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Monroe is endorsed by
Kathy Taylor
Former Tulsa Mayor
"I know what it takes to lead our city, and I’ve known the candidates in this race for years. When it comes to who will best serve Tulsa as our next mayor the choice is clear. Monroe has the energy, the ideas, and the experience to lead a coalition focused on creating economic opportunity for every Tulsa family."
Meet Monroe Nichols
Monroe’s family has a history of public service. His grandfather was a Pastor, his father served as a police officer, and his mother spent her career as a criminal justice and higher education professional.
In 2016, he became the first African American elected to represent House District 72 in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. Now a four-term legislator, he is an established leader in the Oklahoma House of Representatives and serves as the chair of the Oklahoma Legislative Black Caucus. During his career at the capitol, he has been a leading voice on education, healthcare, criminal justice reform, and economic growth.
Monroe's Priorities
Public Safety
•Make Tulsa the Safest Big City in America
•Reduce crime in the Tulsa’s most violent prone areas by focusing on deterrence and intervention strategies
•Invest in neighborhood revitalization initiatives
•Reduce the domestic violence rates and end the backlog on rape kit testing
•Ensure we are meeting the mental health crisis needs of Tulsans needing support
Ending Homelessness
•End homelessness as we know it by achieving functional zero homelessness by 2030
•Reduce blighted properties by 60% and increase affordable housing units by 6,000 by 2028
•Reduce Tulsa’s eviction rate
•Ensure Tulsa has adequate low-barrier shelter capacity
•Create a citywide system of mental and substance abuse supports
Improve Student Outcomes
•Put Tulsa families on a pathway to economic mobility from the time children enter school.
•Ensure access to high-quality child care and early childhood education.
•Support well-functioning school boards and local control of public schools.
•Invest in the best educators.
•Increase housing stability for students.
•Improve mental health outcomes for children and families
Co-Govern with Tribal Nations
•Acknowledge and stand with tribal sovereignty.
•Strengthen partnerships and establish a trust-based co-governing relationship with tribal governments and the City of Tulsa.
•Ensure Tulsa is home to a thriving Native American community and is welcoming to Native cultures.
•Make Tulsa the center for Native entrepreneurship, economic opportunity and excellence in a way that attracts Natives from all over the country.
•Put Native families on a pathway to economic mobility.
