# Dick Crawford

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{{short description|American politician|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| office= 34th [Mayor of Tulsa](/source/Mayor_of_Tulsa)
| term_start=1986
| term_end=1988
| predecessor= [Terry Young](/source/Terry_Young_(American_politician))
| successor=[Rodger Randle](/source/Rodger_Randle)
| birth_name=Richard Carlisle Crawford
| spouse=Joan Frankenberger (m. c.1957–2012; her death)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/amp/obituaries/dispatch/155507991|title=Joan Crawford Obituary (2012) - The Columbus Dispatch|website=www.legacy.com}}</ref>
| party=[Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
}}

'''Richard Carlisle Crawford''' is an American politician. He served as mayor of [Tulsa, Oklahoma](/source/Tulsa%2C_Oklahoma) from 1986 to 1988. A Republican, he defeated independent Patty Eaton and 18 other candidates in the 1986 election for the mayor's chair.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/03/us/around-the-naiton-voters-in-tulsa-okla-elect-republican-mayor.html|title=AROUND THE NATION; VOTERS IN TULSA, OKLA., ELECT REPUBLICAN MAYOR (Published 1986)|work=The New York Times |date=April 3, 1986|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://oklahoman.com/article/2142844/eaton-concedes-race-crawford-tulsa-mayor/|title=Eaton Concedes Race; Crawford Tulsa Mayor|date=April 2, 1986|website=Oklahoman.com}}</ref> He was defeated in 1988 for re-election by [Rodger Randle](/source/Rodger_Randle).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://oklahoman.com/article/2215903/crawford-randle-advance-in-race-for-tulsa-mayor/|title=Crawford, Randle Advance In Race for Tulsa Mayor|date=February 17, 1988|website=Oklahoman.com}}</ref> He is an alumnus of [Ohio State University](/source/Ohio_State_University).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.osu.edu/giving/donor-communities/presidents-club/|title=President's Club|date=June 3, 2016|website=The Ohio State University}}</ref>

==Electoral history==
{{Election box begin | title=1992 Tulsa Mayoral special election<ref>{{cite news |title=Mayor's Race Results |url=https://tulsaworld.com/archive/mayors-race-results/article_5b827e2e-885f-5c70-960c-f98a30d23413.html |access-date=December 21, 2024 |work=[Tulsa World](/source/Tulsa_World) |date=August 26, 1992}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Democratic Party (United States)
 |candidate = [Susan Savage](/source/Susan_Savage)
 |votes = 37605
 |percentage = 40.6%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Republican Party (United States)
 |candidate = [Dewey F. Bartlett Jr.](/source/Dewey_F._Bartlett_Jr.)
 |votes = 20646
 |percentage = 22.5%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Republican Party (United States)
 |candidate = Dick Crawford
 |votes = 11913
 |percentage = 12.9%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Democratic Party (United States)
 |candidate = Joe Williams
 |votes = 9,149
 |percentage = 9.2%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Democratic Party (United States)
 |candidate = James Hogue Sr. 
 |votes = 7806
 |percentage = 8.5%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Republican Party (United States)
 |candidate = Tom Quinn
 |votes = 1522
 |percentage = 1.7%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Republican Party (United States)
 |candidate = Larry C. Hovis
 |votes = 482
 |percentage = 0.5%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Republican Party (United States)
 |candidate = Bob Kaczmarek
 |votes = 286
 |percentage = 0.3%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Republican Party (United States)
 |candidate = Lawrence D. Randall
 |votes = 244
 |percentage = 0.3%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Republican Party (United States)
 |candidate = John F. Loerch
 |votes = 209
 |percentage = .2%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Democratic Party (United States)
 |candidate = Barbara Kochevar Clark
 |votes = 197
 |percentage = 0.2%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Republican Party (United States)
 |candidate = [Dennis W. Mahon](/source/Dennis_Mahon)
 |votes = 186
 |percentage = 0.2%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Republican Party (United States)
 |candidate = Sandra Ruffin
 |votes = 174
 |percentage = 0.2%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Republican Party (United States)
 |candidate = Joe Jones
 |votes = 160
 |percentage = 0.2%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Democratic Party (United States)
 |candidate = Rocky Frisco
 |votes = 159
 |percentage = 0.2%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Democratic Party (United States)
 |candidate = Susan Town
 |votes = 128
 |percentage = 0.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Republican Party (United States)
 |candidate = Robert D. Ward
 |votes = 117
 |percentage = 0.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Democratic Party (United States)
 |candidate = William D. Reif
 |votes = 111
 |percentage = .1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Republican Party (United States)
 |candidate = Dave Cuenod Jr.  
 |votes = 103
 |percentage = 0.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Republican Party (United States)
 |candidate = Linda Spalding
 |votes = 94
 |percentage = 0.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Democratic Party (United States)
 |candidate = Anthony R. Coleman Sr. 
 |votes = 93
 |percentage = 0.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Democratic Party (United States)
 |candidate = Lawrence F. Kirkpatrick
 |votes = 89
 |percentage = 0.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Democratic Party (United States)
 |candidate = Rick Blackburn
 |votes = 86
 |percentage = 0.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Republican Party (United States)
 |candidate = Ted C. Talbert 
 |votes = 72
 |percentage = 0.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Democratic Party (United States)
 |candidate = James F. Carrigan
 |votes = 70
 |percentage = 0.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Republican Party (United States)
 |candidate = Shelley D. McNeill
 |votes = 70
 |percentage = 0.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Democratic Party (United States)
 |candidate = Chris T. Hartline
 |votes = 63
 |percentage = 0.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Republican Party (United States)
 |candidate = Bob Looney
 |votes = 53
 |percentage = 0.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Republican Party (United States)
 |candidate = Steven W. Kopet
 |votes = 51
 |percentage = 0.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Republican Party (United States)
 |candidate = Charles R. Doty
 |votes = 49
 |percentage = 0.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Democratic Party (United States)
 |candidate = Les D. Ecker
 |votes = 49
 |percentage = 0.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Republican Party (United States)
 |candidate = William Neill Wilbanks
 |votes = 48
 |percentage = 0.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Democratic Party (United States)
 |candidate = Kenneth Ray Thompson
 |votes = 47
 |percentage = 0.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Republican Party (United States)
 |candidate = Jim Ed Briggs
 |votes = 46
 |percentage = 0.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Democratic Party (United States)
 |candidate = Michael Luc Provencher
 |votes = 43
 |percentage = 0.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Democratic Party (United States)
 |candidate = Michael S. Crabbe
 |votes = 42
 |percentage = 0.04%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Republican Party (United States)
 |candidate = David Ferree
 |votes = 42
 |percentage = 0.04%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Democratic Party (United States)
 |candidate = Phillip Leon Hamilton
 |votes = 41
 |percentage = 0.04%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Republican Party (United States)
 |candidate = Richard C. Bevins Jr.
 |votes = 38
 |percentage = 0.04%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Democratic Party (United States)
 |candidate = Douglas A. Casada
 |votes = 38
 |percentage = 0.04%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Democratic Party (United States)
 |candidate = Josh Martin
 |votes = 37
 |percentage = 0.04%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Republican Party (United States)
 |candidate = Robert E. Fearon 
 |votes = 34
 |percentage = 0.04%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Democratic Party (United States)
 |candidate = Dan O'Rourke Jr. 
 |votes = 34
 |percentage = 0.04%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Republican Party (United States)
 |candidate = Brad A. Pfeiffer
 |votes = 32
 |percentage = 0.04%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Republican Party (United States)
 |candidate = Timothy A. Fisher
 |votes = 29
 |percentage = 0.03%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Republican Party (United States)
 |candidate = Darein W. Gandall
 |votes = 28
 |percentage = 0.03%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Republican Party (United States)
 |candidate = Richard E. Brooks
 |votes = 26
 |percentage = 0.03%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Republican Party (United States)
 |candidate = Brad Jensen
 |votes = 26
 |percentage = 0.03%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Republican Party (United States)
 |candidate = Monty Dale Davidson
 |votes = 23
 |percentage = 0.03%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Democratic Party (United States)
 |candidate = Robert E. Dumont
 |votes = 22
 |percentage = 0.02%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Republican Party (United States)
 |candidate = Curtis W. Gilling
 |votes = 22
 |percentage = 0.02%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Republican Party (United States)
 |candidate = J. David Weatherman
 |votes = 22
 |percentage = 0.02%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Republican Party (United States)
 |candidate = Gary Johns 
 |votes = 21
 |percentage = 0.02%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party = Republican Party (United States)
 |candidate = Rick R. J. Hart
 |votes = 17
 |percentage = 0.02%
}}
{{Election box total|
 |votes = 92794
 |percentage = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box end}}

==References==
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{{Mayors of Tulsa}}

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