Leonard Sullivan is described as the most experienced person ever elected to serve as Oklahoma County Assessor because of his background in all aspects of the real estate industry as a Small Businessman, Realtor/Broker/Appraiser.  As a State Representative for House District 82 in Northwest Oklahoma City, for 18 years, Sullivan authored or co-authored all Oklahoma State Legislation concerning the appraisal of real estate.

Sullivan has been a leading supporter of promoting private business growth and reduced Business Property assessment rate from 14 to 13.75 percent saving Oklahoma companies more than $15 million.  Sullivan also supports reducing property taxes and has proposed reducing assessment rates from a maximum of 5 percent to 3 percent or less.  The current 5 percent cap limit has saved Oklahoma County property owners more than $343 million since it went into effect in 1997. 

In addition, Sullivan has proposed freezing assessment rates for all senior citizens regardless of income, both issues failed to get the necessary support of legislators to be sent to a vote of the people to change the State Constitution. 

Sullivan proposes to give the changes in the make-up of the legislature expected after the next election to propose these important property tax savings again, and if they fail he will organize a statewide petition drive to bring these issues to the people for citizens to decide.

Sullivan has significant management experience with national and international companies and has supervised several large organizations and developed budgets for multi-state operations.

Sullivan has been a Realtor/Broker in Oklahoma County since 1969. He holds an Oklahoma Appraiser’s License and has earned the Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) Designation from the National Board of Realtors. He also is a recipient of the Graduate Realtor Institute (GRI) Designation, making him the only person in Oklahoma to hold these three designations (Appraiser, CCIM & GRI).

Sullivan earned his BA Degree from Oklahoma State University in Business.
He served as a captain in the U.S. Army Reserve, 45th Infantry Division.
He has been married to wife, Marilyn, for 46 years, has two daughters and 5 grandchildren.