Democratic Consultant Chebon Marshall filed for the Ward 2 council race Tuesday afternoon. Marshall, 33, was the sole candidate to add his name to the slate today.
He is a Democratic General and Direct mail Consultant, who served four years as Chief of Staff to former Congressman Brad Carson.
Marshall said he has been involved in all levels of government — local, state and federal. He has launched a Web site at www.marshallfornorman.com.
He will face former assistant city attorney Michael McKee.
While working for the City of Norman, McKee worked on rewriting the municipal code, was a prosecutor for the City, was assigned as the Norman Police legal advisor and evaluated and defended workers’ compensation claims against the City.
Only candidate per ward has filed for the other three council seats, Wards 4, 6 and 8.
Two incumbents filed Monday for their City council seats, with two newcomers filing for seats being vacated by councilmembers.
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.
Incumbent Ward 8 councilmember Dan Quinn filed for his northwest Norman seat. He is a retired educator and a Realtor with Old Town Realtors.
Small businesswoman Lou Mansfield, filed for the open northeast Norman Ward 6 slot. Ward 6 councilmember David Hopper chose not to run again.
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.
The filing period continues through 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Cleveland County Election Board.
Two incumbents filed Monday for their City council seats, and two candidates filed for seats being vacated by councilmembers.
Even-numbered wards are up for the March 4 election.
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.
Incumbent Ward 8 councilmember Dan Quinn filed for his northwest Norman seat.
Former assistant city attorney Michael McKee, filed for the south central Norman Ward 2 seat. Richard Stawicki has said he won’t run again.
Lou Mansfield, filed for the open Ward 6 slot. Ward 6 councilmember David Hopper chose not to run again.
Norman attorney Michael McKee announced Friday that he will seek the Ward 2 council seat currently held by Richard Stawicki. Stawicki announced Jan. 7 he will not seek re-election.
McKee is a former assistant city attorney, hired by former city manager Jerry Smith in July 1971. He resigned in 1977 to go into private practice.
While working for the City of Norman, McKee worked on rewriting the municipal code, was a prosecutor for the City, was assigned as the Norman Police legal advisor and evaluated and defended workers' compensation claims against the City.
McKee said he wrote more than $250,000 in grants for the City from the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments, as well as writing major construction contracts for the City of Norman and training police cadets in the Norman Police Academy.
He served a short period of time as acting city attorney.
McKee helped establish and was president of the Norman Oklahoma Municipal Employees Credit Union for municipal and hospital employees. NOME later merged with Tinker Federal Credit Union.
McKee graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1964. He worked four years with the Social Security Administration in Gallup, N.M., and Farmington, N.M., and later in Clinton. He received his juris doctorate degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1971.
He worked as an intern in the office of the Oklahoma Attorney General drafting appellate criminal briefs and wrote administrative policies for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife. He was appointed by the Oklahoma Supreme Court as a judge of the Court of Appeals, Temporary Division No. 128.
McKee is married with four children. His wife Jonee was a registered nurse, teaching anatomy and physiology at COACH, to high school level home schoolers.
His daughter Stacey Kierstan is married to a professor at Oklahoma State University. His three sons Kurt Michael, Frederick Dow and Stephan Kern are students at Northwestern in Evanston, Ill., University of North Texas at Denton, Texas, and Westminster College in Fulton, Mo. McKee said all are musically talented.
The McKees are members of the Trinity Baptist Church and he tutors Chinese students and professors in English.
Democratic Consultant Chebon Marshall filed for the Ward 2 council race Tuesday afternoon. Marshall, 33, was the sole candidate to add his name to the slate today.
