Kirt is asking the Legislature to end an option that allows voters to simply check a box to select all candidates of a specific political affiliation
Oklahomans weighed in on the US president, decided the fate of three state Supreme Court justices and voted to approve or reject two state questions.
The two ballot measures were referred to voters by state lawmakers, who are seeking to tweak the definition of who can vote in the state.
On Thursday, State Superintendent Ryan Walters sent a memo to Oklahoma parents and school leaders highlighting policy priorities after Tuesday’s election results.
According to unofficial election results, Oklahomans cast 1,564,573 ballots for president this year. That's nearly 4,000 more votes than were cast in the previous presidential election. Registration also grew by 183,098 since 2020, reaching almost 2.5 million Oklahomans who were eligible to vote.
Just a little under 600 immigrants, both legal and illegal, serving sentences for crimes in Oklahoma prisons will likely be a part of the first rounds of President-elect Donald Trump’s mass deportation plans.
In a rare three-way race to succeed outgoing Senate Minority Leader Kay Floyd, Democrat Mark Mann has won the seat. Republican Charles Barton is in second while independent David Pilchman is in third in the Oklahoma City race.
Republican Rep. Frank Lucas won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Oklahoma on Tuesday. The longest-serving member of Oklahoma’s congressional delegation, Lucas secured reelection in June when he received more than 73% of the vote in a three-way Republican primary,
Republican Rep. Josh Brecheen won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Oklahoma on Tuesday. Brecheen, a first-term congressman, defeated Democrat Brandon Wade, a union leader from Bartlesville.
Oklahoma is one of the last few states with the option to vote straight-party on the ballot, but one Democrat wants to change that. Sen. Julia Kirt, D-Oklahoma City, is pressing the Republican-controlled Legislature to end a long-held option that allows voters to simply check a box to select all candidates of a specific political
Former President Trump easily won Oklahoma on Tuesday, The Hill/Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ) projects. The victory nets the former president seven more Electoral College votes. Trump won the state in 2020 with nearly double the votes of President Biden — roughly 65 percent to 32 percent.