The race for the GOP nomination in Oklahoma’s race for governor could hinge less on experience and ideology, and more on the state’s geography and the candidates’ allegiance to President Donald Trump.
The Latest on Oklahoma’s primary runoff election (all times local):
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Oklahoma voters will decide the final slate of nominees for governor and other statewide, congressional and legislative races in the 2018 general election.
Polls opened at 7 a.m. Tuesday and will close at 7 p.m.
The Republican gubernatorial race between former Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett and Tulsa businessman Kevin Stitt tops a slate of GOP runoffs for statewide positions.
Former Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson won the Democratic nomination for governor over former state Sen. Connie Johnson in the June 26 primary election. Edmondson unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for governor eight years ago.
The gubernatorial nominees are vying to replace term-limited Republican Gov. Mary Fallin in the first open governor’s race since 2010.
The general election will be held on Nov. 6.
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The race for the GOP nomination to replace Oklahoma’s term-limited Gov. Mary Fallin tops this week’s unusually high number of primary runoff elections.
Former Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett and Tulsa mortgage company owner Kevin Stitt are pitching their case to Republican voters heading into Tuesday’s vote, as are candidates for several other statewide and congressional offices.
A record number of candidates sought political office this year, with eight-year term limits forcing open nearly every statewide elected office following the Republican Party’s sweep of power in Oklahoma in 2010. This year’s candidate filing period also coincided with a teacher walkout that prompted dozens of public school teachers to seek office.
Polls are open across the state from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday.
