State Question 836, a proposed constitutional amendment that would have created an open primary system in Oklahoma, has failed to qualify for the ballot after falling short of the required number of valid signatures. The Vote Yes 836 campaign submitted more than 200,000 signatures in late January, but after review, election officials determined that fewer than the required threshold of 172,993 valid signatures were collected. SQ 836 proposed putting every candidate on a si

State GOP leaders say Oklahoma is the most conservative state in the nation and are looking to gubernatorial candidates to uphold the state’s red agenda. Seven of the state’s nine Republican candidates jockeyed to convince voters they are the most conservative at a sold-out event hosted by the Republican Party Saturday, Feb. 28, in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma GOP candidates weigh in on data centers, religious freedoms

Republican candidates for Oklahoma governor introduced themselves to Oklahoma voters at a forum at Randall University in Moore Thursday night, Feb. 19. Each GOP candidate talked about their campaign priorities and then answered a few questions from the public. Oklahoma GOP governor candidates forum: How to watch, who's running