| Election Name: | 2014 Oklahoma elections |
| Country: | Oklahoma |
| Type: | state |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2012 Oklahoma elections |
| Previous Year: | 2012 |
| Next Election: | 2016 Oklahoma elections |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Oklahoma on November 4, 2014. All of Oklahoma's executive officers were up for election, as well as the state's five seats in the United States House of Representatives and both of the state's United States Senate seats. Primary elections were held on June 24, 2014, and primary runoffs were held on August 26, 2014.[1]
See main article: 2014 Oklahoma gubernatorial election. Incumbent Republican governor Mary Fallin ran for re-election to a second term in office.[2] She was challenged in the primary by Dax Ewbank[3] and attorney Chad Moody.[4]
State Representative Joe Dorman ran as a Democrat[5] and Independents Richard Prawdzienski, the former chair of the Libertarian Party of Oklahoma and candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma in 2010[6] and Kimberly Willis[3] also ran.
In Oklahoma, the governor and lieutenant governor are elected separately. Incumbent Republican lieutenant governor Todd Lamb ran for re-election to a second term in office.[3] He ran against Democratic businesswoman Cathy Cummings.[7]
Incumbent Republican attorney general Scott Pruitt ran unopposed for re-election to a second term in office.[3]
Incumbent Republican state treasurer Ken A. Miller ran unopposed for re-election to a second term in office.[3]
Incumbent Republican state auditor and inspector Gary Jones ran unopposed for re-election to a second term in office.[3]
Incumbent Republican superintendent of public instruction Janet Barresi ran for re-election to a second term in office.[8]
Barresi's first term was seen as controversial[8] [9] [10] and she was challenged in the Republican primary by businesswoman, former public school teacher and former State Board of Education member Joy Hofmeister[11] and educator and candidate for superintendent in 2010 Brian S. Kelly.[12]
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | class=small | Sample size | class=small | Margin of error | Janet Barresi | Joy Hofmeister | Brian S. Kelly | Other | Undecided | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SoonerPoll | June 19–21, 2014 | 840 | ± 3.38% | align=center | 19.5% | align=center | 41.7% | 14.1% | — | align=center | 24.7% | |
| SoonerPoll | May 5–10, 2014 | 580 | ± 4.07% | align=center | 16.4% | align=center | 17.1% | 14.3% | — | align=center | 52.1% |
Four Democrats ran in the primary: Superintendent of Peggs School District in Cherokee County John Cox,[13] founder of the ASTEC Charter Schools System Freda Deskin,[14] Government Relations Director for Professional Oklahoma Educators and former Assistant State Superintendent for Financial Services at the Oklahoma State Department of Education Jack Herron,[15] and retired college professor, former chairman of the Oklahoma Democratic Party and former Oklahoma State Department of Education employee Ivan Holmes.[16] Bennington Schools Superintendent Donna Anderson had been running,[17] but withdrew from the race.[3]
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | class=small | Sample size | class=small | Margin of error | John Cox | Freda Deskin | Jack Herron | Ivan Holmes | Other | Undecided | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SoonerPoll | June 19–21, 2014 | 781 | ± 3.5% | align=center | 19.4% | align=center | 26.2% | 2.9% | 8.6% | — | align=center | 42.8% | |
| SoonerPoll | May 5–10, 2014 | 631 | ± 3.9% | align=center | 10.6% | align=center | 14% | 3.5% | 8.3% | — | align=center | 63.5% |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | class=small | Sample size | class=small | Margin of error | Joy Hofmeister (R) | John Cox (D) | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sooner Poll | October 25–29, 2014 | 949 | ± 3.18% | align=center | 42.3% | 40.1% | 17.6% | |
| Sooner Poll | August 28–30, 2014 | 603 | ± 3.99% | 38.4% | align=center | 40.5% | 21.2% |
Incumbent Republican Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak ran for re-election to a second term in office.[3]
He was challenged in the Republican primary by Bill Viner. No other candidate filed to run.[3]
Incumbent Republican Labor Commissioner Mark Costello ran for re-election to a second term in office.[3]
Mike Workman was the Democratic candidate.[3]
One of the three seats on the Oklahoma Corporation Commission was up for election. Incumbent Republican Commissioner Patrice Douglas, the Chairman of the Commission, did not run for re-election to a first full term in office. She is instead running for Oklahoma's 5th congressional district.[3]
State Senator Cliff Branan and former Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 2006 Todd Hiett ran for the Republican nomination. No other candidate filed to run.[3]
See main article: United States Senate election in Oklahoma, 2014. Incumbent Republican senator Jim Inhofe ran for re-election to a fourth term in office. He was challenged in the Republican primary by D. Jean McBride-Samuels,[18] retired air traffic controller Rob Moye,[19] perennial candidate Evelyn Rogers[19] and Iraq War veteran Erick Wyatt.[20]
Insurance agency owner Matt Silverstein ran for the Democrats[21] and Independents Aaron DeLozier,[19] Joan Farr and Ray Woods[18] also ran.
See main article: United States Senate special election in Oklahoma, 2014. Incumbent Republican senator Tom Coburn announced his intention to resign on 113th Congress on January 3, 2015, four years into his second six-year term.[22] Thus, a special election was held to fill his seat for the remaining two years of his term.[23]
For the Republicans, former state senator and candidate for Governor in 2010 Randy Brogdon,[24] Army veteran and sales professional Andy Craig,[25] college professor Kevin Crow,[26] U.S. Representative James Lankford,[27] businessman Eric McCray,[28] State Representative and former Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives T.W. Shannon[29] and paramedic Jason Weger[30] ran.
Patrick Hayes, State Senator Constance N. Johnson[31] and perennial candidate Jim Rogers ran for the Democratic nomination. Independent Mark Beard also ran.[32]
See main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma, 2014.
Oklahoma's five seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2014.