How leaders can avoid the culture wars (with OKC Mayor David Holt) | Rapid Response
About David
- Current president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors (2025-26).
- Elected mayor of Oklahoma City with record 78.5% vote in 2018.
- First Native American mayor of Oklahoma City.
- Oversaw OKC's rise from 37th to 20th largest US city via $10B quality-of-life investment.
- Youngest OKC mayor since 1923; youngest US mayor of a 500k+ city at inauguration.
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Mayor of Oklahoma City, David Holt, joins Rapid Response to discuss how cities deliver for their residents, navigate macroeconomic forces and federal policy, and improve public trust. Holt shares what it means to govern a politically “purple” city, and how forces of politics and society may make us appear to be more polarized than we really are.
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