Mary Fallin is an American politician who served as the 27th governor of Oklahoma from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,she was elected in 2010 and reelected in 2014. She was the first and so far only woman to be elected governor of Oklahoma. She was the first Oklahoma congresswoman since Alice Mary Robertson in 1920.
William Andrew Edmondson is an American lawyer and politician from the state of Oklahoma. A member of the Democratic Party,Edmondson served as the 16th Attorney General of Oklahoma from 1995 to 2011. Prior to his election as state attorney general,he served as district attorney for Muskogee County,Oklahoma,from 1983 to 1992. He was defeated twice in campaigns for U.S. Congress in Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district,where his father Ed Edmondson served from 1953 to 1973.
Jari Askins is an American judge,lawyer and Democratic politician from the US state of Oklahoma. She was the 15th Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma,being the second woman and the first female Democratic Party member to hold that position.
The Oklahoma state elections were held on November 7,2006. The primary election was held on July 25. The runoff primary election was held August 22. The 2006 elections marked the first time in 80 years that the Republican Party gained a majority of seats in the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
Nancy C. Riley represented Oklahoma State Senate District 37 which is located in Tulsa County and includes Bixby,Jenks,Lotsee,Tulsa and Sand Springs from 2000 to 2008. Riley grew up in Tulsa and graduated from Edison High School. She attended Oklahoma Christian College for three years,then married and started a family. Riley's first husband died from a brain tumor. During that time,Riley was forced to live on food stamps. She later graduated from Langston University,and began teaching elementary school in the Tulsa Public Schools system.
The Fifty-first Oklahoma Legislature was a meeting of the legislative branch of the government of Oklahoma,composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. State legislators met at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City from January 2,2007 to January 3,2009,during the first two years of the second term of Governor Brad Henry. A tie in the number of seats held by Republicans and Democrats in the Oklahoma Senate resulted in bipartisan leadership. Republicans held the majority of seats in the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
The 2010 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 2,2010,to elect the Governor of Oklahoma. Due to term limits established by the Oklahoma Constitution,incumbent Democratic Governor Brad Henry could not seek re-election. The race had been hotly contested by both political parties,with several well-known Oklahomans announcing their candidacy up to two years before the election. This was the first time a woman challenged another woman for Governor of Oklahoma. On November 2,2010,Republican candidate Mary Fallin was elected in a landslide,defeating Democratic candidate Jari Askins.
Todd Lamb is an American politician who served as the 16th lieutenant governor of Oklahoma from 2011 to 2019. A Republican,he was a member of the Oklahoma Senate from 2004 to 2011. For the 52nd Oklahoma Legislature,Lamb's fellow Republican state senators elected him as their Majority Floor Leader. As Majority Leader,Lamb was the second highest ranking state senator,behind then-Senate President pro tempore Glenn Coffee.
Michael J. Hunter is an American politician from the state of Oklahoma. Hunter served as the Secretary of State of Oklahoma from 1999 to 2002,having been appointed by Governor of Oklahoma Frank Keating. On November 1,2016,he was appointed to the same post by Governor Mary Fallin. He also served as Special Counsel to the Governor. On February 20,2017,Hunter was appointed Attorney General of Oklahoma to replace Scott Pruitt who resigned to become the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. On November 8,2018,Hunter won election as Attorney General.
Thomas E. Daxon is an American businessman and politician from Oklahoma. Daxon has held numerous positions with the Oklahoma state government,including being elected Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector in 1978 and serving as the Oklahoma Secretary of Finance and Revenue under Governor of Oklahoma Frank Keating. He was the Republican nominee for governor in the 1982 election,ultimately losing to Democratic incumbent George Nigh.
The 2010 Oklahoma elections were held on November 2,2010. The primary election was held on July 27. The runoff primary election was held August 24.
The Fiftieth Oklahoma Legislature was a meeting of the legislative branch of the government of Oklahoma,composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It met in Oklahoma City from January 4,2005 to January 2,2007,during the second two years of the first term of Governor Brad Henry. The Democratic Party held the majority of the state senate seats and the Republican Party held the majority of seats in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. The 2005 session was marked by the enactment of the Tax Relief Act of 2005. The 2006 session was marked by the enactment of the Kelsey Smith-Briggs Child Protection Reform Act.
The 2014 United States Senate special election in Oklahoma took place on November 4,2014,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Oklahoma,concurrently with the regularly-scheduled election to Oklahoma's other Senate seat,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
A general election was in the U.S. state of Oklahoma on November 4,2014. All of Oklahoma's executive officers were up for election as well as the state's five seats in the United States House of Representatives and both of the states United States Senate seats. Primary elections were held on June 24,2014,and primary runoffs were held on August 26,2014.
The 2018 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 6,2018. Republican businessman Kevin Stitt was elected the 28th governor of the state,succeeding fellow Republican Mary Fallin,who was term-limited. Primary elections occurred on June 26,2018,with primary runoff elections having occurred on August 28,2018.
The 2018 general election was held in the U.S. state of Oklahoma on November 6,2018. All of Oklahoma's executive officers were up for election as well as the state's five seats in the United States House of Representatives,half of the 48 seats in the Oklahoma Senate and all 101 seats in the Oklahoma House,and five offices in each of Oklahoma's 77 counties. Voter turnout was 42.5% of the eligible population,a 12.6% increase over the 2014 midterms but still the third lowest in the nation.
Kevin Calvey is an American attorney and politician who has served as an Oklahoma County Commissioner for District 3 since 2019. He previously served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives as the member for the 94th district from 1998 to 2006 and as the member for the 82nd district from 2014 to 2018. Calvey ran for Oklahoma's 5th congressional district in 2006 and 2010,losing the Republican primaries to Mary Fallin and James Lankford respectively. In 2022,was the Republican nominee for Oklahoma County district attorney. He received 45.61% of the vote,losing to Democrat Vicki Behenna with 54.4% of the vote.
The 2022 Oklahoma Senate general election will be held on November 8,2022. The primary elections for the Republican,Democratic,and Libertarian parties' nominations took place on June 28,2022. Runoff primary elections,if no candidate received 50% in the June 28 vote,took place on August 23. All candidates had to file between the days of April 13–15,2022. Oklahoma voters will elect state senators in 24 of the state's 48 Senate districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Oklahoma Senate.
A general election was held in the state of Oklahoma on Tuesday,November 8,2022. The primary election was held on Tuesday,June 28,2022. Runoff primary elections,where necessary,were held on Tuesday,August 23. The candidate filing period was April 13,2022 to April 15,2022.
