2026 Oklahoma Elections

Major races for statewide offices, plus two state questions, attracted higher-than-usual voter turnout for Tuesday’s runoff elections.

While statewide races for party nominees for governor, state superintendent, U.S. Senate and two state questions took top billing in Tuesday's runoff election, some Oklahoma voters also saw school bonds and tax propositions for cities and counties on their ballots.

Hall of Fame educator Robert Franklin received the most votes Tuesday for the Republican state superintendent nominee.

In a tight race, Republicans chose businessman and former State Senator Mike Mazzei as their nominee for governor.

Voters in dozens of cities and counties will also see ballot questions on school bonds, renewing city and county taxes and instituting new GO bonds. Here are some of the races we're watching.

The Republican runoff election for the state superintendent is Aug. 25. StateImpact’s Beth Wallis sat down with candidate Robert Franklin to talk Oklahoma education.

Oklahoma voters are ready to head to the polls for primary runoff elections and to consider a couple of state questions.

Millions more dollars have poured into an already historically expensive GOP primary race for Oklahoma governor leading up to an Aug. 25 runoff.

As the Aug. 25 primary runoff approaches, the top Republican gubernatorial candidates are engaged in a war of words over campaign funding and a presidential endorsement.

The Oklahoma Ethics Commission is weighing the need for new rules around the use of artificial intelligence-generated campaign advertisements. But new ethics regulations involve political will, and while other states have addressed the issue, Oklahoma lawmakers have yet to act.