Tulsa County District Attorney
A modern, accountable justice system for Tulsa County.
We all deserve to live in a safe community, but every day, it seems like Tulsa gets a little less safe.
You feel it, I feel it, we all do.
From an increase in the homeless population on our streets, to criminals going free due to prosecutor errors and saddling taxpayers with multi-million-dollar judgments, the scales of justice are broken here in Tulsa County.
I'm Colleen McCarty, and I'm running for Tulsa County DA to fix it.
Let's make Tulsa safer.
Focus
Public safety first
Firm, fair, swift justice with clear accountability.
Promise
Taxpayer stewardship
Fiscal discipline and an end to costly mistakes.
Mission
Victim-centered justice
Protecting families, children, and the vulnerable.
Colleen McCarty is a lifelong Tulsan, a prosecutor-trained attorney, a devoted wife and mother, and a proven fiscal conservative who believes the criminal justice system must be tough, efficient, and fully accountable to hardworking taxpayers.
A graduate of the University of Tulsa College of Law, Colleen earned top student honors in Professional Responsibility and Evidence Workshop (taught by Supreme Court Justice Dana Keuhn and Assistant U.S. Attorney Edward Snow) and second top student honors in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure. During law school, she gained real-world experience in the Tulsa County Juvenile Division, then at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, where serious drug trafficking and child exploitation cases were prosecuted, and later at the Wagoner County District Attorney’s Office, working on misdemeanors, felonies, fraud, and child neglect cases.
Colleen learned the value of hard work and personal responsibility early on—her first job was in the mailroom of her family’s fourth-generation Tulsa business, the iconic Bama Companies (known for Bama Pies). Over time, she took on increasing responsibilities, developing a practical, no-nonsense understanding of budgets, workplace accountability, and the high cost of mismanagement and waste.
Today, Colleen serves as Executive Director of Oklahoma Appleseed, a non-profit watchdog organization dedicated to rooting out government waste, corruption, and lack of transparency—holding public officials accountable regardless of party. Since founding Appleseed, she has transformed it from a modest $150,000 operation into a $1.5 million statewide force with a staff of 13 attorneys, researchers, and professionals fighting for fiscal responsibility and open government.
Compassion for victims
Colleen has a deep, genuine compassion for victims of rape and domestic abuse, having volunteered for years inside shelters and staffing crisis hotlines. In 2024, she played a key role in building Republican support for the Oklahoma Survivors Act—a strong, common-sense law passed with overwhelming Republican majorities in the Legislature and signed by Governor Kevin Stitt. This legislation protects the rights of domestic abuse victims who courageously stand up to their abusers.
Family and community
Colleen, her husband Rusty, and their two beautiful children live in central Tulsa. She is running for District Attorney to restore financial discipline, innovation, and strict accountability to an office that controls millions in taxpayer dollars. Colleen believes justice must be firm, fair, and swift —criminals held accountable, victims protected, and every tax dollar spent wisely. Tulsa County taxpayers deserve a District Attorney who treats public safety and public funds with the same conservative care and responsibility they expect for their own families.
Be Smart
As your next Tulsa County DA, I'll take a smart approach to crime, one that emphasizes public safety first, along with common sense and fiscal responsibility.
What does that look like? Well - in a nutshell - we'll be tough on crime, and also tough on the causes of crime.
We’ll closely examine the facts of each individual case - the defendant, the crime committed, and the impact on the victim. We’ll determine who the real threats are to our public safety and who needs to be behind bars, and who doesn’t.
If you’re a first-time nonviolent offender— you’ve violated the law and you have to pay back your debt to society.
But that can be through community service and restitution—pay it back if you stole something. It could be through a diversion program if they have a serious mental illness or drug addiction.
But we’ll never pretend that the crime didn’t occur. And when tough punishment is called for, we’ll seek it.
Under our current DA, we’ve seen
- Undercharging - he sentenced an armed bank robber to four years on probation
- Criminals going free due to incompetence and mismanagement - he sent unlicensed interns in to do jury trials leading those convictions to be overturned
- And massive judgments against the taxpayers – the DA’s office hid DNA evidence for thirty years that exonerated a Tulsa citizen, resulting in an over $22 million dollar judgment that YOU (pointing) the taxpayer will have to pay.
Accountability and transparency will define my work as your District Attorney. It's time for change. I’m Colleen McCarty and on June 16th, I need your vote.
I'm Colleen McCarty. This is more than just a campaign. I'm running for District Attorney to launch a renaissance for justice in Tulsa County. This is a movement to modernize our justice system, so it finally reflects the courage, dignity, and truth of crime victims in Tulsa County and their families who depend on it. This is how we build a safer, stronger, more modern Tulsa.
A Blueprint for Justice
Tulsa is a modern, growing, vibrant city.
We're building world-class arts, technology, health care, and business — yet our justice system is stuck decades in the past.
Crime victims are ignored.
Children in detention are harmed.
Evidence is hidden.
Innocent people are convicted.
High-ranking prosecutors fabricate evidence.
Taxpayers pay millions for misconduct they never agreed to.
This is not modern justice.
This is not safety.
This is not who Tulsa is.
Tulsa deserves a modern District Attorney’s Office — one that protects our elderly and vulnerable women and children, one that believes crime victims, uses data and technology to prevent harm, and operates with integrity, transparency, and professionalism instead of fear, secrecy, and scandal.
Why Colleen?
People ask, Colleen - why should I vote for you?
Here are two key reasons - safety and money.
First, I'm going to focus on dangerous criminals. We're going to seek tough sentences, convict them and keep 'em in jail. That's not always the case in Tulsa County right now.
Second, I'm going to stop wasting your tax dollars. In recent years, we've seen convictions overturned for amateur mistakes - like sending unlicensed lawyers to court - and multi-million-dollar judgments - to be paid by you - the taxpayers - because a court found the DA’s office illegally hid evidence.
That's not justice. That's incompetence and corruption.
It's time for a change in Tulsa County.
On June 16th, please vote for me - Colleen McCarty - in the Republican Primary. Let's make Tulsa safer.
A Modern DA’s Office for a Modern Tulsa
How are we going to build a modern justice system for a modern Tulsa?
First, we're going to have a professional DA's office.
Clear policies, digital systems, data dashboards for transparency, ethical safeguards and 21st-century training - not paper files and personal politics. Plus, we'll send actual licensed lawyers to court - not always the case with our current DA.
Second, we're going to believe and focus on the victims of crime, with special attention given to the most vulnerable members of our society, like the elderly, women and children.
Victim centered justice is not optional - it's foundational to public safety.
Third, we'll have smart, evidence-based strategies.
We're not going to just rely on slogans and tough campaign rhetoric. We'll implement policies that actually reduce violence in our communities and break the cycle of repeat offenses.
Fourth, we'll focus on transparency over secrecy.
No more secret waivers that crime victims must sign just to receive justice. No more fabricated evidence scandals or wrongful convictions that cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars in adverse judgments.
Finally, we'll implement fair, independent non-retaliatory justice.
Our prosecutions will be based on the law and evidence - not ego, grudges or fear of accountability.
You're probably asking - why aren't these things already happening in the DA's office? I've been asking these questions too.
And that's why I'm running for Tulsa County DA.
I'm Colleen McCarty asking for your vote in the Republican Primary on June 16th because we can do better.
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McCarty for DA
7167 S Mingo Rd
Tulsa, OK 74133
918-609-0043
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