2018 Oklahoma gubernatorial election

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2018 Oklahoma gubernatorial election
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Nominee Kevin Stitt Drew Edmondson
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote644,579500,973
Percentage54.3%42.2%
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Stitt:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     ≥90%
Edmondson:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     ≥90%
     Tie     No votes
Governor before election

Mary Fallin
Republican

Elected Governor

Kevin Stitt
Republican

The 2018 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2018. Businessman Kevin Stitt was elected governor, succeeding fellow Republican Mary Fallin, who was term-limited. Primary elections occurred on June 26, 2018, with primary runoff elections having occurred on August 28, 2018. [1] [2]

Contents

The Democratic Party nominated former Oklahoma attorney general Drew Edmondson. The Republican primary eliminated Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb, resulting in a runoff election between former Oklahoma City mayor Mick Cornett and businessman Kevin Stitt. On August 28, 2018, Stitt won the Republican primary runoff and became the Republican nominee for the office. The Libertarian primary also advanced to a runoff, with Chris Powell, a former chair of the Libertarian Party of Oklahoma, winning the nomination. This was also the first election in which the Libertarian Party has been on the ballot to participate in a gubernatorial election in Oklahoma, [3] and the only time since 1986 that a candidate from the incumbent president's party was elected Governor of Oklahoma.

A member of the Cherokee Nation, Stitt became the first tribally enrolled Native American to serve as governor of a U.S. state. [4]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominated

Eliminated in the primary runoff

Eliminated in the initial primary

Endorsements

Mick Cornett
Mayors
Individuals
  • Gary Richardson, former Eastern District Attorney and candidate for governor in 2002 & 2018 [31]
Organizations
Todd Lamb
U.S. Representative
Individuals
Organizations
Gary Richardson
Individuals
Organizations
  • Sooner Politics News [42]
  • The Edmond Republican GROUP [43]
Kevin Stitt
U.S. Executive Branch officials
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Governors
Mayors
Individuals
  • Blake "Cowboy" Stephens, Rancher, Educator and Candidate for Governor of Oklahoma in 2018 [56]
Organizations
Newspapers

First round

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Mick
Cornett		Dan
Fisher		Gary
Jones		Todd
Lamb		Gary
Richardson		Kevin
Stitt		OtherUndecided
Right Strategy Group (R) June 6–7, 2018435± 4.5%21%4%2%20%6%20%–28%
Oklahoma Strategic Solutions (R-Richardson) May 22–23, 2018500± 4.4%13%4%3%20%13%17%–30%
Right Strategy Group (R) May 22–23, 2018409± 5.0%20%4%3%20%4%21%–29%
SoonerPoll Archived 2021-11-30 at the Wayback Machine May 15–23, 2018319–20%3%4%23%3%14%1%31%
Magellan Strategies April 18–19 and 22, 2018644± 3.9%17%5%5%19%12%19%–23%
SoonerPoll March 14–22, 2018294–22%4%3%21%7%8%–36%
Oklahoma Strategic Solutions (R-Richardson) March 9, 2018500± 4.4%15%2%3%14%10%8%–48%
SoonerPoll January 4–9, 2018213–24%4%3%18%9%3%–39%
Hypothetical polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Jim
Bridenstine		Todd
Lamb		Scott
Pruitt		Undecided
SoonerPoll September 1–15, 2017403± 4.9%19%33%16%32%

Results

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Initial primary results by county:
  Cornett
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  Stitt
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  Lamb
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  Fisher
  •   20–30%
Republican primary results [61]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mick Cornett 132,806 29.3
Republican Kevin Stitt 110,479 24.4
Republican Todd Lamb 107,98523.9
Republican Dan Fisher 35,8187.9
Republican Gary Jones 25,2435.6
Republican Gary Richardson 18,1854.0
Republican Blake Stephens 12,2112.7
Republican Christopher Barnett5,2401.2
Republican Barry Gowdy2,3470.5
Republican Eric Foutch2,2920.5
Total votes452,606 100.0

Runoff

Campaign finance

Pre-runoff report due August 20, 2018
CandidateTotal
raised		Total
spent		Total
cash-on-hand
Kevin Stitt$6,542,863.91$6,018,662.13$368,557.72
Mick Cornett$3,242,795.74$2,826,305.70$336,691.50

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Mick
Cornett		Kevin
Stitt		Undecided
Remington (R) August 1–2, 20181,757± 2.3%37%47%16%
Right Strategy Group (R) August 1–2, 2018385± 5.0%33%41%26%
SoonerPoll July 18–20, 2018483± 4.5%37%37%25%

Results

Primary runoff results by county: Stitt 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% Cornett 50-60% 2018 OK gubernatorial Republican runoff.svg
Primary runoff results by county:
  Stitt
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Cornett
  •   50–60%
Republican primary runoff results [62]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kevin Stitt 164,892 54.56
Republican Mick Cornett 137,31645.44
Total votes302,208 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominated

Eliminated in the primary

Withdrew

Declined

Endorsements

Drew Edmondson
Governors
Mayors
State Representatives
Newspapers
Individuals
  • Norman Jay Brown, auto mechanic and candidate for Governor of Oklahoma in 2018 [78]
Organizations
  • Oklahoma Education Association [79]
  • Oklahoma Public Employees Association [80]

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Drew
Edmondson		Connie
Johnson		Undecided
Right Strategy Group (R) June 6–7, 2018––45%11%45%
SoonerPoll Archived 2021-11-30 at the Wayback Machine May 15–23, 2018297± 5.7%44%14%43%
Hypothetical polling
with Norman Brown
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Norman
Brown		Drew
Edmondson		Connie
Johnson		Undecided
SoonerPoll March 14–22, 2018264–4%34%13%50%
SoonerPoll January 4–9, 2018162–4%40%21%35%

Results

Results by county: Edmondson 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 2018 Oklahoma gubernatorial Democratic primary.svg
Results by county:
  Edmondson
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
Democratic primary results [61]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Drew Edmondson 242,764 61.4
Democratic Connie Johnson152,73038.6
Total votes395,494 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominated

Eliminated in the primary runoff

  • Rex L. Lawhorn, former chair of the Oklahoma Americans Elect Party and Oklahoma State Director for Our America Initiative [82]

Eliminated in the initial primary

Endorsements

Chris Powell
Newspapers
Individuals
  • Norma Sapp, director, Oklahoma chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws [85]
  • Frank Grove, president, Drug Reform Network of Oklahoma [85]
  • Tim Gillespie, founder of the Oklahoma 2nd Amendment Association
  • Ken Young, Chair, Oklahoma State Board of Cosmetology
  • Tom Laurent, former chair of the Oklahoma Libertarian Party and former member of the Libertarian National Committee
  • Robert T. Murphy, former chair of the Oklahoma Libertarian Party and former member of the Libertarian National Committee and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2016
  • D. Frank Robinson, first chair of the Oklahoma Libertarian Party and founding member of the national Libertarian Party
  • Tina Kelly, former chair of the Oklahoma Libertarian Party
  • Steve Galpin, former chair of the Oklahoma Libertarian Party
  • Jimmy Cook, former chair of the Oklahoma Libertarian Party
  • Angela O’Dell, former chair of the Oklahoma Libertarian Party [86]

First round

Results

Initial primary results by county: Powell 100% 80-90% 70-80% 60-70% 50-60% 40-50% Powell/Lawhorn tie <40% 40-50% 50% Lawhorn 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 100% Exotic 40-50% 70-80% 100% No votes No Votes 2018 Oklahoma gubernatorial Libertarian primary.svg
Initial primary results by county:
Powell
  •   100%
  •   80–90%
  •   70–80%
  •   60–70%
  •   50–60%
  •   40–50%
Powell/Lawhorn tie
  •   <40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50%
Lawhorn
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   100%
Exotic
  •   40–50%
  •   70–80%
  •   100%
No votes
  •   No Votes
Libertarian primary results [61]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Libertarian Chris Powell 1,740 48.9
Libertarian Rex L. Lawhorn 1,154 32.4
Libertarian Joe Exotic 66418.7
Total votes3,558 100%

Runoff

Campaign finance

Pre-runoff report due August 20, 2018
CandidateTotal
raised		Total
spent		Total
cash-on-hand
Chris Powell$10,142.88$6,991.02$3,017.51
Rex L. Lawhorn$4,575.00$5,286.87($736.87)

Results

Primary runoff results by county: Powell 100% 80-90% 70-80% 60-70% 50-60% Powell/Lawhorn tie 50% Lawhorn 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 100% No votes No votes 2018 OK gubernatorial Libertarian runoff.svg
Primary runoff results by county:
Powell
  •   100%
  •   80–90%
  •   70–80%
  •   60–70%
  •   50–60%
Powell/Lawhorn tie
  •   50%
Lawhorn
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   100%
No votes
  •   No votes
Libertarian primary runoff results [62]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Libertarian Chris Powell 547 59.1
Libertarian Rex L. Lawhorn37940.9
Total votes926 100.0

General election

Oklahoma general election ballot for 2018 Oklahoma general election ballot for 2018.png
Oklahoma general election ballot for 2018

Oklahoma determines ballot order by a random drawing which took place for this election cycle on July 12, resulting in the Libertarian Party being listed first, Republicans second, and Democrats third. [87]

Debates

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [88] TossupOctober 26, 2018
The Washington Post [89] Lean RNovember 5, 2018
FiveThirtyEight [90] Likely RNovember 5, 2018
Rothenberg Political Report [91] Lean RNovember 1, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball [92] Lean RNovember 5, 2018
RealClearPolitics [93] Lean RNovember 4, 2018
Daily Kos [94] Lean RNovember 5, 2018
Fox News [95] [lower-alpha 1] Likely RNovember 5, 2018
Politico [96] Lean RNovember 5, 2018
Governing [97] Lean RNovember 5, 2018
Notes
  1. ↑ The Fox News Midterm Power Rankings uniquely does not contain a category for Safe/Solid races

Polling

Graphical summary
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Kevin
Stitt (R)		Drew
Edmondson (D)		Chris
Powell (L)		Undecided
SoonerPoll October 31 – November 3, 2018338± 5.3%47%44%3%6%
SoonerPoll October 23–25, 2018447± 4.6%46%42%4%8%
Magellan Strategies (R) October 22–23, 2018500± 4.4%51%44%1%4%
Cole Hargrave Snodgrass (R) September 25–29, 2018500± 4.3%46%40%4%–
Right Strategy Group (R) September 25–26, 20181,058± 3.0%47%43%2%8%
SoonerPoll September 5–10, 2018407± 4.9%47%44%3%6%
Right Strategy Group (R) August 1–2, 2018737± 4.0%41%42%–17%
SoonerPoll July 18–20, 2018404± 4.9%39%40%–21%
SoonerPoll Archived 2018-11-10 at the Wayback Machine May 15–23, 2018622± 3.9%25%32%–43%
Hypothetical polling
with Mick Cornett
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Mick
Cornett (R)		Drew
Edmondson (D)		Undecided
Right Strategy Group (R) August 1–2, 2018737± 4.0%39%39%21%
SoonerPoll July 18–20, 2018404± 4.9%43%35%23%
SoonerPoll Archived 2018-11-10 at the Wayback Machine May 15–23, 2018622± 3.9%33%27%40%
with Todd Lamb
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Todd
Lamb (R)		Drew
Edmondson (D)		Undecided
SoonerPoll Archived 2018-11-10 at the Wayback Machine May 15–23, 2018622± 3.9%33%28%39%

Results

Statewide results

Oklahoma gubernatorial election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Kevin Stitt 644,579 54.33% -1.47%
Democratic Drew Edmondson 500,97342.23%+1.22%
Libertarian Chris Powell40,8333.44%N/A
Total votes1,186,385 100.00% N/A
Republican hold

County results

Stitt won 73 counties, while Edmondson won four. Stitt won 56 counties with at least 60% of the popular vote, 14 counties with at least 70%, and three counties – Beaver, Cimarron, and Ellis – with upwards of 80%. Stitt had the largest margin of victory in Cimarron with 73.09% more votes than Edmondson's 12.27%, the latter's lowest county performance in the election. The largest county per vote count won by Stitt was Tulsa County, home of Tulsa. Oklahoma County, of which Oklahoma City is county seat, was the only county where Stitt failed to acquire three out of every seven votes. [98]

Edmondson won Muskogee by a single vote, and had an 11.84% margin of victory – his only margin of victory above 10% – in Oklahoma County. Edmondson won his four counties with typically narrower margins than that of Stitt, having missed 50% of the popular vote in Muskogee. [98] Powell never came close to winning any counties, but won his highest percentage of votes in Washita County, with 4.97% [98]

CountyStittVotesEdmondsonVotesPowellVotesTotal
Adair 61.61%3,18733.73%1,7454.66%2415,173
Alfalfa 74.01%1,33321.71%3914.28%771,801
Atoka 69.05%2,78928.6%1,1552.35%954,039
Beaver 80.82%1,45415.12%2724.06%731,799
Beckham 71.18%4,06124.47%1,3964.35%2485,705
Blaine 65.73%1,94130.1%8894.17%1232,953
Bryan 64.33%7,30133.01%3,7462.66%30211,349
Caddo 54.97%4,04741.33%3,0433.69%2727,362
Canadian 59.65%27,41036.44%16,7443.91%1,79745,951
Carter 64.91%9,09031.74%4,4453.35%46914,004
Cherokee 45.58%6,33650.14%6,9704.28%59513,901
Choctaw 65.28%2,63431.87%1,2862.85%1154,035
Cimarron 85.36%68212.27%982.38%19799
Cleveland 45.87%42,26850.62%46,6483.51%3,23192,147
Coal 61.05%1,12735.7%6593.25%601,846
Comanche 49.66%13,18046.48%12,3363.87%1,02726,543
Cotton 65.44%1,31229.83%5984.74%952,005
Craig 60.4%2,86336.14%1,7133.46%1644,740
Creek 65.53%14,87031.06%7,0483.42%77522,693
Custer 63.21%5,23932.76%2,6154.03%3348,288
Delaware 65.21%8,54331.4%4,1143.39%44413,101
Dewey 79.41%1,40417.82%3152.77%491,768
Ellis 80.3%1,18615.98%2363.72%551,477
Garfield 63.36%11,00832.31%5,6134.34%75417,375
Garvin 64.91%5,14031.7%2,5103.4%2697,919
Grady 65.16%11,17330.8%5,2814.05%69417,148
Grant 73.36%1,25022.18%3784.46%761,704
Greer 64.22%94631.84%4693.94%581,473
Harmon 59.38%44337.13%2773.49%26746
Harper 78.35%94817.69%2143.97%481,210
Haskell 63.44%2,34833.67%1,2462.89%1073,701
Hughes 60.73%2,32334.93%1,3364.34%1663,825
Jackson 66.31%4,30130.67%1,9893.02%1966,486
Jefferson 70.04%1,09927.02%4242.93%461,569
Johnston 65.45%1,97631.86%9622.68%813,019
Kay 60.51%7,85935.28%4,5824.22%54812,989
Kingfisher 75.23%3,84620.81%1,0643.95%2025,112
Kiowa 60.61%1,64535.81%9723.57%972,714
Latimer 58.8%1,77437.25%1,1253.91%1183,017
Le Flore 62.56%8,00934.89%4,4672.55%32712,803
Lincoln 64.94%7,32330.31%3,4184.74%53511,276
Logan 62.09%9,84733.87%5,3714.04%64115,859
Love 68.69%1,90229.18%8082.13%592,769
Major 79.28%2,17717.12%4703.61%992,746
Marshall 66.66%2,94330.6%1,3512.74%1214,415
Mayes 60.63%7,83735.62%4,6043.76%48612,927
McClain 65.35%9,02131.05%4,2863.6%49713,804
McCurtain 68.43%5,17829.22%2,2112.35%1787,567
McIntosh 54.56%3,61242.07%2,7853.37%2236,620
Murray 62.97%2,75133.03%1,4434.01%1754,369
Muskogee 48.30%9,51548.31%9,5163.39%66819,699
Noble 63.83%2,54331.43%1,2524.74%1893,984
Nowata 66.14%2,31928.98%1,0164.88%1713,506
Okfuskee 56.44%1,75239.98%1,2413.58%1113,104
Oklahoma 42.38%98,99454.22%126,6673.4%7,938233,599
Okmulgee 52.96%5,84643.93%4,8493.11%34311,043
Osage 56.2%8,62940.39%6,2023.21%52415,355
Ottawa 55.74%4,75241.08%3,5023.18%2718,525
Pawnee 62.42%3,07633.38%1,6454.2%2074,928
Payne 49.18%11,19346.8%10,6504.02%91422,757
Pittsburg 59.66%7,98636.17%4,8424.16%55713,385
Pontotoc 52.43%6,23344.52%5,2933.05%36311,889
Pottawatomie 57.06%11,99638.5%8,0934.44%93321,022
Pushmataha 63.07%2,10233.18%1,1063.75%1253,333
Roger Mills 77.13%1,15718.87%2834%601,500
Rogers 64.76%21,45032.02%10,6053.23%1,06933,124
Seminole 55.99%3,68139.66%2,6074.35%2866,574
Sequoyah 58.31%6,69539.02%4,4802.67%30711,482
Stephens 67.48%9,31429.57%4,0812.95%40713,802
Texas 74.84%3,09721.6%8943.55%1474,138
Tillman 62.89%1,31534.24%7162.87%602,091
Tulsa 50.11%101,51847.07%95,3502.82%5,716202,584
Wagoner 63%16,34633.53%8,7003.47%9017,276
Washington 62.96%11,22633.74%6,0173.3%58817,831
Washita 69.72%2,65325.31%9634.97%1893,805
Woods 67.83%1,92928.02%7974.15%1182,844
Woodward 73.35%4,32623.53%1,3883.12%1845,898

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

By congressional district

Stitt won 4 of 5 congressional districts. [99]

DistrictEdmondsonStittRepresentative
1st 44.18%52.89% Kevin Hern
2nd 37.15%59.51% Markwayne Mullin
3rd 33.53%62.56% Frank Lucas
4th 42.65%53.71% Tom Cole
5th 52.90%43.69% Steve Russell (115th Congress)
Kendra Horn (116th Congress)

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