Randy Grellner | |
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![]() Grellner in 2024 | |
Member of the Oklahoma Senate from the 21st district | |
Assumed office November 13, 2024 | |
Preceded by | Tom Dugger |
Member of the Cushing Public School Board | |
In office 2013–2019 | |
Personal details | |
Political party | Republican |
Education | Oklahoma State University |
Randy Grellner is an American physician and politician who has represented the 21st district of the Oklahoma Senate since 2024.
Randy Grellner is from Kingfisher,Oklahoma and works as a rural physician with a practice in Cushing,Oklahoma. [1] [2] He graduated from Kingfisher High School,Oklahoma State University in 1988 and from Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences in 1998. [3] He practiced medicine for about 25 years before his election and served on the Cushing Public Schools Board from 2013 to 2019. [4] [3] During the Covid-19 pandemic,he prescribed ivermectin to patients while opposing vaccine mandates and mask mandates. [5] [6] He describes the Covid-19 vaccine as "gene therapy" and called it "not a vaccine." [6] In 2021,Governor Kevin Stitt appointed Grellner to the Oklahoma State Board of Health and his term expired in June 2024. [2]
In 2022,he ran in the 2022 United States Senate special election in Oklahoma and placed 6th. [7] He unsuccessfully sued Griffin Media after being excluded from a televised debate. [8]
In 2024,Grellner filed to run for the Oklahoma Senate's 21st district to succeed Tom Dugger. He faced James Winn in the Republican primary,with Kurt Murray filing before withdrawing to endorse Grellner. [7] Grellner won the primary and defeated Democrat Robin Fuxa in the general election. [9] He was sworn in on November 13,2024. [10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Markwayne Mullin | 156,087 | 43.62% | |
Republican | T. W. Shannon | 62,746 | 17.53% | |
Republican | Nathan Dahm | 42,673 | 11.92% | |
Republican | Luke Holland | 40,353 | 11.28% | |
Republican | Scott Pruitt | 18,052 | 5.04% | |
Republican | Randy Grellner | 15,794 | 4.41% | |
Republican | Laura Moreno | 6,597 | 1.84% | |
Republican | Jessica Jean Garrison | 6,114 | 1.71% | |
Republican | Alex Gray (withdrew) | 3,063 | 0.86% | |
Republican | John F. Tompkins | 2,332 | 0.65% | |
Republican | Adam Holley | 1,873 | 0.52% | |
Republican | Michael Coibion | 1,261 | 0.35% | |
Republican | Paul Royse | 900 | 0.25% | |
Total votes | 357,845 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Randy Grellner | 4,132 | 79.7% | |
Republican | Kurt Murray | 557 | 10.7% | |
Republican | James Winn | 498 | 9.6% | |
Total votes | 5,187 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Randy Grellner | 18,472 | 64.6% | |
Democratic | Robin Fuxa | 10,133 | 35.4% | |
Total votes | 28,605 | 100% |