The Green Papers: Oklahoma 2021 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
Governor:1 
2020 Census:3,963,516 (1.28% of 309,785,186)
2024, 2028 Electoral Votes:7(1.30% of 538)
2022-2030 Representatives:5(1.15% of 435)
2010 Census:3,764,882 (1.22% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:7(1.30% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:5(1.15% of 435)
Capital:Oklahoma City
 

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Oklahoma State and Local Government


Oklahoma is a closed primary state. Only registered voters of a political party may vote to select their party's nominees, however, the Democratic Party is allowing Independent voters to participate in its primaries and runoffs in 2020 and 2021. The Republican and Libertarian Parties will use a closed primary for 2020.

If no candidate receives at least 50% of the vote in the primary, a runoff will be held between the top two vote-getters.

If a candidate is unopposed in the primary or general election, that office does not appear on the ballot.

Oklahoma does not permit write-ins.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 117th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2 Republican Senator James M. "Jim" Inhofe
First elected to fill out the term in a Special Election: 1994 [held to fill the impending vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator David L. Boren (Democrat): effective, 15 November 1994 but announced before the 1994 Oklahoma state/local Primary in August 1994, allowing for this Special Election to take place; elected to a full term: 1996; re-elected 2002, 2008, 2014, 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Class 3 Republican Senator James Paul Lankford
First elected in a special election: 4 November 2014 re: resignation of Senator Tom Coburn (Republican); re-elected: 2016.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (9)
  Candidate Democratic     Jason Bollinger
FEC S2OK00137; 30 Sep 21; Tot $7,370; Dsb $5,781
  Candidate Democratic     Jo Stanley Glenn
FEC S2OK00178
  Candidate Democratic     Madison Horn
FEC S2OK00152
  Candidate Democratic     Bevon Rogers
FEC S0OK00354
  Candidate Republican     state Senator Nathan Dahm
FEC S2OK00145; 30 Sep 21; Tot $58,712; Dsb $943
  Candidate Republican     Joan E. Farr
Running for Senate in Kansas and Oklahoma

FEC S2OK00129
  Candidate Republican     Jessica Jean Garrison
FEC S2OK00160
  Candidate Republican     Jackson Rhodes Lahmeyer
FEC S2OK00111; 30 Sep 21; Tot $452,793; Dsb $310,841
  Candidate Republican     Senator James Paul Lankford
FEC S4OK00232; 30 Sep 21; Tot $2,240,579; Dsb $756,130

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 4-year terms, All Governors

  Republican Governor Kevin Stitt
First elected: 2018
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
 Candidate list (5)
  Candidate Democratic     Public Instruction Superintendent Joy Hofmeister
First elected Public Instruction Superintendent as a Repubican: 2014; re-elected: 2018; affiliated with the Democratic Party: 7 October 2021.
  Candidate Democratic     former state Senator Connie Johnson
  Candidate Republican     Mark Sherwood
  Candidate Republican     former state Sentor Ervin Yen
  Candidate Libertarian     Natalie Bruno

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 4-year terms

  Republican Lieutenant Governor Matt Pinnell
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
The current Lieutenant Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

117th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2020, 2024. No Term Limit. 117th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
5 Republican (5 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 1 Republican Member of Congress Kevin R. Hern
First elected: 6 November 2018 [re: Oklahoma law allows the winner of the general election to take office when a seat is vacant - the vacancy was caused by Member of Congress James Frederick "Jim" Bridenstine (Republican) 23 April 2018 resignation].
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (3) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Adam Martin
FEC H2OK01176; 30 Sep 21; Tot $10,355; Dsb $3,934
  Candidate Democratic     John Patrick Swoboda
FEC H2OK01168; 31 Mar 21; Tot $653; Dsb $146
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress Kevin R. Hern
FEC H8OK01157; 30 Sep 21; Tot $494,396; Dsb $341,530

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 2 Republican Member of Congress Markwayne Mullin
First elected: 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (1) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress Markwayne Mullin
FEC H2OK02083; 30 Sep 21; Tot $452,028; Dsb $289,121

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 3 Republican Member of Congress Frank D. Lucas
First elected in a special election (to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Member of Congress Glenn English): May 1994
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (1) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress Frank D. Lucas
FEC H4OK06056; 30 Sep 21; Tot $155,001; Dsb $192,248

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 4 Republican Member of Congress Thomas Jeffery "Tom" Cole
First elected: 2002
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (1) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress Thomas Jeffery "Tom" Cole
FEC H2OK04055; 30 Sep 21; Tot $610,452; Dsb $461,057

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 5 Republican Member of Congress Stephanie Bice
First elected: 2020
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (2) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Abby Broyles
FEC H2OK05151; 30 Sep 21; Tot $86,106; Dsb $3,639
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress Stephanie Bice
FEC H0OK05205; 30 Sep 21; Tot $967,905; Dsb $431,158

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 4-year terms

  Republican Attorney General John O'Connor
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
The current Attorney General is unaffected by the State's term limit.
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Republican     Gentner Drummond
 26 May 2021: Attorney General Mike Hunter (Republican), announced his resignation effective 1 June 2021, "It has been a ... privilege of a lifetime to serve as the state's attorney general. Regrettably, certain personal matters that are becoming public will become a distraction for this office. ... I am very sorry that I will no longer be here." Governor Kevin Stitt (Republican) will appoint a replacement. Mr. Hunter was appointed on 20 February 2017 (re: resignation of Attorney General E. Scott Pruitt upon confirmation as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency) and first elected in 2018.
23 July 2021: Governor Kevin Stitt (Republican) appoints John O'Connor (Republican) as the new Attorney General for the remainder of the term ending 9 January 2023 [Oklahoma Constitution Article VI, Section 2, and 51 O.S. § 10]

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 4-year terms

  Republican Treasurer Randy McDaniel
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
The current Treasurer is unaffected by the State's term limit.
Open Seat - Retiring in 2022
 Candidate list (3)
  Candidate Republican     Oklahoma County Clerk David B. Hooten
  Candidate Republican     former state Senator Clark Jolley
  Candidate Republican     state Representative Todd Russ

Auditor and Inspector  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 4-year terms

  Republican Auditor and Inspector Cindy Byrd
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
The current Auditor and Inspector is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Commissioner of Labor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

  Republican Labor Commissioner Leslie Osborn
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

Insurance Commissioner  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

  Republican Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

Superintendent of Public Instruction  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 4-year terms

  Democratic Public Instruction Superintendent Joy Hofmeister
First elected as a Repubican: 2014; re-elected: 2018; affiliated with the Democratic Party: 7 October 2021.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
The current Superintendent of Public Instruction is unaffected by the State's term limit.
Open Seat - At Term Limit.
Running for Governor as a Democrat.
 Candidate list (3)
  Candidate Republican     Peggs School Superintendent John Cox
  Candidate Republican     Shawnee School Superintendent April Grace
  Candidate Republican     Ryan Walters

Corporation Commissioner 1  6 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2022. Term Limit: Effective 2010: 2 6-year terms

  Republican Corporation Commissioner Dana L. Murphy
First elected: 2008; re-elected: 2010, 2016.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
The current Corporation Commissioner 1 is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Seat - At Term Limit
 Candidate list (2)
  Candidate Republican     Secretary of State Brian Bingman
  Candidate Republican     state Senator Kim David

Corporation Commissioner 2  6 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2024. Term Limit: Effective 2010: 2 6-year terms

  Republican Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony
First elected: 1988; re-elected: 1994, 2000, 2006, 2012, 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
The current Corporation Commissioner 2 is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Seat - At Term Limit

Corporation Commissioner 3  6 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2026. Term Limit: Effective 2010: 2 6-year terms

  Republican Corporation Commissioner Todd Hiett
First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
The current Corporation Commissioner 3 is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Seat - At Term Limit
 

Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties   Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Democratic (affiliates): 1 incumbent, 9 candidates
  Republican: 17 incumbents, 21 candidates
Major Third Parties   Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Libertarian: 1 candidate
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.


 


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