perform his duties until his successor is elected.
To view a complete list of precincts, go to
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Local Politics
City voters on Nov. 12 will consider separate ballot propositions to extend 1.1 percent in sales taxes up to seven years for $563.7 million in roadwork and other capital improvements projects and to issue $355 million in general obligation bonds mainly for nonarterial roadwork.
Mayor Dewey Bartlett and former Mayor Kathy Taylor have eight weeks to make their cases before voters go to the polls Nov. 12.
