The Marc Thompson Difference

Marc Thompson: the right person for Midwest City Council Ward 4

Fiscal Leadership

I offer mature, fiscally conservative leadership.

I have owned and operated 2 successful businesses, I understand budgeting, marketing and personnel management. Midwest City, Oklahoma has 500 employees and an annual budget over $195 million. It will take some basic business sense to understand and help manage our community.

As a professional fundraiser, I raised over $165 million for nonprofit organizations across our Nation. Public television and public radio; colleges and universities; food banks and Veteran’s organizations. I served on the board of the Jesus House homeless shelter.

Family-Oriented

I am a family-oriented man, focused on the belief that every parent in Midwest City, Oklahoma should be able to raise their children in a safe, supportive and fun community. As a member of the Parks and Recreation Board, I understand the complexities of our public facilities and was instrumental in promoting a sales tax extension that will provide adequate and predictable funding for our parks for the foreseeable future.

Centered on Education

As a retired professional, I have chosen to serve as a substitute teacher in our area schools for the past 8 years. I understand firsthand how critical our schools are and how vulnerable our young people are in today’s troubled world. I am a product of public school education and will be forever supportive of our local teachers and the students they influence daily.

I have coached football, baseball, softball and roller hockey. Won some, lost some.

I was accepted at Dartmouth College, educated at The Ohio State University, earned a degree at University of Central Oklahoma and worked at Oklahoma State University, California State University, University of Cincinnati and the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Marc Thompson is president of The Ridgecrest Neighborhood Association
Neighborhood event with free pony rides 
I retired as the Assistant Dean of the Oklahoma City University School of Law. I can read a contract, the U.S. Constitution and the Charter of Midwest City, Oklahoma.

Strong Neighborhoods

I am currently president of The Ridgecrest Neighborhood Association in Midwest City Ward 4. During my tenure, the organization has grown by 500% and won Midwest City Neighborhood Association of the Year from among 30 peer groups. Twice, we hosted neighborhood events at the Atkinson Pony Farm Heritage Center that have each attracted and fed over 400 guests, and last year featured free pony rides for all the neighborhood kids, just the way it was when Midwest City, Oklahoma first got started.

I cut my own grass.

Civic Minded

My parents were career civil servants, working at Tinker and a few other air bases for their entire lives. I understand fully what Tinker means to Midwest City, Oklahoma and also what those airplanes mean to the security of America. I was born in that flight path and their sound is like a lullaby to me.

Marc Thompson for Midwest City Ward 4
My father fought at Anzio. My uncle fought in the Pacific. My stepdad fought in Korea. My son fought in Afghanistan and Iraq. I was a Vietnam-era kid with a lucky draft number.

I am a worker. I fix broken things in my garage workshop. When I joined the local Rotary Club, I signed up to set the American flags out in my neighborhood four times a year. I shuttle volunteers in my van. I come early to help set up the room and stay late to put it all away. It is who I am, and exactly who I will be if given the opportunity to serve this community as a member of the Midwest City Council.


“I humbly request the honor of your vote for Midwest City Council Ward 4, April 2, 2024.”

Why Marc is Running