Pittman filed to run for the 99th district of the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 2018, alongside fellow Democratic candidates Nkem House, Crentha Sequoya Turner, Chris Harrison, and Steve Davis.[5] House filed contests of candidacy against Pittman and Harrison, with the Oklahoma State Election Board keeping Pittman on the ballot and removing Harrison.[6][7] Pittman later advanced to a runoff alongside House, which she won.[8][9] She succeeded Representative George E. Young, who had run for a seat in the Oklahoma Senate.[10]
2020 campaign and second term
In 2020, Pittman ran for reelection and in the Democratic primary she was challenged by Susan Porter, the daughter of E. Melvin Porter who was the first black member of the Oklahoma Senate.[2] Pittman defeated Porter in the Democratic primary.[11]
In 2020, Pittman was appointed to the Joint Legislative Committee on State and Tribal Relations by Speaker of the House Charles McCall.[12]
In 2021, legislation which would prohibit governmental entities from mandating vaccination and from inflicting penalties against any person who refuses to vaccinate, including children, was passed through the public health committee by a vote of seven to one, with Pittman being the only vote against.[15] The legislation later passed in the state house by a vote of seventy-one to twenty-five.[16]
2024 campaign and campaign finance violations
In 2024, Pittman ran for reelection and faced a primary challenge from Brittane Grant. In late May the Oklahoma Ethics Commission released a settlement agreement between Pittman and the commission that fined her $17,141 and ordered her to repay $17,858.22 to her campaign for improperly drawing funds from her campaign and inaccurate reporting of contributions. Pittman said the agreement was "regarding a clerical error."[17][18] In June, she filed a lawsuit seeking to remove Grant from the ballot for a 2016 guilty plea for a deferred sentence.[19] Pittman won the primary election.[20]
On October 16, 2025, the Oklahoma Ethics Commission filed a civil suit against Pittman alleging fraud on the same day Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond's office executed a search warrant on her legislative office and her mother Anastasia Pittman's home.[21][22] The commission's suit alleged Pittman submitted a letter during their investigation she claimed was from her building manager, but was actually written by her mother. The suit also alleged that Pittman submitted a fake $2,500 cashier's check to make a donation from the Osage Nation appear as if she was paying part of her campaign finance fine.[23] Speaker of the Oklahoma House Kyle Hilbert removed her from the state's tribal relations committee due to the allegations.[24] A week later she was suspended from the rest of her committee assignments and the House Democratic Caucus.[25]
On October 28, 2025, a returned search warrant confirmed Oklahoma Attorney General Drummond's office had launched a criminal investigation into Pittman for embezzlement, fraud, and violations of the Oklahoma Computer Crimes Act.[22]
Electoral history
2018 Oklahoma House of Representatives 99th district Democratic primary[8]
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