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The 2018 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the next
governor of Oklahoma The governor of Oklahoma is the head of government of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Under the Oklahoma Constitution, the governor serves as the head of the Oklahoma Executive (government), executive branch, of the government of Oklahoma. The gover ...
.
Incumbent The incumbent is the current holder of an office or position. In an election, the incumbent is the person holding or acting in the position that is up for election, regardless of whether they are seeking re-election. There may or may not be ...
Republican governor
Mary Fallin Mary Fallin (; née Copeland; born December 9, 1954) is an American politician who served as the 27th governor of Oklahoma from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, she was elected in 2010 Oklahoma gub ...
was term-limited, and was prohibited by the
Constitution of Oklahoma The Constitution of the State of Oklahoma is the governing document of the United States, U.S. State of Oklahoma. Adopted in 1907, Oklahoma ratified the United States Constitution on November 16, 1907, as the 46th U.S. state. At its ratificatio ...
from seeking another gubernatorial term. Republican Businessman
Kevin Stitt John Kevin Stitt (born December 28, 1972) is an American businessman and politician serving as the 28th governor of Oklahoma since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected in 2018, defeating Democrat and former state Attorney Ge ...
was elected with 54.3% of the vote, defeating Democratic nominee and former
Oklahoma attorney general The attorney general of Oklahoma is the State Attorney General for the state of Oklahoma. The attorney general serves as the chief legal and law enforcement officer of the State of Oklahoma and head of the Office of the Oklahoma Attorney General ...
Drew Edmondson William Andrew Edmondson (born October 12, 1946) 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 elect ...
. 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. This was the first election in which the Libertarian Party has been on the ballot to participate in a gubernatorial election in Oklahoma, and the only time since
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that a candidate from the incumbent president's party was elected Governor of Oklahoma. A member of the
Cherokee Nation The Cherokee Nation ( or ) is the largest of three list of federally recognized tribes, federally recognized tribes of Cherokees in the United States. It includes people descended from members of the Cherokee Nation (1794–1907), Old Cheroke ...
, Stitt became the first tribally enrolled Native American to serve as governor of a
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.


Republican primary


Candidates


Nominated

*
Kevin Stitt John Kevin Stitt (born December 28, 1972) is an American businessman and politician serving as the 28th governor of Oklahoma since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected in 2018, defeating Democrat and former state Attorney Ge ...
, businessman


Eliminated in the primary runoff

* Mick Cornett, former mayor of Oklahoma City


Eliminated in the initial primary

*Christopher Barnett, businessman * Dan Fisher, former state representative *Eric Foutch, veteran *Barry Gowdy, nurse * Gary Jones,
Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector The Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector is an elected Constitutional officer for the U.S. State of Oklahoma. The State Auditor and Inspector is responsible for auditing and prescribing bookkeeping standards of all government agencies and county ...
* Todd Lamb,
Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma The lieutenant governor of Oklahoma is the second-highest executive official of the state government of Oklahoma. As first in the gubernatorial line of succession, the lieutenant governor becomes the new governor of Oklahoma upon the death, ...
* Gary Richardson, former United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, nominee for OK-02 in
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and
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, and independent candidate for governor in
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* Blake "Cowboy" Stephens, rancher and educator


Endorsements


First round


Polling


Results


Runoff


Campaign finance


Polling


Results


Democratic primary


Candidates


Nominated

*
Drew Edmondson William Andrew Edmondson (born October 12, 1946) 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 elect ...
, former
attorney general of Oklahoma The attorney general of Oklahoma is the State Attorney General for the state of Oklahoma. The attorney general serves as the chief legal and law enforcement officer of the Oklahoma, State of Oklahoma and head of the Office of the Oklahoma Attorn ...
and candidate for governor of Oklahoma in
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Eliminated in the primary

* Connie Johnson, former state senator and nominee for the U.S. Senate in
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Withdrew

* Scott Inman, state representative * Norman Jay Brown, auto mechanic


Declined

*
Dan Boren David Daniel Boren (born August 2, 1973) is a Native American businessman and politician who is the Secretary of Commerce for the Chickasaw Nation, based in Oklahoma. He is a retired American politician, who served as the U.S. representative fo ...
, former U.S. representative * Joe Dorman, former state representative and nominee for governor in
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Endorsements


Polling

with Norman Brown


Results


Libertarian primary


Candidates


Nominated

* Chris Powell, former chair of the Oklahoma Libertarian Party and candidate for
Oklahoma County Oklahoma County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 796,292, making it the most populous county in Oklahoma. The county seat is Oklahoma City, the state capital and ...
Clerk in 2016


Eliminated in the primary runoff

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


Eliminated in the initial primary

*
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, zoo operator


Endorsements


First round


Results


Runoff


Campaign finance


Results


General election

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.


Debates


Complete video of debate
September 24, 2018


Predictions


Polling

Graphical summary
with Mick Cornett
with Todd Lamb


Results


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 –
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, Cimarron, and
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– 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 Tulsa County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 669,279, making it the second-most populous county in the state, behind only Oklahoma C ...
, home of
Tulsa Tulsa ( ) is the second-most-populous city in the state of Oklahoma, after Oklahoma City, and the 48th-most-populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tul ...
.
Oklahoma County Oklahoma County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 796,292, making it the most populous county in Oklahoma. The county seat is Oklahoma City, the state capital and ...
, of which
Oklahoma City Oklahoma City (), officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Oklahoma, most populous city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat ...
is county seat, was the only county where Stitt failed to acquire three out of every seven votes. 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. Powell never came close to winning any counties, but won his highest percentage of votes in Washita County, with 4.97% Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican *
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(largest city: Anadarko) *
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) * Pontotoc (largest city: Ada) Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic *
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(largest city:
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Oklahoma Oklahoma ( ; Choctaw language, Choctaw: , ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Texas to the south and west, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northea ...
(largest city:
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)


By congressional district

Stitt won four of five congressional districts.https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::bae848ae-a6fd-4647-a2fc-3af07978eb28


See also

* 2018 Oklahoma state elections


References


External links


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