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Republican · Mayor of Oklahoma City · Oklahoma · Spectrum score +48
Mayor · 2026 ballot ·
David Holt is Mayor of Oklahoma City in Oklahoma. Political positions and ideology score +48 (Right). David Holt is an American and Osage attorney and politician who has served since 2018 as the 38th mayor of Oklahoma City and since 2023 as dean of the Oklahoma City University School of Law.
- Term ends
- May 5, 2030
- mayor@okc.gov
- Phone
- 405-297-2424
- Office
- 200 N Walker Ave, Third Floor, Oklahoma City, OK 73102
- Website
- Official site
- Wikipedia
- Background
- Salary
- —
City pay varies · not on file
Where David stands on the spectrum
David Holt scores +48 on Spectrum’s left–right line (right), right of center on the economy and conservative on social issues. The number is modeled from twelve issue positions and the public record — not a poll and not a party label.
Composite +48 · Right · economic +49 · social +46 · authoritarian +26
Confidence 68. How we calculate scores →
Background & record
David Holt is an American and Osage attorney and politician who has served since 2018 as the 38th mayor of Oklahoma City and since 2023 as dean of the Oklahoma City University School of Law. From 2010 to 2018 he represented the 30th district in the Oklahoma Senate. Holt is Oklahoma City's first Native American mayor.
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Issue detail
−100 left pole · +100 right pole
- Economic
- +49
- Social
- +46
- Authoritarian
- +26
- Confidence
- 68
- Taxes & spending+54
Lower taxes, smaller fiscal footprint
- Health care+42
Private insurance markets, fewer mandates
- Climate & energy+48
Energy abundance, fewer climate mandates
- Business regulation+52
Deregulation and lighter administrative state
- Labor & wages+44
Flexible labor markets, right-to-work
- Immigration+46
Tighter borders, more deportations
- Abortion+48
Restrictions or bans, fetal personhood
- Guns+56
Broad Second Amendment, fewer federal limits
- Crime & policing+50
More policing, longer sentences, less bail reform
- Schools & speech+46
Choice, against gender/DEI curricula
- Defense & alliances+58
Hard power, high defense spending, deterrence
- Civil liberties+30
Order, platform / campus / speech restrictions for security or morality
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Sources
- Ballotpedia, mayors of the 100 largest cities, August 2026
- Open States people (municipalities)
- okc.gov
- en.wikipedia.org
- Local contact is from the public office listing. Scores are modeled, not a roll-call.
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Updated August 2026.