G T Bynum : Net Worth, Family, Wife, Education, Children, Age, Biography and Political Career

G T Bynum is us mayor of Tulsa since 2016 know all about him in this article as like his Family, Net Worth, Parents, Wife, Children, Education and Career Earnings

Nov 17, 2021 - 12:29
G T Bynum : Net Worth, Family, Wife, Education, Children, Age, Biography and Political Career
G T Bynum

Quick Facts

Name

G T Bynum

Category

Mayor

Birthday

August 28, 1977

Spouse

Susan

Education

Villanova University (BS)

Country / Nationality

United States

State / Province

Oklahoma

Party

Republican

Net Worth

$ 1 to 5 Million

George Theron Bynum IV is an American politician and lobbyist from the state of Oklahoma. A member of the Republican Party, Bynum is the 40th mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Prior to becoming mayor, he served as a city councilor for Tulsa's ninth district. He is a political moderate.

G T Bynum Net Worth

G T Bynum Net Worth is $ 1 to 5 Million in 2021.

G T Bynum Family

Robert J. LaFortune, the mayor of Tulsa from 1970 through 1978, is Bynum's grandfather. Bynum's uncle, Bill LaFortune, served as mayor from 2002 to 2006. Bynum is a great-great-grandson of Robert Newton Bynum, who served as mayor from 1899 to 1900.

G T Bynum Wife and Children

Bynum and his wife, Susan, have two children. His second child was born two weeks before he was laid off in 2009.

G T Bynum Career and Achievement

Bynum worked as a staffer for United States Senators Don Nickles and Tom Coburn from 2000 through 2006. He returned to Tulsa to work for a real estate auction company, Williams & Williams. He was laid off in 2009, along with a third of the Williams & Williams employees. He and a partner, Stuart McCalman, opened a lobbying firm, Capitol Ventures Government Relations, working on behalf of municipalities and businesses.

In 2008, Bynum won election to a two-year term representing District 9 on the Tulsa City Council. He was re-elected three times. In 2011, his colleagues appointed him Council Chairman. He served as Chairman through 2012. Bynum ran for mayor of Tulsa in 2016, and defeated Dewey F. Bartlett Jr., the incumbent mayor, in the June 2016 election by a 56 percent to 38 percent margin. By receiving over 50% of the vote, he avoided the August runoff election. He was inaugurated as mayor on December 5, 2016. Bynum ran for reelection in 2020 and won outright, again avoiding a runoff election. He is the third-youngest person to serve as mayor of Tulsa. Bynum has said that he will not run for a third term for mayor in 2024.

In addition to his work as a staffer and politician, Bynum is the founder of The Greater Tulsa PAC; a political action committee created to support nonpartisan, "pro-Tulsa candidates" for the Tulsa City Council. Jacob Heisten, a registered Republican and former aide to Senator Jim Inhofe, is listed as the PAC's chairman.