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Countdown to the Oklahoma Runoff Primary Election

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Oklahoma has 11 statewide elected offices. Each position has a 4-year term. There is an 8-year term limit for all statewide elected offices.

  • The Governor of the State of Oklahoma is an elected constitutional officer, the head of the executive branch and the highest state office in Oklahoma. The governor is popularly elected every four years by a plurality and is limited to two terms. The office was created in 1907 when Oklahoma was officially admitted to the United States as the 46th state.

    Oklahoma has a Republican trifecta. The Republican Party controls the office of governor and both chambers of the state legislature.

CONFIRMED CANDIDATES

Cyndi Munson — Democrat

Oklahoma Minority House Leader & Representative — District 85

Gentner Drummond — Republican

Attorney General of Oklahoma

Mike Mazzei — Republican

Former Oklahoma Senator — District 25, Former Sec. of Budget, Businessman

Jerry Griffin — Independent

Former Tulsa School Board Member

Robert Brooks — Independent

Activist

Orlando Lynn Bush— Independent

  • The Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma is an elected constitutional officer, the second ranking officer of the executive branch and the first officer in line to succeed the Governor of Oklahoma. The lieutenant governor is popularly elected every four years by a plurality and is limited to two terms.

CONFIRMED CANDIDATES

Kelly Forbes— Democrat

Small business owner

T.W. Shannon — Republican

Senior Advisor for Rural Prosperity, United States Department of Agriculture

  • The Attorney General of Oklahoma is an elected executive position in the Oklahoma state government. The attorney general serves as the chief legal and law enforcement officer of the state of Oklahoma and is responsible for advising the various agencies and departments of the executive branch, legislative branch and judicial branch of the state government. The office of attorney general prosecutes offenses of the Oklahoma state statutes, and advocates for the rights of Oklahoma's residents. The attorney general is elected in midterm elections and is limited to two full terms in office.

CONFIRMED CANDIDATES

Jon Echols — Republican

Former Oklahoma House Representative — District 95

Nick Coffey — Democrat

Former Federal Prosecutor

  • The Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector “is responsible for auditing the financial accounts of all government agencies within Oklahoma. The State Auditor and Inspector also performs performance audits and special investigative audits upon request by certain state officials and upon petition by citizens," according to the agency's website.

CONFIRMED CANDIDATES

Melissa Capps — Republican

Director of the Performance Audit Division, Oklahoma Office of the State Auditor and Inspector

  • The Oklahoma Treasurer is an elected position in the Oklahoma state government. The treasurer is the chief financial officer of the state and acts as the state banker. The treasurer's office is responsible for managing the state's money, investments, pay offs of bond interest and loans, and the state's unclaimed property program.

CONFIRMED CANDIDATES

Cindy Byrd — Republican

Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector

Kiefer Perry — Libertarian

  • The Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction is an elected executive position in the Oklahoma state government. The superintendent is the chief education officer of the state and is responsible for giving advice and making recommendations to the State Board of Education regarding the public school system and the State Department of Education.

CONFIRMED CANDIDATES

Jennettie Marshall — Democrat

Former Tulsa School Board Member

Robert Franklin — Republican

Associate Superintendent, Student Affairs, Tulsa Tech

James Taylor — Republican

Teacher

  • The Oklahoma Commissioner of Labor is an elected position in the Oklahoma state government. The goal of the Oklahoma Department of Labor is to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of this state, improve working conditions, and advance opportunities for profitable employment.

CONFIRMED CANDIDATES

John Pfeiffer — Republican

Oklahoma House Representative — District 38

Kevin West — Republican

Oklahoma House Representative — District 54

Kevin Dawson — Democrat

Former Locomotive Engineer

Mike Hall — Libertarian

  • The Oklahoma Commissioner of Insurance is an elected executive position in the Oklahoma state government. The commissioner is responsible for enforcing Oklahoma's insurance-related laws and protecting the financial security of the state and its citizens.

CONFIRMED CANDIDATES

Marty Quinn — Republican

Former State Senator

Bob Sullivan — Republican

Risk Management Professional

Craig MacIntyre — Democrat

  • The Oklahoma Corporation Commission is a three-person elected executive board in the Oklahoma state government. The commission is a regulatory agency, with an emphasis on the fuel, oil and gas, public utilities, and transportation industries.

CONFIRMED CANDIDATES

Brad Boles — Republican

Oklahoma House Representative — District 51

Rhonda Eastman — Democrat