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Cornett Touts Accomplishments Of GOP Mayors During Republican Convention

Mick Cornett, Chair, U.S. Conference of Mayors and Mayor of Oklahoma City speaks during the opening day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Monday, July 18, 2016.
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Mick Cornett, Chair, U.S. Conference of Mayors and Mayor of Oklahoma City speaks during the opening day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Monday, July 18, 2016.

Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett described success by GOP municipal leaders during the first day of the Republican National Convention Monday afternoon in Cleveland.

Cornett said Republicans hold the top jobs from San Diego to Miami, including Oklahoma’s two largest cities. He said Republicans have held the Oklahoma City mayor’s seat for 29 consecutive years.

"Is it any wonder then that the Kauffman Foundation named Oklahoma City as the most entrepreneurial city in the country, with the most startups per capita? And one of the nation’s lowest unemployment rates?” Cornett said.

Throughout the country, Cornett said his colleagues are restoring the middle class and creating high-paying jobs to attract the next generation of workers.

“We are building cities where Millennials are choosing to live," Cornett said. "We’re investing in public safety, and streets, and parks. We are helping to restore confidence in America.”

Cornett spoke at the convention in Cleveland on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. He became the organization’s president last month, having spent the prior year as the group’s vice president.

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Brian Hardzinski is from Flower Mound, Texas and a graduate of the University of Oklahoma. He began his career at KGOU as a student intern, joining KGOU full time in 2009 as Operations and Public Service Announcement Director. He began regularly hosting Morning Edition in 2014, and became the station's first Digital News Editor in 2015-16. Brian’s work at KGOU has been honored by Public Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRNDI), the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters, the Oklahoma Associated Press Broadcasters, and local and regional chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists. Brian enjoys competing in triathlons, distance running, playing tennis, and entertaining his rambunctious Boston Terrier, Bucky.
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