Oklahoma Primary 2022: BatesLine ballot card

Polls will be open Tuesday, June 28, 2022, from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.

NOTE: Precinct boundaries, voting locations, and district boundaries have changed, in some cases dramatically. Enter your name and date of birth on the Oklahoma State Election Board's online voter portal and you will see where to vote and your sample ballot.

In response to popular demand, I have assembled the guidance detailed below into a downloadable, printable, single-page PDF.

Here are the candidates I'm recommending and (if in the district) voting for in the Oklahoma Republican primary elections on June 28, 2022. (This entry will change as I decide to add more detail, link previous articles, or discuss additional races between now and election day. The entry is post-dated to keep it at the top.)

As I post this, I'm still unsure about several races, and there are other races I had planned to write about in detail, but time is short, people are voting, and many have asked for a summary of my recommendations. My most enthusiastic choices are in bold; in other races, there may be one or two other candidates that would be acceptable, or I simply don't know the endorsed candidate as well as I would like. There are certain incumbents that I'd like to see defeated, but I don't feel comfortable endorsing an opponent at this point. I'll try to fill in TBDs and NOTs before the start of early voting.

US Senate (unexpired term): Nathan Dahm
US Senate (full term): Joan Farr
1st Congressional District: Kevin Hern renominated without opposition
2nd Congressional District: Josh Brecheen
3rd Congressional District: Wade Burleson
4th Congressional District: James Taylor
5th Congressional District: Subrina Banks

Governor: Kevin Stitt
Lt. Governor: Matt Pinnell renominated without opposition
Auditor and Inspector: Cindy Byrd
Attorney General: John O'Connor
Treasurer: Todd Russ
Superintendent of Public Instruction: Ryan Walters
Labor Commissioner: Sean Roberts
Insurance Commissioner: Glen Mulready re-elected without opposition
Corporation Commissioner: Todd Thomsen

District Attorney, District 14: Steve Kunzweiler was re-elected without opposition

District 14 District Judge, Office 12: Kevin Gray

State Senate 2: Jarrin Jackson
State Senate 10: Emily DeLozier
State Senate 12: Rob Ford
State Senate 22: Jake Merrick
State Senate 26: Brady Butler
State Senate 34: Dana Prieto
State Senate 36: David Dambroso

State House 5: Tamara Bryan
State House 11: Wendi Stearman
State House 13: Brian Jackson
State House 24: Chris Banning
State House 66: Wayne Hill
State House 76: Timothy Brooks
State House 79: Paul Hassink

Tulsa County Assessor: John Wright
Tulsa County Treasurer: John Fothergill re-elected without opposition
Tulsa County Commissioner District 1: Stan Sallee renominated without opposition
Tulsa County Commissioner District 3: Bob Jack

Osage County Commissioner District 1: Everett Piper

District Attorney, District 7 (Oklahoma County): Kevin Calvey

MORE INFORMATION:

POLLING:

Amber Integrated surveyed all of the statewide races June 6-9.
KOTV/KWTV/Sooner Poll survey of the race to replace Inhofe, June 13-21

OTHER CONSERVATIVE VOICES:

Here are some blogs, endorsement lists, candidate questionnaires, and sources of information for your consideration.

• Muskogee Politico news, questionnaires, and analysis
• Muskogee Politico primary picks
• Muskogee Politico legislator tax votes, 2016-2018
• Oklahoma Conservative PAC meeting videos, including candidate speeches
• OCPAC 2022 Primary Voter Guide
• Oklahoma Constitution Index: Scores incumbent legislators on voting record
• iVoterGuide surveys of Oklahoma statewide, federal, and legislative candidates
• City Elders Tulsa speakers' videos, including candidate speeches
• Oklahomans for Life candidate surveys
• Oklahomans for the 2nd Amendment (OK2A) endorsements
• NRA-PVF endorsements
• Oklahomans for Health and Parental Rights (OKHPR) endorsements
• Endorsements from David Van Risseghem at Sooner Politics

ANTI-CONSERVATIVE VOICES:

Here are some endorsement lists that are negative indicators:

• Oklahoma Public Employees Association: State government employees union can be counted on to support bigger, less-efficient government and higher taxes
• Oklahomans for Public Education: OPE advocates for higher taxes, opposes school choice, and opposes efforts to keep leftist advocacy out of the classroom. They work to defeat principled Republicans. A yellow warning mark from OPE is a badge of honor for a conservative candidate. Here is the OPE voter guide for 2022.
• Oklahoma Education Association, state affiliate of the leftist NEA teachers' union, has endorsed nine Republicans in contested primaries. The list was leaked to Corey DeAngelis.

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