Oklahoma Election Results for March 2, 2010

(x) = winner.
(r) = runoff.

CADDO COUNTY

Anadarko schools
Proposition 1: $785,000 for reroofing the high school, air conditioning the field house, playground equipment at the three elementary schools and computer equipment. Yes 520 (70.5%); No 218 (29.5%). Passed.

Proposition 2: $400,000 for four buses and surveillance cameras. Yes 509 (69.4%); No 225 (30.7%). Passed.

County commissioner, District 2
Democrats: Stephen Novotny 86 (8.5%); Deborah J. Goodfellow 111 (10.9%); (x) Randy Wilford McLemore 444 (43.7%); Willie Ray Pelzer 39 (3.8%); Bobby L. Bilyeu 315 (31.0%); Ray Mills 20 (2.0%)

CANADIAN COUNTY
County commissioner, District 3 primary
Democrats: C.A. Wilkinson 121 (20.5%); (x) John Morris 468 (79.5%)
Republicans: Audre Knott 58 (4.2%); Joshua C. Moore 436 (31.6%); (x) Jack Stewart 764 (55.4%); Daniel Pegh 95 (6.9%); Ray Melvin 26 (1.9%)

City of Yukon
Ward 1: Marsha Provence 68 (26.7%); Terry Martin 31 (12.2%);
(x) Nick M. Grba 156 (61.2%)

CARTER COUNTY

Plainview schools
$975,000 for technology, heat and air conditioning, replacing some the flooring at the intermediate and high schools, 6-foot playground security fence, repairs to the middle school parking lot and concessions and a rest room for the girls’ softball fields. Yes 658 (83.3%); No 132 (16.7%). Passed.

CLEVELAND COUNTY

City of Norman

Mayor: (x) Cindy Rosenthal 6,798 (53.7%); Hal Ezzell 5,872 (46.3%)

Ward 4: Austin Dyches 151 (8.4%); (x) Carol Price Dillingham 1,303 (72.4%); J. Michael Sherrod 81 (4.5%); John O. Dawson 265 (14.7%)

Ward 6: Matt Zellner 823 (49.1%); (x) Jim Griffith 853 (50.9%)

Ward 8: Stephen A. Lucas 716 (34.7%); Leonard Youngblood 173 (8.4%); (x) Dan Quinn 1,176 (56.9%)

Proposition 1: $19 million for citywide street improvements. Yes 8,170 (64.7%); No 4,454 (35.3%). Passed.

Proposition 2: $2.25 million for an updated and expanded emergency warning system. Yes 7,814 (62.1%); No 4,776 (37.9%). Passed.

COMANCHE COUNTY

Cache schools
Proposition 1: $29 million for a new fifth- and sixth-grade center and expansion of the mid-high school. Yes 539 (79.7%); No 137 (20.2%). Passed.
Proposition 2: $1 million for buses. Yes 551 (80.4%); No 134 (19.5%). Passed.

CREEK COUNTY

City of Sapulpa
Proposition 1: $4 million for sewer system repairs. Yes 813 (67.8%); No 386 (32.2%). Passed.
Proposition 2: $2.8 million for a 2 million gallon water tank. Yes 805 (67.0%); No 395 (33.0%). Passed.

Allen-Bowden School
Proposition 1: $4.1 million to buy new computers for students, a new roof for the school’s gym and paving for the school’s parking lot. Yes 103 (57.5%); No 76 (42.5%). Failed.
Proposition 2: $300,000 for three buses. Yes 108 (61.4%); No 68 (38.6%). Passed.

CUSTER COUNTY

Clinton schools
$17.2 million for new classrooms at Nance, Southwest and Washington elementary schools; renovation work at the middle school auditorium; and roof repairs. Yes 1,194 (76.6 %); No 364 (23.4%). Passed.

GARFIELD COUNTY

Drummond schools
$3.2 million for a new multipurpose building that will house a large commons area for concerts, four classrooms and a band room; construction of a new Vo-Ag building and bus barn. Yes 114 (55.6%); No 91 (44.4%). Failed.

GARVIN COUNTY

City of Lindsay
City council (top three elected): Fannie Stephens 159 (10.1%); Wanda Clagg 20 (1.3%); (x) Ronnie Akerman 297 (18.9%); Joe Lindsey 185 (11.8%); L.B. Hoyle 245 (15.6%); David Griffith 100 (6.4%);
(x) Steven Whitworth 285 (18.1%); (x) Steve Abram 283 (18.0%)

GRADY COUNTY

Town of Alex
Board of trustees: (x) Roy Gage Marcum 56 (73.7%); Justin Bailey 20 (26.3%)

City of Chickasha
City council Ward 3: (x) Ryan Posey 460 (68.8%); David Thomas 209 (31.2%)

Friend School
$415,000 to build a multipurpose center, move the school library and gymnasium improvements. Yes 90 (83.3%); No 18 (16.7%). Passed.

KAY COUNTY

City of Newkirk
Ward 2: (x) A.J. Ford 143 (75.7%); George H. White 46 (24.3%)
Tonkawa schools

Proposition 1: $620,000 for a two-classroom addition, heating and air system replacements and parking improvements at the elementary school. Yes 272 (75.7%); No 47 (24.3%). Passed.

Proposition 2: $150,000 for a school activity bus. Yes 267 (85.3%); No 51 (14.7%). Passed.

KINGFISHER COUNTY

Kingfisher schools
$5.97 million to renovate the old middle school and turn it into a third- and fourth-grade center; build a hallway to connect high school buildings; upgrade technology and add parking at the high school. Yes 687 (68.3%); No 319 (31.7%). Passed.

KIOWA COUNTY

Mountain View-Gotebo schools
$2 million for new roofs on all buildings; replace windows at the elementary and high schools; refurbish the auditorium; replace the two gym floors; and build a concession stand for the softball field. Yes 220 (52.6%); No 198 (47.4%). Failed.

MCCLAIN COUNTY

Purcell schools
$3.8 million to reroof the elementary, middle and junior high schools; replace heating, ventilation and air conditioning units; and build a physical education area at the middle school. Yes 368 (76.2%); No 115 (23.8%). Passed.

MURRAY COUNTY

Davis schools
$2.5 million to build an elementary school, reroof an auditorium and to buy heating, ventilation and air conditioning units at all schools. Yes 734 (87.3%); No 107 (12.7%). Passed.

OKLAHOMA COUNTY

City of Midwest City
Mayor: (x) Jack Fry 1,842 (50.7%); Russell Smith 1,790 (49.3%)
Ward 3: (r) Espaniola Bowen 236 (32.6%), (r) Rick Dawkins 339 (46.9%), Leroy Halstead 54 (7.5%); Steve Parrott 94 (13%)

City of Nicoma Park
Ward 4: Jerrie Reagan 7 (36.8%); (x) Robert E. Pittman 12 (63.2%)

City of Oklahoma City
Mayor: Steve Hunt 10,061 (41.7%); (x) Mick Cornett 14,073 (58.3%)

PAYNE COUNTY

Ripley schools
$2.5 million to build a leadership and performing arts center; two safe rooms to double as band and physical fitness rooms; four dressing rooms and a competition track. Yes 140 (78.7%); No 38 (21.3%). Passed.

City of Cushing
Ward 4: James Ree 49 (17.4%); Ray Singley 39 (13.9%); (x) Tommy Johnson 193 (68.7%)

City of Stillwater
Ward 1: Rodney Wayne Goodner 864 (22.3%); (x) Joe Weaver 2,279 (58.6%); Dennis Gronquist 599 (15.4%); David Lingelbach 145 (3.7%)
Ward 2: (r) Gary L. Stanton 1,060 (27.1%); (r) John W. Bartley 1,933 (49.3%); Hank Moore 926 (23.6%)

City of Yale
Ward 1: Martha Petitt 13 (5.2%); Maurice Lozier 101 (40.2%); (x) Michael P. McCullough 137 (54.6%)

PONTOTOC COUNTY

City of Ada
Ward 4: (x) Matt Layton 919 (67.8%); Barbara Young 437 (32.2%)

Allen schools
Proposition 1: $850,000 to remodel the agriculture education building; replace the high school ceiling; and put a metal roof on the district’s auditorium, among other renovations. Yes 149 (90.85%); No 15 (9.15%). Passed.

Proposition 2: $250,000 to replace buses and other district vehicles. Yes 150 (90.9%); No 15 (9.1%). Passed.

POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY

Dale schools
$2.5 million to build a new cafeteria that will also serve as a community center and storm shelter. Yes 248 (79.2%); No 65 (20.8%). Passed.

TULSA COUNTY

Tulsa schools
Proposition 1: $261.4 million to build classroom additions at 26 schools; remodel two existing buildings to be early childhood centers; renovate East Central High School and build three multisport field houses, among other upgrade projects. Yes 19,042 (74.6%); No 6,486 (25.4%). Passed.
Proposition 2: $19.6 million for six library additions and materials. Yes 19,219 (75.3%); No 6,304 (24.7%). Passed.
Proposition 3: $11.7 million for 130 buses and route maintenance software. Yes 18,074 (72.6%); No 6,822 (27.4%). Passed.
Proposition 4: $61.3 million for a textbook management system, science safety equipment, classroom computers and other technology. Yes 18,815 (75.5%); No 6,098 (24.5%). Passed.

City of Collinsville
Ward 3: (r) Melodie Bateman 29 (39.7%); Volinda Pope 18 (24.7%); (r) Sherri L. Davis 26 (35.6%)

Liberty schools
Proposition 1: $2 million for a new art room and administration area; additions to the multipurpose center; roof repairs and field house additions and renovations. Yes 164 (77.4%); No 48 (22.6%). Passed.
Proposition 2: $200,000 for two buses. Yes 175 (82.5%); No 37 (17.5%). Passed.

WASHITA COUNTY

Town of Rocky
Board of trustees (two seats):
(x) Jim Hazelton 48 (41.8%); David L. Jones 12 (10.4%); (x) Jackie Galloway 55 (47.8%)

Polls open 2 March 2010 (This Tuesday)

CADDO COUNTY

Anadarko schools
Proposition 1: $785,000 for reroofing the high school, air conditioning the field house, playground equipment at the three elementary schools and computer equipment.
Proposition 2: $400,000 for four buses and surveillance cameras.

County commissioner, District 2
Democrats: Stephen Novotny, Deborah J. Goodfellow, Randy Wilford McLemore, Willie Ray Pelzer, Bobby L. Bilyeu, Ray Mills

CANADIAN COUNTY

County commissioner, District 3
Democrats: C.A. Wilkinson, John Morris
Republicans: Audre Knott, Joshua C. Moore, Jack Stewart, Daniel Pegh, Ray Melvin

City of Yukon
Ward 1: Marsha Provence, Terry Martin, Nick M. Grba

CARTER COUNTY

Plainview schools
$975,000 for technology, heat and air conditioning, replacing some flooring, playground fence, repairing a parking lot and concessions and a rest room for the girls softball fields.

CLEVELAND COUNTY
City of Norman
Mayor: Cindy Rosenthal, Hal Ezzell

Ward 4: Austin Dyches, Carol Price Dillingham, J. Michael Scheriod, John O. Dawson

Ward 6: Matt Zellner, Jim Griffith

Ward 8: Stephen A. Lucas, Leonard Youngblood, Dan Quinn

Proposition 1: $2.25 million for an updated and expanded emergency warning system.

Proposition 2: $19 million for citywide street improvements.


COMANCHE COUNTY

Cache schools
Proposition 1: $29 million for a new fifth- and sixth-grade center and expansion of the mid-high school.
Proposition 2: $1 million for buses.

CREEK COUNTY

City of Sapulpa
Proposition 1: $4 million for sewer system repairs.
Proposition 2: $2.8 million for a 2 million gallon water tank.

Allen-Bowden school
Proposition 1: $4.1 million to buy new computers, a new roof for the gym and paving for the parking lot.
Proposition 2: $300,000 for three buses.

CUSTER COUNTY

Clinton schools
$17.2 million for new classrooms at Nance, Southwest and Washington elementary schools; renovation work at the middle school auditorium; and roof repairs.

GARFIELD COUNTY

Drummond schools
$3.2 million for a new multipurpose building, four classrooms and a band room; construction of a new Vo-Ag building and bus barn.

GARVIN COUNTY

City of Lindsay
City council (top three elected): Fannie Stephens, Wanda Clagg, Ronnie Akerman, Joe Lindsey, L.B. Hoyle, David Griffith, Steven Whitworth, Steve Abram

GRADY COUNTY

Town of Alex
Board of trustees: Roy Gage Marcum, Justin Bailey

City of Chickasha
City council Ward 3: Ryan Posey, David Thomas

Friend school
$415,000 to build a multipurpose center, move the school library and gymnasium improvements.

KAY COUNTY

City of Newkirk
Ward 2: A.J. Ford, George H. White

Tonkawa schools
Proposition 1: $620,000 for a two-classroom addition, heating and air system replacements and parking improvements at the elementary school.
Proposition 2: $150,000 for a school activity bus.

KINGFISHER COUNTY

Kingfisher schools
$5.97 million to renovate the old middle school and turn it into a third- and fourth-grade center; build a hallway to connect high school buildings; upgrade technology and add parking at the high school.

KIOWA COUNTY

Mountain View-Gotebo schools
$2 million for new roofs; replace windows at the elementary and high schools; refurbish the auditorium; replace the two gym floors; and build a concession stand for the softball field.

MCCLAIN COUNTY

Purcell schools
$3.8 million to reroof the elementary, middle and junior high schools; replace heating, ventilation and air conditioning units; and build a physical education area at the middle school.

MURRAY COUNTY

Davis schools
$2.5 million to build an elementary school, reroof an auditorium and to buy heating, ventilation and air conditioning units at all schools.

OKLAHOMA COUNTY

City of Midwest City
Mayor: Jack Fry, Russell Smith
Ward 3: Espaniola Bowen, Rick Dawkins, Leroy Halstead, Steve Parrott
City of Nicoma Park
Ward 4: Jerrie Reagan, Robert E. Pittman

City of Oklahoma City
Mayor: Steve Hunt, Mick Cornett

PAYNE COUNTY

Ripley schools
$2.5 million to build a leadership and performing arts center; two safe rooms to double as band and physical fitness rooms; four dressing rooms and a competition track.

City of Cushing
Ward 4: James Ree, Ray Singley, Tommy Johnson

City of Stillwater
Ward 1: Rodney Wayne Goodner, Joe Weaver, Dennis Gronquist, David Lingelbach
Ward 2: Gary L. Stanton, John W. Bartley, Hank Moore

City of Yale
Ward 1: Martha Petitt, Maurice Lozier, Michael P. McCullough

PONTOTOC COUNTY

City of Ada
Ward 4: Matt Layton, Barbara Young

Allen schools
Proposition 1: $850,000 to remodel the agriculture education building; replace the high school ceiling; and put a metal roof on the district’s auditorium, among other renovations.
Proposition 2: $250,000 to replace buses and other district vehicles.

POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY

Dale schools
$2.5 million to build a new cafeteria that will also serve as a community center and storm shelter.

TULSA COUNTY

Tulsa schools
Proposition 1: $261.4 million to build classroom additions; remodel two buildings to be early childhood centers; and build three multisport field houses, among other upgrade projects.
Proposition 2: $19.6 million for six library additions and materials.
Proposition 3: $11.7 million for 130 buses and route maintenance software.
Proposition 4: $61.3 million for a textbook management system, science safety equipment, computers and other technology.

City of Collinsville
Ward 3: Melodie Bateman, Volinda Pope, Sherri L. Davis

Liberty schools
Proposition 1: $2 million for a new art room and administration area; additions to the multipurpose center; roof repairs and field house renovations.
Proposition 2: $200,000 for two buses.

WASHITA COUNTY

Town of Rocky
Board of trustees (two seats): Jim Hazelton, David L. Jones, Jackie Galloway

Dillingham, Griffith win Norman council seats, runoff set for Ward 2

The biggest Loser last night was
Mayor Cindy "Hillary lite" Rosenthal.

After getting appointed by "Hillary lite" Rosenthal. Carol Price Dillingham made one vote that "Hillary lite" Rosenthal, did not like so She went out and got Gregory Jungman to run against Dillingham.

Carol Price Dillingham and Jim Griffith won council seats in Wards 4 and 6 respectively, in unofficial tallies and light city voting.

There will be a runoff in Ward 2 between (Democratic Consultant) Chebon Marshall and Tom Kovach, with both candidates polling less than 50 percent.

In Ward 4, incumbent Dillingham received 524 votes for 53.3 percent against Gregory Jungman with 425 votes and 43.2 percent. Chris Jingozian received 34 votes and 3.4 percent of the vote.

In Ward 6, Griffith garnered 446 votes for 64.6 percent of the vote versus Lou Mansfield’s total of 244 votes for 35.3 percent.

Marshall led the three-way race for Ward 2 with 507 votes for 45.19 percent. Kovach received 425 votes for 37.8 percent and Michael McKee garnered 190 votes for 16.9 percent.

Marshall and Kovach will meet in a runoff election May 13.

Norman City Council Wards 2, 4, 6 Contributions list

Ward 2

Thomas Kovach

Glen Brown, $500; Sid Burton, $50; Jan Burton, $50; Jeanette Coker, $100; Lawrence C. and Roswitha Allin, $150; Gerald Eugene Baker, $200; Karin Schufjer and Ben Alpers, $50; Elizabeth Smith, $100; Will Weir, $50; Lyntha and Charles Wesner, $100; Steven and Judy Vasiloff, $50; Jim Stanley, $200; Ellen Frank and Tom Fredgren, $25; Edwin Kessler, $20; Sarah Iselin, $50. In-kind: Ken Davis, $150; Barney Gibbs, $50.

Total: $1,645 with $200 in-kind.

Michael McKee

Michael S. Geigerman, $200; Jeanette Coker, $100.

Total: $300

Chebon Marshall

Mona Nelson, $100; Benjamin Odom, $500; Teresa Craig, $500; Don Eckhoff, $100; Joe Carter, $100; Jennifer Shaw, $100; Matthew Erickson, $100; Sarah Flowers, $500; Christopher Klose, $100; Melissa Hebert, $100; Ravi Rajan, $50; Loyd Benson, $50; David Hunter, $250; Anthony Zahn, $35; James Fullerton, $35; Jack Bonny, $50; Chastity Bedonie, $60; David Walters, $100; Penny Tullis, $100; Juanita King, $100; Don Davis, $100; Pat Hall, $200; Steven Flowers, $200; Jalal Farzaneh, $500; Dick Reynolds, $50; Preston Trimble, $50; Carolyn Krumme, $200; Michael Bergey, $200; Nawaz Mudassir, $50; Marge Liesenfeld, $100; Craig Knutson, $50; Allison Kiesel, $50; Diana Hartley, $50; George Krumme, $250; Brad Carson, $250; Diane Wiley, $50; Tonya Lopez, $100; Peter Leisenfled, $100. In-kind, Michael Duncan, $250.

Total: $5,530 with $250 in-kind

Ward 4

Carol Price Dillingham

Jim Barger, $100; Jeannette Coker, $100; Tommy Karns, $100; Keith Kerr, $100; Tom Kovach, $50; O. Gail Poole, $50; Jim and Robin Ringo, $50; Laurie Williams, $100; Ben Alpers and Karin L. Schutjer, $100; Don and June Holyfield, $500; Joseph H. Carter, $50; Tim and Georjana Mauldin, $50; Rebecca A. Wilson, $50; Keith R. Allen, $100; Bobara E. De Caulp, $100; Kathleen Heiple, $200; Victor and Lisa Long, $50; J. David Rambo, $100; Jayne Crumpley, $50; Hal Ezzell, $500; Mindy Jones, $50; Tim and Pat Regan, $200; Jim Stanley, $200; Judith Wilkens, $50; Jim R. Flood Jr., $50; W.E. Duff, $100; Pam J. Ezzell, $500; Jim Jones, $500; David B. Miller, $200; Charles and Lyntha Wesner, $100; Stanley J. Grossman, $200; Josh Lee, $100; Barbara Jones $500; Fred and Laura Shaeffer, $100; In-kind: Bob Mansfield, $250; Mary Katherine Long, $50; Fenilda Rambo, $58.38; Bob Thompson, $47.23; Carol Dillingham, $10.19; Larry Dillingham, $101.71.

Total: $5,340 with $517.51 in-kind

Chris Jingozian

No contributions

Gregory Jungman

Synthia Haddad, $30; Billie Spector, $50; Russell and Barbara Mathis, $50; Kieran Mullen and Teres Vaughn, $50; Jayne Crumpley, $50; Nancy Yoch, $50; Mary Jane and Jim Thompson, $50; Sue Schrems, $50; Betty Hardiman, $50; Alice and Bob Woodford, $50; Sharon Pyeatt, $75; Lois Lawler Brown, $100; Judi and John Hadley, $100; Max and LaDonna Benningfield, $100; Terry and Mary Cline, $100; Robert and Birthe Flexner, $100; Rick Lambert, $100; Jason Claborn, $100; Charles and Dana Anderson, $125; Theresa and Trent Baggett, $150; Rick and Debbie Poland, $300; Hawkins Adams and Nancy Curry, $500; contributions under $25, $110; in-kind: Lois Lawler Brown, $51.58; Theresa Baggett, $49.80; Judi and John Hadley, $75; Chuck and Dana Anderson, $75; Alice and Robert Woodford, $75; Jason Claborn, $48.

Total: $2,330 with $374.38 in-kind

Ward 6

James C. Griffith

Chuck Thompson, $200; Kathy Heiple, $200; self-contribution, $400.

Total: $800


Lou Mansfield

Rita Baker, $100; Sarah Delay, $100; Kay Holladay, $30; Anita Jones, $50; Roland Lohmann, $100; Dale Piper, $50; Sue Schrems, $50; Ann Jacobs, $100; George Ingels, $100; Bert Humphrey, $50; Catharine Ewing, $40; Patricia Garrett, $200; Ron Henderson, $100; Jody McCall, $50; Dolores Pasierb, $50; George Shaw, $35; Marilyn Burr, $100; Barbara Schindler, $50; Sarah Iselin, $50; Charles and Lyntha Wesner, $100; Les and Donna Brown , $75; Larry and Lisa Reed, $100; Marty and Neil Dirling, $50; Glen Brown, $500. In-kind: Kathy Moad, $500; Deji Dugger, $125. Contributions of less than $25: $165.

Total: $2,395 with $625 in-kind

Ward 8

Dan Quinn (unopposed)

Realtors Political Action Committee, $500.

Source: City of Norman City Clerk’s Office

Campaign war chests modest in comparison to 2007 Norman City Election

Campaign war chests modest
in comparison to 2007 city election
By Carol Cole-Frowe
Transcript Staff Writer

The eight candidates vying for Norman City Council even-numbered seats in Wards 2, 4 and 6 appear to have relatively modest campaign war chests this year, totalling a little more than $20,000 in contributions as of noon Friday in required filings for the 2008 campaigns. The figures will doubtless go up some when final expenditures are turned in after Tuesday’s municipal election.

But they hardly compare to last year’s total of $101,093 in final expenditures for seven council candidates in the 2007 races in Wards 1, 3 and 5. Incumbent Ward 7 councilmember Doug Cubberley did not draw an opponent in 2007.

For the 2008 races, Ward 2 candidate (Democratic Consultant) Chebon Marshall leads the way for the open seat being vacated by Richard Stawicki, with $5,530 and $250 in in-kind contributions. Marshall, who owns a small (Democratic) advertising and marketing firm in Norman, was chief of staff for former Oklahoma Congressman Brad Carson.

Many of Marshall’s contributors read like a Who’s Who on the state political scene. Among his donors are Carson, $250; former Oklahoma governor David Walters, $100, former Oklahoma Speaker of the House Loyd Benson, $50; former Congressional candidate David Hunter, $250; and former Congressional candidate and Democratic Party vice chair Ben Odom, $500.

Ward 2 candidate Tom Kovach, a Norman small businessman, raised $1,645, with $200 in in-kind contributions. His largest donations came from geologist Glen Brown, $500; former Ward 3 councilmember Jim Stanley, $200; and Gerald Eugene Baker at $200.

Michael McKee, Ward 2 candidate and a Norman attorney, trails the field with $400 in donations: $200 from Michael Geigerman and $200 from Jeannette Coker.

Ward 4 incumbent Carol Price Dillingham, a Norman attorney, is not far behind Marshall, with $5,340 in contributions. Included in her backers are two sitting Norman councilmembers, with Ward 3 councilmember Hal Ezzell donating $500 and Ward 1 councilmember Bob Thompson contributing an in-kind donation of $47. Former Norman police chief Don Holyfield and his wife June contributed $500 to Dillingham’s campaign, as did Jim Jones and Barbara Jones, with $500 apiece.

Gregory Jungman, Ward 4 candidate, brought in $2,330 with $374 in-kind.

Jungman, an adjunct political science professor at Rose State College and a senior advisor for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, opposed the Norman City Council’s recent vote in favor of an appeal to overturn a Historic District Commission denial of a Certificate of Appropriateness for a large addition at 516 Chautauqua Ave., owned by Glen Brown.

Jungman garnered several donations from Brown’s neighbors, including $500 from physician Hawkins Adams and Nancy Curry; $150 from Theresa and Trent Baggett; $50 from Russell and Barbara Mathis; and $300 from Rick and Debbie Poland.

He also received donations from several current or former Historic District Commission members including Jayne Crumpley, $50; Nancy Yoch, $50; and Judi Hadley with husband John, $100.

Former councilmember Lois Lawler Brown also contributed $100 to Jungman’s campaign.

Ward 4 councilmember Chris Jingozian, a mental health worker, did not list any contributions.

In Ward 6, small businesswoman Lou Mansfield received $2,395 in contributions and $625 in-kind in her quest for the open seat being vacated by David Hopper.

Mansfield’s largest contribution was from Glen Brown at $500.

Also supporting her campaign were former Norman mayor Ron Henderson with $100; and former councilmember Lyntha Wesner and husband Charles at $100.

Ward 6 candidate Jim Griffith, a Norman dentist, listed $400 in contributions and another $400 in a self-contribution. His contributors include Chuck Thompson at $200 and Kathy Heiple at $200.

Incumbent Ward 8 councilmember Dan Quinn did not draw an opponent, but received a $500 contribution from the Realtor Political Action Committee.

Council candidates' voting records vary widely

Council candidates'
voting records vary widely

Transcript Staff Writer

A Norman Transcript analysis of voting records of the eight candidates for Norman City Council showed records ranging from the mediocre at 27 percent to one candidate with a stellar 100 percent voting record for the past four years, according to records obtained at the Cleveland County Election Board.

Ward 4 candidate Chris Jingozian topped the field, the only candidate with a 100 percent voting record. The 25-year-old candidate, who works in the mental health field, is the youngest of the council candidates and registered to vote in 2000. He cast his vote in-person in all 16 elections he was eligible for during the past four years.

"If you don't vote, you can't complain," Jingozian said, joking that he has always enjoyed complaining. "I had to go vote."

He is aware that many of his generation don't vote and encourages them at every opportunity. He said he enjoys politics and the political process.

"Get out there and say what you need to say," Jingozian said.

Jingozian was one of four candidates who braved darkened precinct voting stations to vote in the Dec. 11 school bond election, the day after the disasterous Dec. 10 ice storm in central Oklahoma left more than half of Norman without power and dodging downed tree branches and power lines. He was joined at the polls Dec. 11 by Ward 4 incumbent Carol Price Dillingham and Ward 2 candidates Chebon Marshall and Tom Kovach.

Dillingham voted 14 times out of the 18 votes she was eligible for, using in-person and absentee voting methods for a 77 percent record. She had a perfect record in 2006 and 2007. In 2004, Dillingham missed the Presidential primary election and missed three out of four votes in 2005.

The other Ward 4 candidate, Greg Jungman, cast his vote only five times of the 18 votes in which he was eligible, for a 27 percent voting record. Jungman registered to vote in 1996.

Jungman, a Rose State University professor and federal employee, cast his vote in-person in one out of seven elections in 2004, none in 2005, three of four in 2006 and one out of three in 2007. None of the votes were in school-related elections.

"I honestly could not say why I didn't vote," he said. "Usually it's a matter of do you get there or do you not."

Jungman said he knows it's a low number of votes and he believes it's important to vote.

In Ward 2, political consultant Chebon Marshall voted in 13 of the 18 elections in which he was eligible for a 72 percent record. As the former Chief of Staff for former Congressman Brad Carson, Marshall cast three absentee votes in eight elections in 2004 and 2005. But after returning to Norman in early 2005 when Carson left office, Marshall voted in-person in 100 percent of the elections in which he was eligible.

Ward 2 candidate Tom Kovach, a Norman small businessman, voted in 12 out of 18 elections in the four-year period checked, for a 66 percent voting record. Kovach voted in four of seven 2004 votes, two of four in 2005, three of four in 2006, and all three of 2007 votes.

Michael McKee, also in Ward 2, voted a third of the time. The Norman attorney voted in six of the 18 elections in which he was eligible, voting half absentee and half in-person in two general elections, three primary and runoff elections and one state question on gas tax hikes. Records show he did not vote in any school elections.

In Ward 6, small businesswoman Lou Mansfield voted in 72 percent or 13 of the 18 elections where she was eligible. Mansfield voted in 100 percent of the 2006 elections and two out of three elections in 2007, missing the Dec. 11 election.

Ward 6 candidate James Griffith, a Norman dentist, voted in 10 of 18 elections for a 55 percent voting record. Griffith voted in five of seven 2004 elections, one of four in 2005, three of four in 2006, and one of three in 2007. He did not vote in any of the school-related elections.

Carol Cole-Frowe

366-3538

ccole@normantranscript.com

The Norman Council Races are Set

Three races developed in late Wednesday city council filings for Wards 2, 4 and 6.

Incumbent Ward 8 councilmember Dan Quinn did not draw a challenger in his northwest Norman ward.

Ward 2

In the south central Norman Ward 2, three filed for the open position being vacated by long-time councilmember Richard Stawicki.

Small businessman Tom Kovach, 45, a previous candidate for the seat, is customer service manager for Astronomics. He attended the Norman Citizens Academy and participated in all the Community Dialogues. He has worked with the Citizens for Financial Responsibility.

Michael McKee, worked on rewriting the municipal code as an assistant city attorney in the 1970s, was a prosecutor for the City, was assigned as the Norman Police legal advisor and evaluated and defended workers’ compensation claims against the City.

Democratic Consultant Chebon Marshall, 33, filed for the Ward 2 council race Tuesday afternoon. He is a Democratic General and Direct mail Consultant, who served four years as Chief of Staff to former Congressman Brad Carson.

Ward 4

Ward 4 incumbent councilmember Carol Price Dillingham, filed to defend her central Norman seat. Dillingham was appointed to the seat after Mayor Cindy Rosenthal vacated the post after winning the mayor’s race last spring.

Dillingham is a former assistant district attorney and has done outside work with the City of Edmond on employment, civil rights, contracts, workers’ compensation litigation and a suit regarding inverse condemnation over the sanitary sewer system.

She drew two challengers who both filed Wednesday afternoon.

Facing Dillingham for the seat will be Rose State professor and federal government employee Greg Jungman, 31, of 715 S. Crawford Ave. in the Miller Historic District.

Chris Jingozian, also will challenge for the seat.

Ward 6

In Ward 6 in northeast Norman, small businesswoman Lou Mansfield will face Jim Griffith, a local dentist, for the seat being vacated by Ward 6 councilmember David Hopper.

Griffith, filed Wednesday afternoon. He was a longtime member of the Norman Parks Board and was a member of Leadership Norman about 10 years ago.

He said he wants to make sure the quality of life in Norman remains what it is and wants to be responsive to the citizens of the ward.

Small businesswoman Lou Mansfield, is vice president and a ward representative for the Hall Park Homeowners Association. She and her husband Bob had Mansfield’s and Woman and Mansfield’s hair salons. She is a hairdresser for the Cedar Creek nursing home and an artist, published magazine writer and playwright and sells antiques from her booth at the Company Store.