Tulsa voters face Aug. 25 municipal election and utility-franchise decision

Tulsa’s 2026 municipal general election is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 25, setting the next citywide election date for voters and candidates. A runoff election, if needed, is scheduled for Nov. 3.

Separately, a proposed ordinance involving Oklahoma Natural Gas is listed in Tulsa City Council meeting materials. The proposal would grant a 20-year franchise, set a 4% gross-receipts rate and require voter approval at a special election, according to the meeting index.

Election schedule and candidate requirements

The City of Tulsa’s election guidance identifies Aug. 25 as the general-election date and provides filing-period and election-administration information. Tulsa city councilors are elected to two-year terms.

The available city election page does not identify a final candidate list or specify which races are contested. It also does not provide a basis in the available materials to describe the outcome of any contest before the election occurs.

Municipal campaign-contribution forms must be filed with the Oklahoma Ethics Commission under the city’s election guidance. Candidates and campaigns therefore face both the city election schedule and the state ethics filing requirement as the election approaches.

Gas franchise remains a proposal

The Oklahoma Natural Gas item is at the proposal stage in the available materials. The meeting index describes a 20-year franchise ordinance and says it would require voter approval at a special election on Aug. 25, 2026.

A franchise of this kind concerns Oklahoma Natural Gas access to city-owned easements, according to the city-related materials summarized in the approved source packet. The proposed 4% gross-receipts rate is part of the listed ordinance; the available materials do not support characterizing that rate as a consumer rate increase.

Available records do not establish that the Tulsa City Council has given the ordinance final approval. They also do not confirm through final council and Tulsa County Election Board records that the proposition will appear on the Aug. 25 ballot. The proposal should therefore be treated as a council item under consideration rather than a confirmed ballot measure.

What happens next

The known election deadlines are the Aug. 25 general election and the Nov. 3 runoff date. Any franchise question would require the additional procedural steps reflected in final council and election-board records before it could be described as a confirmed ballot proposition.