Dewey F. Bartlett, Jr.

Who is Dewey F. Bartlett, Jr.?

Dewey F. Bartlett, Jr. is the Mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma. An oil industry executive and political figure in Tulsa, Bartlett was the Republican nominee for mayor of Tulsa in the 2009 election, and was elected as Tulsa's 39th Mayor on November 10, 2009.

Bartlett's father, Dewey F. Bartlett, was Oklahoma's second Republican governor from 1967 to 1971, and a United States Senator from 1973 to 1979. His mother, Ann Bartlett, was the former First Lady of Oklahoma. The younger Bartlett attended Bishop Kelley High School in Tulsa, then received a B.S. in accounting from Regis University and an M.B.A. from Southern Methodist University. He is the President of the Keener Oil & Gas Company, the successor to a family business previously run by his father, and the chairman of the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board and the National Stripper Well Association.

Bartlett served on the Tulsa City Council from 1990 to 1994, and ran unsuccessfully for mayor in a 1992 special election. The local paper suggested that Bartlett lost the race due to extremely negative campaigning. He was also a member of the board of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority. In 2004 he ran against former state health secretary Tom Adelson for Oklahoma Senate district 33, losing by less than 1,000 votes.