Live Results: Oklahoma midterm primaries

Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/live-results-oklahoma-midterm-primaries Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Live Results: Oklahoma midterm primaries Politics Jun 16, 2026 3:30 PM EDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A combination of term-limits, retirements, aspirations for higher office and one high-profile presidential appointment have triggered a wave of open seats in Oklahoma's state primary on Tuesday. READ MORE: What to watch in midterm primaries and runoffs in Alabama, Georgia, D.C. and more Voters will select nominees to replace departing federal and state officials ranging from U.S. senator and representative to governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and state legislator. They'll also decide whether to renominate some incumbents for another term and consider a statewide ballot measure on the minimum wage. Educate your inbox Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else. Among the most notable open-seat contests are the primaries to replace term-limited Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt. The crowded nine-person Republican primary ballot includes state Attorney General Gentner Drummond; former state Secretary of Public Safety Chip Keating, who is the son of former Gov. Frank Keating; former state Sen. Mike Mazzei; and former state House Speaker Charles McCall. The Democratic field includes state House Minority Leader Cyndi Munson and former state Sen. Connie Johnson. President Donald Trump opened up another high-profile seat in Oklahoma when he named Republican U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin to replace fellow Republican Kristi Noem as Department of Homeland Security secretary. Mullin's appointed replacement, U.S. Sen. Alan Armstrong , opted not to seek a full term. READ MORE: Trump's pick for DHS secretary leaves U.S. Senate vacancy in deep-red Oklahoma The Republican primary to replace Mullin and Armstrong features U.S. Rep. Kevin Hern and four others. Five Democrats seek the nomination, including attorney and minister Jim Priest. Hern and Priest lead their respective fields in campaign fundraising, although the Hern campaign's $6.8 million in available cash as of May 27 far eclipses the $118,000 the Priest campaign had. Trump has endorsed Mazzei for governor and Hern for U.S. Senate. Candidates must receive a majority of votes in the primary to win the nomination. Otherwise, the top two vote-getters in the primary will advance to an Aug. 25 runoff. READ MORE: Trump attacked this GOP governor while claiming Democrats were always included in annual meeting Also on the ballot Tuesday is State Question 832, which would raise the state minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 per hour by 2029. Starting in 2030, it would tie future minimum wage increases to cost of living increases. Oklahoma is solidly Republican in general elections. It had Trump's fifth highest vote share of any state in the 2024 presidential election. A Democrat