Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt will be on r/okc this Wednesday, 5/13, to answer questions from the community. We will begin reading through questions at 8 AM and will start responding at 10 AM. We look forward to seeing you there!
https://www.reddit.com/r/okc/comments/1tacg71/oklahoma_city_mayor_david_holt_ama/
Mayor David Holt has served as Mayor of Oklahoma City since 2018. During his tenure, he has championed nearly $5 billion in new public investments, and voters have approved each initiative with over 70% support. Mayor Holt successfully recruited seven events of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics to OKC, and since he took office, the city has moved from the 27th-largest city in the nation to the 20th-largest.
Mayor Holt is one of five mayors in Oklahoma City’s history to be elected at least three times. In his most recent election this year, he received 86.5% percent of the vote. His average electoral support of 75% across his three elections is the highest in the city’s history.
Mayor Holt currently serves as the President of the United States Conference of Mayors, the official nonpartisan organization founded in 1932 that speaks for the nation’s 1,400 mayors.
Mayor Holt also currently serves as Dean of the Oklahoma City University School of Law.
Mayor Holt is a member of the Osage Nation and is Oklahoma City’s first Native American mayor. In 2023, Mayor Holt was named by TIME as one of its “100 Next” most influential people in the world.
Mayor Holt previously served in the Oklahoma Senate for eight years. He received his B.A. from the George Washington University and his J.D. from the Oklahoma City University School of Law. His wife Rachel is the President & CEO of the United Way of Central Oklahoma and they reside in OKC with their two children.
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