Todd Russ

Todd Russ (born January 8, 1961) is an American politician who has served as the Treasurer of Oklahoma since 2023. A Republican, he previously served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives representing the 55th district from 2009 to 2022. He was term limited from the Oklahoma Legislature in 2022.^[1]

Todd Russ
20th Treasurer of Oklahoma
Incumbent
Assumed office January 9, 2023
Governor	Kevin Stitt
Preceded by	Randy McDaniel
Member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 55th district
In office October 21, 2009 – November 16, 2022
Preceded by	Ryan McMullen
Succeeded by	Nick Archer
Personal details
Born	(1961-01-08) January 8, 1961 (age 64)
Party	Republican
Education	Southwestern Oklahoma State University (BS) University of Colorado, Denver Berean Bible College (DMin)

Career

He was first elected in a 2009 special election after Ryan McMullen resigned for a federal agricultural position. He was the first Republican to represent the district.^[2]

In January 2022, Russ announced his campaign for Oklahoma state treasurer.^[3] He won the November general election and is the Oklahoma State Treasurer elect in 2022.^[4]

Electoral history

2006

Oklahoma Senate District 26 Election^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Ivester	9,386	50.74%
	Republican	Todd Russ	9,111	49.26%
Total votes			18,497	100.0

2009

Oklahoma House District 55 Special Election Primary^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Russ	1,046	89.33%
	Republican	Jeff Ledford	125	10.68%
Total votes			1,171	100.0

Oklahoma House District 55 Special Election^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Russ	3,029	55.92%
	Democratic	Larry Peck	2,388	44.08%
Total votes			5,417	100.0

2010, 2012, and 2014

Russ ran unopposed for re-election.

2016

Oklahoma House District 55 General Election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Russ (incumbent)	8,052	58.66%
	Democratic	Wayne A. Walters	5,675	41.34%
Total votes			13,727	100.0

2018

Oklahoma House District 55 General Election^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Russ (incumbent)	5,698	52.74%
	Democratic	Dennis Dugger	5,106	47.26%
Total votes			10,804	100.0

2020

Oklahoma House District 55 General Election^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Russ (incumbent)	11,283	79.77%
	Democratic	Austin Gipson-Black	2,861	20.23%
Total votes			14,144	100.0

2022

2022 Oklahoma state treasurer election republican primary results^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Russ	164,376	48.5
	Republican	Clark Jolley	114,776	33.9
	Republican	David Hooten	59,721	17.6
Total votes			338,873	100.0

2022 Oklahoma state treasurer election republican primary runoff results^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Russ	150,431	55.5
	Republican	Clark Jolley	120,561	44.5
Total votes			270,992	100.0

2022 Oklahoma state treasurer election^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Todd Russ	738,545	64.77%	−6.81%
	Democratic	Charles de Coune	349,876	30.68%	N/A
	Libertarian	Gregory Sadler	51,858	4.55%	N/A
Total votes			1,140,279	100%