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.
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]
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]
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]
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^Kevin Stitt. "I'm excited to announce our campaign has received the endorsement of former 3rd District Congressmen Wes Watkins. I appreciate the support, and the kind words about our campaign to make Oklahoma a Top Ten state!". Twitter.
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