2026 Midterms State GuideOklahoma
Hold on to your cowboy boots and come out of your storm shelters.
Polls are closed
Polls are closed in Oklahoma, and results aren’t finalized yet.
Ballots are still being counted, close races can take days to call, and no result is official until it’s certified.
A prayer for Oklahoma
God of justice and peace, guard Oklahoma from the unrest that so easily permeates election season. As Oklahomans approach this time of great decision, help voters rightly balance the weight of responsibility, knowing it is a privilege to steward, but not a power that can irreparably harm Your good purposes.
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Hi! It’s me, Shadrach. Apparently, I’m your civic guide today. If you’ve been complaining about how things are going (and I’ve heard you... the walls are thin), this guide will help you feel informed and able to vote in this year’s midterms. Now, hold on to your cowboy boots and come out of your storm shelters, and let’s get into it.
Oklahoma at a glance
Oklahoma votes on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, for governor, U.S. Senate, all 5 U.S. House seats and two statewide ballot measures.
- Election Day
- Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026
- Voter registration
- Oct. 9: Voter registration deadline
- Early voting
- Oct. 28 to 31: Early in-person voting
- Governor
- 5 candidates
- U.S. Senate
- 5 candidates
- U.S. House
- 5 seats
- Statewide ballot measures
- 2
What happens next
The counting continues
Election-night numbers are unofficial. Mail, provisional, and military ballots are still being counted, so close races can take days to call.
Officials double-check the count
Local election officials review the ballots and the tallies (the canvass). A very close race can go to a recount.
Oklahoma certifies the results
Results become official once Oklahoma certifies them, usually a few weeks after Election Day.
Winners take office
The new Congress takes office in early January. Governors and other state officials take office on dates set by state law, most of them in January too.
Important dates
- Jun. 16Primaries This date has passed.
- Aug. 25Primary runoffs This date has passed.
- Oct. 9Voter registration deadline This date has passed.
- Oct. 19Absentee ballot request deadline This date has passed.
- Oct. 28 to 31Early in-person voting This date has passed.
- Nov. 3Election Day. This date has passed.
What’s at stake
Oklahoma has both an open governor's race and an open U.S. Senate race in 2026, following Gov. Kevin Stitt's term limit and Sen. Markwayne Mullin's departure to lead the Department of Homeland Security. Affordability has been the defining economic thread of the cycle: in June, 55% of voters rejected State Question 832, which would have raised the state's minimum wage to $15/hour, even as both parties' candidates have made cost-of-living, health care access, and education funding central to their pitches. A recent CHS/Sooner Survey poll found self-identified Republicans currently hold a 20-point edge on the statewide generic legislative ballot (the widest margin the firm has recorded since 2014), suggesting Dems might have a steeply uphill battle in a state that hasn't elected a Democrat statewide since 2006.
Who’s on your ballot
Tap a race to see the candidates.
Oklahoma is choosing a governor
See whose priorities line up with yours
Here are the top priorities each candidate lists, in their own words. Pick the 3 that matter most to you. Names stay hidden until you see your results.
0 of 3 picked
- Top prioritiesMike MazzeiRepublican
- Eliminating property taxes for seniors and veterans by controlling spending and growing the economy
- Stopping foreign ownership of Oklahoma land and defending property rights
- Focusing schools on fundamentals and recruiting and developing teachers
Cyndi MunsonDemocratcurrent Oklahoma State Representative and House Minority Leader
Top priorities- Attracting and growing businesses by building an educated, healthy workforce
- Raising school funding above the regional average and giving teachers and staff a raise
- Lowering the cost of prescriptions, premiums and other health care costs
- Top prioritiesRobert BrooksIndependent
- Protecting Oklahoma farmland, water and rural communities
- Creating a "People's Army" for community-based emergency response
- Protecting civil liberties and strengthening due process
- Top prioritiesJerry GriffinIndependent
- Cutting spending to phase out the income tax without raising other taxes
- Expanding school vouchers with accountability standards and prioritizing reading in kindergarten
- Improving rural health care by cutting provider licensing fees and expanding telehealth
- Orlando Lynn BushIndependent
- Get to know ’em
N'Kiyla ThomasDemocrat - Get to know ’emRon MeinhardtIndependent
- Get to know ’em
Curtis StinnettIndependent - Sevier WhiteLibertarian
All U.S. House of Representatives seats are up for election every two years. Find your district here.
- Shadrach’s big picture
Oklahomans will elect five candidates to represent them in the U.S. House. Republicans are expected to hold all five seats.
- Open seats
OK-1 is open because the incumbent, Rep. Kevin Hern (R), is running for Senate.
- Competitive districts
No Oklahoma district is considered competitive. All five are solidly Republican, but candidates from both parties filed to run in every district, so no district is guaranteed.
Statewide ballot measures
2 to read before you go. Tap one to open it.
This amendment would make four changes to the Judicial Nominating Commission (the group responsible for giving judge nominations to the governor): 1) require that appointments be made according to congressional districts at the time of the appointment; 2) remove the current ban on Judicial Nominating Commission members being licensed attorneys or having immediate family members who are attorneys; 3) allow commissioners to serve two consecutive six-year terms; and 4) remove the provision limiting the commission from having more than three members from one political party.
Voting yessupports making appointments by current congressional district, allowing attorneys and their family members to serve, allowing two consecutive six-year terms, and removing the cap of three members from one political partyVoting noopposes these changes, keeping district assignments based on the 1967 map, keeping the ban on attorneys and their family members serving, keeping commissioners to one six-year term, and keeping the three-member party capOklahoma limits how much a property's taxable value can grow each year, even if the market value jumps more than that. Right now, that cap is 5% a year for most property and 3% for homes with a homestead exemption or farmland. This measure would lower both caps (to 4% and 1.75%) so taxable values (and the tax bills based on them) grow more slowly. It also changes how seniors are treated. Right now, homeowners 65+ whose income falls below a set limit get their home's taxable value completely frozen. This measure would replace that flat freeze with a small sliding scale (0.35% to 1.75% growth, depending on income), meaning those seniors would see slightly slower tax growth than everyone else, but not a full freeze anymore. In exchange, higher-income seniors who get no special treatment today would gain that same sliding-scale protection for the first time.
Voting yessupports lowering the yearly cap on growth in property’s taxable value (from 5% to 4% for most property, and from 3% to 1.75% for homes and farmland), and replacing the full freeze for lower-income seniors with a sliding scale of 0.35% to 1.75% that also covers higher-income seniorsVoting noopposes this constitutional amendment, keeping the cap at 5% for most property and 3% for homes and keeping the flat freeze for seniors
Also on the ballot
Other races Oklahoma voters will decide.
- Lieutenant Governor
- Attorney General
- Auditor
- Insurance Commissioner
- Labor Commissioner
- Superintendent of Public Instruction
- Treasurer
- Corporation Commission
- State Senate
- State House
- Special state legislative
- State Supreme Court
- Intermediate appellate court
- School boards
- Municipal government
- Local ballot measures
Whose job is it?
Ten things government does. Tap the office that does each one.
Whose job is it to…
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Declare a state of emergency after a hurricane or flood?
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A prayer for Oklahoma
God of justice and peace, guard Oklahoma from the unrest that so easily permeates election season. As Oklahomans approach this time of great decision, help voters rightly balance the weight of responsibility, knowing it is a privilege to steward, but not a power that can irreparably harm Your good purposes.
Grant Oklahomans wisdom and discernment at the ballot box to elect leaders who govern in love, seek the flourishing of their people, and enact policies that promote justice.
Every official is a stream of water in Your hand, O Lord; You direct them as You will. As we wait for Your kingdom in a loop of lesser kings, through seasons of change and uncertainty, teach us not to fear. The fate of our world does not hang in the balance, for our King has come, and He will come again soon.
Amen.