The Green Papers: Oklahoma 2017 General Election
 
This page is for offices up for election in 2017. Find 2018 elections here.

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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
Governor:1 
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.

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.


7 October 2017: The Oklahoma Libertarian Party decided to limit the 2018 Libertarian primary to only registered party members.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 115th 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
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Republican     Senator James M. "Jim" Inhofe
FEC S4OK00083

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

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 4-year terms, All Governors

  Republican Governor Mary C. Fallin
First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2014
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Chair
 Candidate list (13)
  Candidate Democratic     Norman Brown
  Candidate Democratic     former state Attorney General Drew Edmondson
  Candidate Democratic     former state Senator Connie Johnson
  Candidate Republican     Oklahoma City Mayor Michael Earl "Mick" Cornett, Sr.
  Candidate Republican     Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett
  Candidate Republican     former state Representative Dan Fisher
  Candidate Republican     Auditor and Inspector Gary A. Jones
  Candidate Republican     Lieutenant Governor Todd G. Lamb
  Candidate Republican     Gary Richardson
  Candidate Republican     Kevin Stitt
  Candidate Libertarian     Rex Lawhorn
  Candidate Libertarian     Joseph "Joe Exotic Maldonado
  Candidate Libertarian     Chris Powell

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 4-year terms

  Republican Lieutenant Governor Todd G. Lamb
First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
The current Lieutenant Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
Open Seat - Running for Governor in 2018.
 Candidate list (4)
  Candidate Republican     Dominique DaMon Block, Sr.
  Candidate Republican     state Senator Eddie Fields
  Candidate Republican     Corporation Commissioner Dana L. Murphy
Candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 2018.
  Candidate Republican     Matt Pinnell

115th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2018, 2020. No Term Limit. 115th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
5 Republican (1 Open, 4 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 1 Republican Congressman James Frederick "Jim" Bridenstine
First elected: 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Open Seat - Not running for re-election in 2018.
1 September 2017: Congressman Jim Bridenstine was nominated by President Trump to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
 Candidate list (5) - 116th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Andy Coleman
FEC H8OK01124; 30 Sep 17; Tot $115,826; Dsb $45,480
  Candidate Republican     state Senator Nathan Dahm
FEC H0OK01089; 30 Sep 17; Tot $63,587; Dsb $28,637
  Candidate Republican     former Tulsa County District Attorney Tim Harris
FEC H8OK01165; 30 Sep 17; Tot $122,574; Dsb $46,697
  Candidate Republican     Kevin R. Hern
FEC H8OK01157; 30 Sep 17; Tot $858,707; Dsb $380,789
  Candidate Republican     Danny Stockstill
FEC H8OK01140; 30 Sep 17; Tot $23,195; Dsb $15,990

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 2 Republican Congressman Markwayne Mullin
First elected: 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list (5) - 116th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Tahlequah Mayor Jason Nichols
FEC H8OK02148
  Candidate Republican     Brian Kelly Jackson
FEC H8OK02130; 30 Sep 17; Tot $12,669; Dsb $7,914
  Candidate Republican     Jarrin Dale Jackson
FEC H6OK02233; 30 Sep 17; Tot $34,586; Dsb $8,075
  Candidate Republican     John McCarthy
FEC H6OK02258; 30 Sep 17; Tot $113,006; Dsb $3,186
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Markwayne Mullin
FEC H2OK02083; 30 Sep 17; Tot $511,017; Dsb $328,569

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 3 Republican Congressman Frank D. Lucas
First elected in a special election (to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Congressman Glenn English): May 1994
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list (1) - 116th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Frank D. Lucas
FEC H4OK06056; 30 Sep 17; Tot $404,125; Dsb $378,463

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 4 Republican Congressman Thomas Jeffery "Tom" Cole
First elected: 2002
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list (2) - 116th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     John W. McKenna
FEC H8OK04060; 30 Sep 17; Tot $100; Dsb $0
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Thomas Jeffery "Tom" Cole
FEC H2OK04055; 30 Sep 17; Tot $690,667; Dsb $223,402

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 5 Republican Congressman Steven Dane "Steve" Russell
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list (4) - 116th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Thomas Eugene "Tom" Guild
FEC H0OK05155; 30 Sep 17; Tot $25,285; Dsb $3,654
  Candidate Democratic     Kendra Horn
FEC H8OK05109; 30 Sep 17; Tot $91,140; Dsb $32,441
  Candidate Democratic     Eddie Ray "Ed" Porter
FEC H8OK05091; 30 Sep 17; Tot $10,155; Dsb $9,048
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Steven Dane "Steve" Russell
FEC H4OK05132; 30 Sep 17; Tot $228,273; Dsb $102,857

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 4-year terms

  Republican Attorney General Mike Hunter
Appointed: 20 February 2017 (re: resignation of Attorney General E. Scott Pruitt upon confirmation as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency).
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
The current Attorney General is unaffected by the State's term limit.
 E. Scott Pruitt, who was first elected Attorney General in 2010 and re-elected in 2014, was nominated by President-elect Trump to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency on 7 December 2016 and so confirmed by the U.S. Senate, 52-46, on 17 February 2017.
Mike Hunter was appointed Oklahoma Attorney General by Governor Mary C. Fallin (Republican) on 20 February 2017.

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 4-year terms

  Republican Treasurer Ken Miller
First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
The current Treasurer is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Seat - At term limit.
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Republican     state Representative Randy McDaniel

Auditor and Inspector  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 4-year terms

  Republican Auditor and Inspector Gary A. Jones
First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
The current Auditor and Inspector is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Seat - At term limit.
8 May 2017: Announced he will run for Governor in 2018.
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Republican     Deputy State Auditor Cindy Byrd

Commissioner of Labor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

  Republican Labor Commissioner Melissa McLawhorn Houston
Appointed: 2015
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Open Seat - Labor Commissioner will not seek election to the office in 2018.
 Candidate list (2)
  Candidate Republican     Cathy Costello
  Candidate Republican     state Representative Leslie Osborn
 23 August 2015: Labor Commissioner Mark Costello (Republican), 59, is stabbed to death at a restaurant in Oklahoma City. His son, Richard Costello, 26, was arrested for the crime.
10 November 2015: Governor Mary C. Fallin (Republican) appoints Melissa McLawhorn Houston (Republican) to the remainder of the term. She will not seek election to the office when it is up for election in 2018.

Insurance Commissioner  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

  Republican Insurance Commissioner John Doak
First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Republican     state Representative Glen Mulready

Superintendent of Public Instruction  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 4-year terms

  Republican Public Instruction Superintendent Joy Hofmeister
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
The current Superintendent of Public Instruction is unaffected by the State's term limit.

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 unaffected by the State's term limit.
Candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 2018.

Corporation Commissioner 2  6 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2018. Term Limit: Effective 2010: 2 6-year terms

  Republican Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony
First elected: 1988; re-elected: 1994, 2000, 2006, 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
The current Corporation Commissioner 2 is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Corporation Commissioner 3  6 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2020. Term Limit: Effective 2010: 2 6-year terms

  Republican Corporation Commissioner Todd Hiett
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
The current Corporation Commissioner 3 is unaffected by the State's 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): 8 candidates
  Republican: 18 incumbents, 29 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: 3 candidates
 
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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