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2018 Oklahoma gubernatorial election

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2018 Oklahoma gubernatorial election
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The 2018 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the next governor of Oklahoma. Incumbent Republican governor Mary Fallin was term-limited, and was prohibited by the Constitution of Oklahoma from seeking another gubernatorial term. Republican Businessman Kevin Stitt was elected with 54.3% of the vote, defeating Democratic nominee and former Oklahoma attorney general Drew Edmondson.

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Primary elections occurred on June 26, 2018. Edmondson won the Democratic nomination outright. Stitt, however, faced a runoff election against former Oklahoma City mayor Mick Cornett. On August 28, 2018, Stitt won the Republican primary runoff and became the Republican nominee for the office. The Libertarian Party also held a primary, which advanced to a runoff, with Chris Powell, a former chair of the Libertarian Party of Oklahoma, winning the nomination.[1][2]

This was the first election in which the Libertarian Party has been on the ballot to participate in a gubernatorial election in Oklahoma,[3] and the only time since 1986 that a candidate from the incumbent president's party was elected Governor of Oklahoma.

A member of the Cherokee Nation, Stitt became the first tribally enrolled Native American to serve as governor of a U.S. state.[4]

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Republican primary

Candidates

Nominated

Eliminated in the primary runoff

Eliminated in the initial primary

Endorsements

Mick Cornett
Mayors
Individuals
  • Gary Richardson, former Eastern District Attorney and candidate for governor in 2002 & 2018[31]
Organizations
  • Oklahomans for Public Education[32]
Newspapers
Todd Lamb
U.S. representatives
Individuals
Organizations
Gary Richardson
Individuals
Organizations
  • The Edmond Republican GROUP[42]
  • Sooner Politics News[43]
Kevin Stitt
U.S. executive branch officials
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives
Governors
Mayors
Individuals
Organizations
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First round

Polling

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Initial primary results by county:
  Cornett
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  Stitt
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  Lamb
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  Fisher
  •   20–30%
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Runoff

Campaign finance

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Polling

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Results

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Primary runoff results by county:
  Stitt
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Cornett
  •   50–60%
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Democratic primary

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Candidates

Nominated

Eliminated in the primary

Withdrew

Declined

Endorsements

Drew Edmondson
Governors
Mayors
State representatives
Newspapers
Individuals
  • Norman Jay Brown, auto mechanic and candidate for governor of Oklahoma in 2018[90]
Organizations
  • Oklahoma Education Association[91]
  • Oklahoma Public Employees Association[92]

Polling

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Results

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Results by county:
  Edmondson
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
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Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominated

Eliminated in the primary runoff

  • Rex L. Lawhorn, former chair of the Oklahoma Americans Elect Party and Oklahoma State Director for Our America Initiative[95]

Eliminated in the initial primary

Endorsements

Chris Powell
Newspapers
Individuals
  • Jimmy Cook, former chair of the Oklahoma Libertarian Party
  • Steve Galpin, former chair of the Oklahoma Libertarian Party
  • Tim Gillespie, founder of the Oklahoma 2nd Amendment Association
  • Frank Grove, president, Drug Reform Network of Oklahoma[98]
  • Tina Kelly, former chair of the Oklahoma Libertarian Party
  • Tom Laurent, former chair of the Oklahoma Libertarian Party, former member of the Libertarian National Committee
  • Robert T. Murphy, former chair of the Oklahoma Libertarian Party, former member of the Libertarian National Committee, nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2016
  • Angela O'Dell, former chair of the Oklahoma Libertarian Party[99]
  • D. Frank Robinson, first chair of the Oklahoma Libertarian Party, founding member of the national Libertarian Party
  • Norma Sapp, director, Oklahoma chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws[98]
  • Ken Young, chair of Oklahoma State Board of Cosmetology

First round

Results

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Initial primary results by county:
Powell
  •   100%
  •   80–90%
  •   70–80%
  •   60–70%
  •   50–60%
  •   40–50%
Powell/Lawhorn tie
  •   <40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50%
Lawhorn
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   100%
Exotic
  •   40–50%
  •   70–80%
  •   100%
No votes
  •   No Votes
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Runoff

Campaign finance

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Results

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Primary runoff results by county:
Powell
  •   100%
  •   80–90%
  •   70–80%
  •   60–70%
  •   50–60%
Powell/Lawhorn tie
  •   50%
Lawhorn
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   100%
No votes
  •   No votes
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General election

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Oklahoma general election ballot for 2018

Oklahoma determines ballot order by a random drawing which took place for this election cycle on July 12, resulting in the Libertarian Party being listed first, Republicans second, and Democrats third.[100]

Debates

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  1. The Fox News Midterm Power Rankings uniquely does not contain a category for Safe/Solid races

Polling

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Results

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By county

Stitt won 73 counties, while Edmondson won four. Stitt won 56 counties with at least 60% of the popular vote, 14 counties with at least 70%, and three counties Beaver, Cimarron, and Ellis with upwards of 80%. Stitt had the largest margin of victory in Cimarron with 73.09% more votes than Edmondson's 12.27%, the latter's lowest county performance in the election. The largest county per vote count won by Stitt was Tulsa County, home of Tulsa. Oklahoma County, of which Oklahoma City is county seat, was the only county where Stitt failed to acquire three out of every seven votes.[119]

Edmondson won Muskogee by a single vote, and had an 11.84% margin of victory his only margin of victory above 10% in Oklahoma County. Edmondson won his four counties with typically narrower margins than that of Stitt, having missed 50% of the popular vote in Muskogee.[119] Powell never came close to winning any counties, but won his highest percentage of votes in Washita County, with 4.97%[119]

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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

By congressional district

Stitt won four of five congressional districts.[120]

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References

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