David Holt (politician)

David Holt (born March 10, 1979) 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 and the 83rd president of the United States Conference of Mayors. As mayor, Holt presided over the passage of MAPS 4 in 2019, a $1.1 billion initiative including 16 projects. In 2023, the City Council and ultimately the city's voters approved Holt's proposal to put at least $850 million of taxpayer money toward building a new $900 million arena, in return for an agreement by the Oklahoma City Thunder to play in the new arena for 25 years. While Holt argued the arena is vital for the city’s "big league" status, opponents claimed that public subsidies for sports stadiums rarely produce the promised economic returns and that the money could have been better spent on direct infrastructure or social services.

In 2025, Holt announced that two sports and seven events of the 2028 Summer Olympics will be staged in Oklahoma City.