2022 Oklahoma Attorney General election

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2022 Oklahoma Attorney General election
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Nominee Gentner Drummond Lynda Steele
Party Republican Libertarian
Popular vote792,466281,923
Percentage73.8%26.2%
2022 Oklahoma Attorney General election results map by county.svg
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Drummond:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Steele:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     50%     No votes
Attorney General before election

John O'Connor
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Gentner Drummond
Republican

The 2022 Oklahoma Attorney General election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the next attorney general of Oklahoma. The primary election was scheduled for Tuesday, June 28, 2022. [1] The candidate filing deadline was April 15, 2022. [2]

Contents

Appointed incumbent Republican Attorney General John O'Connor sought election to a full term, but lost his party's nomination to Gentner Drummond. No Democratic candidates filed to run for the position. Lynda Steele was the Libertarian nominee. Drummond won the November general election. [3]

Republican primary

John M. O'Connor was the incumbent attorney general after being appointed by Governor Kevin Stitt. [4] The seat had been vacated after Michael J. Hunter resigned due to an infidelity scandal. [5] Gentner Drummond, who had narrowly lost to Hunter in 2018, challenged O'Connor in the Republican primary. Drummond campaigned as being independent of Governor Stitt. [6] The aftermath of McGirt v. Oklahoma was a dominant issue in the campaign. [7] O'Connor argued that litigation to overturn or winnow the ruling in McGirt was warranted, whereas Drummond advocated compacting and negotiating with tribal nations. The candidates also differed in their opinions on whether Congress should disestablish certain reservations at issue, with Drummond opposing such action). During the June 16 Republican primary debate, O'Connor called Drummond a "Democrat in Republican clothing." [8] O'Connor ran ads attacking Drummond for a donation of $1,000 by Drummond to the Joe Biden Presidential campaign in 2020 as well as Drummond's history of giving to Democratic candidates. Drummond claimed that the donation to Biden's campaign was made by his wife and provided receipts showing the donation was later refunded. The Tulsa World reported that Drummond's last donation to a non-Republican candidate for federal office was to Matt Silverstein's 2014 United States Senate campaign. [9] In the final month of the primary, over $1 million in dark money was spent on ads opposing O'Connor's candidacy. [10] Drummond defeated O'Connor in the primary with 50.9% of the vote. [11]

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Endorsements

John O'Connor
U.S. House Representatives
Statewide officials
  • Ben Robinson, former Oklahoma Secretary of Military and Veterans Affairs [15]
  • Kevin Stitt, Governor of Oklahoma (2019–present) [16]
County officials
Individuals
Newspapers
Organizations
Gentner Drummond
City officials
Newspapers
Organizations

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Gentner
Drummond		John M.
O'Connor		OtherUndecided
SoonerPoll June 13–21, 2022350 (LV)± 5.2%47%18%–35%
Amber Integrated (R) June 6–9, 2022400 (LV)± 4.9%41%28%–30%
SoonerPoll April 25 – May 11, 2022306 (LV)± 5.6%41%23%–36%
Amber Integrated (R) March 24–27, 2022455 (LV)± 4.6%37%16%–47%
Amber Integrated (R) December 15–19, 2021253 (RV)± 6.2%16%24%4%56%
Amber Integrated (R) September 29 – October 3, 2021253 (RV)± 6.2%16%33%8%43%

Debate

2022 Republican primary debates
No.DateHostModeratorLinkParticipants
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Non-invitee  I Invitee  W  Withdrawn
Gentner
Drummond		John
O'Connor
1June 16, 2022Nondoc/New 9/The FrontierTres Savage & Storme Jones Debate II

Results

Results by county Drummond 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% O'Connor 50-60% 2022 Oklahoma Attorney General Republican primary election results map by county.svg
Results by county
  Drummond
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  O'Connor
  •   50–60%
Republican primary results [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Gentner Drummond 180,338 50.9
Republican John O'Connor (incumbent)174,12549.1
Total votes354,463 100.00

General election

Candidates

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [29] Safe RSeptember 14, 2022
Elections Daily [30] Safe RNovember 1, 2022

Endorsements

Gentner Drummond (R)
City officials
Newspapers
Organizations

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Gentner
Drummond		Lynda
Steele		Undecided
–(L) [upper-alpha 1] September 15–18, 20222,989 (LV)± 3.2%52%27%21%

Results

2022 Oklahoma Attorney General election [31] [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Gentner Drummond 792,466 73.8% +9.7%
Libertarian Lynda Steele281,92326.2%N/A
Total votes1,074,389 100%
Turnout 1,074,38946.80%
Registered electors 2,295,906
Republican hold

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
Partisan clients
  1. ↑ This poll was conducted in-house by and for Bruno's campaign

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