Eight candidates file for City Council general election

Eight candidates filed to run for Oklahoma City Council seats in Wards 1, 3, 4 and 7. The general election is Feb. 11, 2025. All voters in Wards 1, 3, 4 and 7 can vote.

The nonpartisan election will decide who represents those Wards on the Council for the next four-year term. See a Ward map at okc.gov/WardMap.

Ward 1
Bradley Carter (incumbent)

Ward 3
Katrina Bedell Avers
Barbara Peck (incumbent)

Ward 4
Todd Stone (incumbent)

Ward 7
Masood A. Haqq
Andrea Holman
Camal Pennington
John A. Pettis, Jr.

How the election proceeds in each Ward depends on the number of candidates:

• If only one qualified candidate files to run, that candidate is automatically elected to office.
• If two qualified candidates file to run, the winner of the general election on Feb. 11 is elected to office.
• If three or more qualified candidates file to run, the general election on Feb. 11 determines whether a runoff on April 1 is necessary.
  • If a candidate earns more than half of the votes on Feb. 11, he or she is elected to office. No runoff is necessary.
  • If no candidate earns more than half of the votes on Feb. 11, the two candidates with the most votes advance to the April 1 runoff. The runoff winner is elected to office.

The City Council has nine members: the Mayor, elected citywide, and one member from each of Oklahoma City’s eight Wards. They serve part-time as the head of the City’s Council-Manager form of government. The mayor’s annual salary is $24,000, and each Council member’s is $12,000.