Oklahoma 2017 General Election

The Green Papers: Oklahoma 2017 General Election

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Oklahoma
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. 115^th 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)

		*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)

		Democratic		Norman Brown
		Democratic		former state Attorney General Drew Edmondson
		Democratic		former state Senator Connie Johnson

		Republican		Oklahoma City Mayor Michael Earl "Mick" Cornett, Sr.
		Republican		Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett
		Republican		former state Representative Dan Fisher
		Republican		Auditor and Inspector Gary A. Jones
		Republican		Lieutenant Governor Todd G. Lamb
		Republican		Gary Richardson
		Republican		Kevin Stitt

		Libertarian		Rex Lawhorn
		Libertarian		Joseph "Joe Exotic Maldonado
		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)

		Republican		Dominique DaMon Block, Sr.
		Republican		state Senator Eddie Fields
		Republican		Corporation Commissioner Dana L. Murphy • Candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 2018.
		Republican		Matt Pinnell

115^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2018, 2020. No Term Limit. 115^th 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

		Republican		Andy Coleman • FEC H8OK01124; 30 Sep 17; Tot $115,826; Dsb $45,480
		Republican		state Senator Nathan Dahm • FEC H0OK01089; 30 Sep 17; Tot $63,587; Dsb $28,637
		Republican		former Tulsa County District Attorney Tim Harris • FEC H8OK01165; 30 Sep 17; Tot $122,574; Dsb $46,697
		Republican		Kevin R. Hern • FEC H8OK01157; 30 Sep 17; Tot $858,707; Dsb $380,789
		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

		Democratic		Tahlequah Mayor Jason Nichols • FEC H8OK02148

		Republican		Brian Kelly Jackson • FEC H8OK02130; 30 Sep 17; Tot $12,669; Dsb $7,914
		Republican		Jarrin Dale Jackson • FEC H6OK02233; 30 Sep 17; Tot $34,586; Dsb $8,075
		Republican		John McCarthy • FEC H6OK02258; 30 Sep 17; Tot $113,006; Dsb $3,186
		*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

		*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

		Democratic		John W. McKenna • FEC H8OK04060; 30 Sep 17; Tot $100; Dsb $0

		*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

		Democratic		Thomas Eugene "Tom" Guild • FEC H0OK05155; 30 Sep 17; Tot $25,285; Dsb $3,654
		Democratic		Kendra Horn • FEC H8OK05109; 30 Sep 17; Tot $91,140; Dsb $32,441
		Democratic		Eddie Ray "Ed" Porter • FEC H8OK05091; 30 Sep 17; Tot $10,155; Dsb $9,048

		*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)

		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)

		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)

		Republican		Cathy Costello
		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)

		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.