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The two candidates hoping to secure the Republican nomination for insurance commissioner are vowing to address Oklahoma’s soaring property insurance rates, but differ on how to approach the issue. Marty Quinn and Bob Sullivan, who will appear on GOP voter’s Aug. 25 primary runoff ballot, both said their decades of experience in the insurance industry […]

Gentner Drummond said he will release copies of his financial and health records to the public after being challenged to do so by a debate moderator. The Republican gubernatorial candidate, who serves as Oklahoma’s attorney general, also told Oklahoma Voice during an interview Thursday that he plans to go a step further and also release […]

The Republican nomination for Oklahoma state superintendent will go to one of two longtime educators — either an experienced school administrator who decries political partisanship or a high school teacher and Christian minister who says his insight from the classroom could benefit schools statewide. Robert Franklin and James Taylor advanced to the Aug. 25 runoff election as […]

Oklahoma First (@OKFirst2026) raised questions about the timeline surrounding Mike Mazzei’s position on the proposed Inola smelter project. According to the post: On April 9, Mike Mazzei attended the Freedom Caucus debate, where he expressed opposition to the Inola smelter. This was after Wallace Design, where Mazzei’s brother Dan Mazzei is a principal, was reportedly […]

Oklahoma GOP gubernatorial hopeful Mike Mazzei has missed three-fourths of the monthly meetings of the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement Board since being appointed by Gov. Kevin Stitt in March 2023.

Oklahoma’s June 16 primary election did more than narrow crowded fields. It sent a message loud enough for every candidate, consultant, and lawmaker to hear: Oklahomans are tired of chaos. Across the state, voters chose between serious public service and another round of ideological warfare. In race after race, they pushed back against candidates openly […]