Oklahoma’s 2026 campaign season already underway

Although the 2026 election is still more than a year away, campaigning in Oklahoma is already heating up. Vice President of EyesOver Technologies Kyle Loveless says candidates are already being forced to make moves, or risk falling behind.

Candidates Already Positioning Themselves

Loveless says the campaign cycle is well underway.

“If you’re not in the races now, I would say in the next two weeks, you better get in," he said

Loveless emphasized that modern campaigns require significant early preparation, likening them to running a Fortune 500 company in under 18 months.

“There’s no extensions and it’s a binary choice: this person or that person,” he said. “That’s why campaigns need to gear up early... that requires money, that requires organization, that requires a lot of things people don’t see.”

Oklahoma’s 2026 campaign season already underway