2025 Oklahoma House of Representatives District 74 special election

2025 Oklahoma House of Representatives District 74 special election

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Oklahoma House of Representatives District 74
Candidate Kevin Norwood Amy Hossain Party Republican Democratic
Representative before election Mark Vancuren Republican Elected Representative TBD

A special election in the U.S. state of Oklahoma is scheduled to be held on June 10, 2025, to elect a new member for the 74th District in the Oklahoma House of Representatives, representing portions of Tulsa County and Rogers County. The election will fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Republican state representative Mark Vancuren to serve as Lonnie Sims's deputy county commissioner.

Procedure and background

Voter party registration in HD 74 as of January 15, 2025 per the Oklahoma State Election Board:

1. Libertarian (0.96%)
2. Republican (59.56%)
3. Democratic (19.87%)
4. Independent (19.61%)

Two-round special primary elections are held before the general election. If a candidate receives more than 50% of the vote in the first round of a primary, they automatically win the nomination and precede to the general election. However, if no candidate receives 50%, a second round is held between the top two candidates. Political parties may choose whether to have open primaries or closed primaries. The Oklahoma Democratic Party has open primaries and allows independents to vote in their primaries, while the Oklahoma Republican Party and the Oklahoma Libertarian Party have closed primaries, where only party members can vote. If only one candidate files for the primary, no primary election is held and they automatically win the nomination, and if they have no opponents in the general election, no general election is held. ^[1]

The special election was made necessary by the resignation of incumbent Republican representative Mark Vancuren effective January 1, 2025, to become a deputy county commissioner for Tulsa County. He had served in the state house since November 2018.

The primary election was scheduled for April 1, 2025, with a runoff on May 13. The general election will be held on June 10. ^[2] The winner of the general election will serve the remainder of the unexpired term until November 2026.

As of January 15, 2025, there were 27,688 registered voters in HD 71, with 5,501 Democrats (20%), 16,491 Republicans (60%), 267 Libertarians (1%), and 5,429 independents (20%). ^[3]

Previous results

This table shows every election in HD 74 won by the previous incumbent, Republican Mark Vancuren, and the election immediately preceding.

Year	Republicans			Opponents			Mgn.	Ref.
2024	Mark Vancuren (i)	13,531	76.17%	Aaron Brent (Ind.)	4,233	23.83%	R+52.34	[4]
2022	Mark Vancuren (i)	Unopp.					R+100	[5]
2020	Mark Vancuren (i)	Unopp.					R+100	[6]
2018	Mark Vancuren	Unopp.					R+100	[7]
2016	Dale Derby (i)	12,765	66.59%	Jeri Moberly (Dem.)	6,404	33.41%	R+33.18	[8]

Republican primary

Candidates

Advanced to runoff

• Kevin Norwood, youth worker
• Sheila Vancuren, wife of outgoing incumbent Mark Vancuren

Eliminated in first round

• Brad Peixotto, candidate for this district in 2018, 2020, and 2024, candidate for state senate district 34 in 2022
• Johnathon Shepherd, Marine Corps veteran
• Maggie Stearman, activist

Results

First round

Republican primary first round precinct results

Vancuren:   20–30%   30–40%   40–50% Norwood:   20–30%

Stearman:   20–30%   30–40% Peixotto:   40–50%

2025 Oklahoma House of Representatives District 74 special Republican primary (first round)
April 1, 2025 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	✓ Sheila Vancuren	595	28.28%
	Republican	✓ Kevin Norwood	434	20.63%
	Republican	Maggie Stearman	379	18.01%
	Republican	Johnathon Shepherd	367	17.44%
	Republican	Brad Peixotto	329	15.64%
Total votes			2,104	100.00%

Runoff

Republican primary runoff precinct results

Vancuren:   50–60%   60–70%

Norwood:   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%

2025 Oklahoma House of Representatives District 74 special Republican primary (runoff) ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Norwood	757	51.46%
	Republican	Sheila Vancuren	714	49.54%
Total votes			1,471	100.00%

Democratic nominee

Activist and nonprofit leader Amy Hossain did not face any opposition in the Democratic primary, and thus will face the winner of the Republican primary in the general election.

General election

Results

2025 Oklahoma House of Representatives District 74 special Republican primary (runoff)
June 10, 2025

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Norwood
	Democratic	Amy Hossain

Fundraising

2025 HD 71 special election campaign finance ^[11]

Candidate	Contributions	Expenditures	As of...
Amy Hossain (D)	$18,048.62	$12,061.27	May 2, 2025
Kevin Norwood (R)	$15,030.00	$14,210.22	May 3, 2025
Brad Peixotto (R, w.)	$0.00	$60,000.00	April 3, 2025
Johnathon Shepherd (R, w.)	$6,227.14	$5,550.00	May 6, 2025
Maggie Stearman (R, w.)	$7,683.81	$7,436.44	May 5, 2025
Sheila Vancuren (R)	$29,140.00	$8,622.49	May 5, 2025
Total	$76,129.57	$107,880.42

See also

• 2025 Oklahoma elections
• 2025 Oklahoma House of Representatives District 71 special election
• 2025 Oklahoma Senate District 8 special election
• 2025 United States state legislative special elections

External links

• Voting information (Oklahoma State Election Board)

Official campaign Web sites

• Amy Hossain (D)
• Kevin Norwood (R)
• Sheila Vancuren (R)
• Johnathon Shepherd (R, eliminated)
• Maggie Stearman (R, eliminated)

References

1. "Primary and Runoff Primary Elections". Oklahoma State Election Board. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
2. "Oklahoma House of Representatives District 71". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
3. "Current Registration Statistics by District" (PDF). Oklahoma State Election Board. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
4. "NOVEMBER 05 2024 Official Results". Oklahoma State Election Board. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
5. "NOVEMBER 08 2022 Official Results". Oklahoma State Election Board. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
6. "NOVEMBER 03 2020 Official Results". Oklahoma State Election Board. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
7. "NOVEMBER 06 2018 Official Results". Oklahoma State Election Board. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
8. "NOVEMBER 08 2016 Official Results". Oklahoma State Election Board. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
9. "Official Results: April 1, 2025". OK Election Results. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
10. "FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 74 (UNEXPIRED TERM)". OK Election Results. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
11. "The Guardian". Oklahoma Ethics Commission. Retrieved May 7, 2025.