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Oklahoma Elections

Local elections matter, and Oklahoma’s 2025 election calendar features municipal races and school board elections Feb. 11 and April 1. Special elections are also scheduled for House District 71, House District 74 and Senate District 8. We’re glad you’ve found this page, which displays NonDoc’s coverage of state and local elections. Consider bookmarking it!

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2025 Election Coverage

Edmond sales tax election

Edmond holding sales tax renewal election Nov. 18 during conservative budget year

Touted by city leaders as a critical vote to maintain funding streams amid overall revenue dips, Edmond residents are set to vote Nov. 18...
William Lowe, Lucian Tiger III return to Muscogee National Council

Former speakers William Lowe, Lucian Tiger III win runoffs to return to Muscogee National Council

A pair of former speakers who led the Muscogee National Council won runoff races Saturday to reclaim elected office after being ousted by voters...
Tvlse District runoff 2025

MCN Tvlse District runoff a rematch between Lucian Tiger III, Leonard Gouge

The Muscogee Nation's Tvlse District is certain to have an experienced legislator holding its "B" seat after the Nov. 8 runoff election, with either...
Okmulke District runoff

MCN Okmulke District runoff: Lowe, Harjo offer different Freedmen perspectives

Ahead of their runoff election for the Okmulke District "B" seat on the Muscogee National Council, incumbent Rep. Nelson Harjo Sr. and former Rep....
Oklahoma school bonds October

Roundup: 15 #oklaed districts pass bonds, others fail

Voters in 19 public school districts across the Oklahoma cast ballots for school bond packages Tuesday, with 15 districts seeing their projects approved and...
OKC go bond

OKC GO bond: Voters extend property tax for $2.7 billion package of projects

Oklahoma City voters overwhelmingly approved a sprawling $2.7 billion GO bond package that will impact everything from streets to affordable housing, shaping the growing...
HD 35

House District 35: Vacant seat draws 5 Republicans, 1 Democrat for special election

Five candidates have filed to run in a special Republican primary for the Oklahoma House District 35 seat vacated by former Rep. Ty Burns,...
OKC GO bond

‘Critical’ GO bond election highlights OKC housing needs

Oklahoma City is among the fastest-growing cities in America, as the Greater OKC Chamber of Commerce and Mayor David Holt are quick to point...
Muscogee Nation election results

Muscogee Nation election results: Freeman defeated, return to in-district voting approved

Voters in the Muscogee Nation ousted one incumbent, sent another to a runoff and narrowly approved a constitutional amendment that will limit participation in...
Mvskoke District B Seat

Three familiar candidates campaign for open Mvskoke District B seat

After no candidate initially filed to succeed retiring Rep. Joyce Deere for the Mvskoke District "B" seat on the Muscogee National Council, a second...
Okmulke District B Seat

Lowe, Wind challenge incumbent Nelson Harjo Sr. in Okmulke District B seat

Joshua Randall "J.R." Wind and former Rep. William Lowe are challenging Okmulke District "B" seat incumbent Rep. Nelson Harjo Sr. in the 2025 Muscogee...
Akfvske District, Russell Wind, Sandra Golden

‘Tackle the tax codes’: Russell Wind challenges Sandra Golden for Akfvske District seat

Underscoring the progression of policy discussions following the Muscogee Nation Reservation's affirmation in 2020, this year's Akfvske District "B" seat race between incumbent Rep....
Tukvpvtce District, Thomasene Yahola Osborn, Elizabeth Ann Gover-Miller

Gover-Miller challenges Yahola Osborn in Tukvpvtce District with ‘daily needs’

While they agree on the need to expand housing access across the reservation, the two candidates seeking a four-year term representing the Tukvpvtce District...
Muscogee constitutional amendment

Elect 2 or 16? Muscogee election to decide ballot question on at-large vs. district-based voting

Muscogee Nation voters will decide Sept. 20 whether they will continue voting for all 16 seats on the Muscogee National Council or whether their...
Muscogee McIntosh District

Incumbent Galen Cloud sees old, new opponents in Muscogee Nation’s McIntosh District election

Muscogee voters will see a rematch of the 2021 election — plus one new face — in the McIntosh District "B" seat this year....
Tvlse district B

Cheat sheet: 3 challenge Leonard Gouge in Muscogee Nation’s Tvlse District B seat

Lahoma Schultz, former Muscogee National Council Rep. Lucian Tiger III and Ashley Wolfvoice are challenging incumbent Rep. Leonard Gouge to represent seat "B" of...
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2024 Election Coverage

Oklahoma Legislative races

Oklahoma legislative races see little change for makeup of Senate, House

In the Oklahoma legislative races held Tuesday, all three State Senate incumbents on ballots across the state held onto their seats. In the House...
Tulsa Monroe Nichols

Tulsa: Monroe Nichols tops Karen Keith, Sims wins county post, Bush unseats Fowler

State Rep. Monroe Nichols will be the first Black mayor of Tulsa, 103 years after a mob of white Tulsans destroyed Tulsa's Greenwood District,...
Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice Yvonne Kauger

Justice Yvonne Kauger narrowly ousted, Noma Gurich, James Edmondson and others retained

For the first time in state history, an Oklahoma Supreme Court justice lost her judgeship at the ballot box Tuesday. Of about 1.44 million votes...
Brian Bingman Corporation Commission

Congressional incumbents sail, Brian Bingman wins Corporation Commission seat

Oklahomans elected Republican Brian Bingman to the Corporation Commission and retained all U.S. congressional incumbents Tuesday. Additionally, Oklahomans overwhelmingly voted for former President Donald Trump...
Oklahoma County sheriff

Oklahoma County Sheriff Tommie Johnson wins again

Republican incumbent Oklahoma County Sheriff Tommie Johnson III weathered an avalanche of dark money spending against him to defeat Democrat Wayland Cubit in a...
Edmond GO bond

No on GO: Edmond voters reject all 3 bond propositions

Edmond voters have shot down the 15-mill property tax increase that would have funded the first general obligation bond proposal the city has put...
SQ 833, Public Infrastructure Districts

State questions: SQ 833’s public infrastructure districts rejected while SQ 834 passes

Voters strongly rejected State Question 833, which the Legislature voted to place on the ballot earlier this year. With all precincts reporting, the measure...
Legislators seek reelection

As 30 legislators seek reelection, harassment case resurfaces in HD 83

Nearly one-third of Oklahoma's legislative seats will be determined by Tuesday's general election. Thirty incumbents — 27 members in the House of Representatives and three...
mailer madness, garbage politics

Garbage politics: Almost done with mailer madness

Are we there yet? This election season sure has felt like a cross-country road trip with screaming children in the back seat asking for votes...
Oklahoma congressional races

Hern, Brecheen, Cole and Bice face challengers in Oklahoma congressional races

Incumbents from four of Oklahoma's five congressional districts are attempting to defend their offices on Nov. 5, with only U.S. Rep Frank Lucas (R-OK3)...
Tulsa mayoral race

Monroe Nichols, Karen Keith tussle as Tulsa mayoral race turns negative

Despite an October drought in Tulsa, there has been no shortage of mud for slinging between candidates seeking the city's top municipal office. During...
Oklahoma HD 85

HD 85: Despite bizarre 2022 resignation, David Hooten challenges Cyndi Munson

In one of Oklahoma's few Democrat-represented legislative districts, House District 85 incumbent Rep. Cyndi Munson is looking to retain her seat against David Hooten,...
Tulsa City Council District 7

Tulsa City Council District 7: Former radio host Eddie Huff challenges incumbent Lori Decter Wright

In the race to represent Tulsa City Council District 7, one candidate's past controversial Facebook posts have resurfaced, and the incumbent is facing what...
Oklahoma County sheriff race

Oklahoma County Sheriff race: Tommie Johnson, Wayland Cubit face off again

Incumbent Republican Oklahoma County Sheriff Tommie Johnson believes he has earned a second term thanks to improvements within the department, including acquiring body cameras...

Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals retention election: 6 judges on Nov. 5 ballot

Oklahomans have 12 judicial retention elections on their ballots Tuesday, Nov. 5. Of those 12 decisions awaiting the electorate, three state Supreme Court justices...
Court of Criminal Appeals

Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals: 3 judges face retention votes Nov. 5

On Nov. 5, voters will decide whether to retain or unseat three judges on the five-member Oklahoma's Court of Criminal Appeals: David Lewis, William...
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