2018 Oklahoma gubernatorial election

For related races, see 2018 United States gubernatorial elections.

The 2018 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the next governor of Oklahoma. Incumbent Republican governor Mary Fallin was term-limited, and was prohibited by the Constitution of Oklahoma from seeking another gubernatorial term. Republican Businessman Kevin Stitt was elected with 54.3% of the vote, defeating Democratic nominee and former Oklahoma attorney general Drew Edmondson.

2018 Oklahoma gubernatorial election

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Nominee Kevin Stitt Drew Edmondson Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 644,579 500,973 Percentage 54.33% 42.23%

County results Congressional district results State senate district results State house district results Precinct results 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

Primary elections occurred on June 26, 2018. Edmondson won the Democratic nomination outright. Stitt, however, faced a runoff election against former Oklahoma City mayor Mick Cornett. On August 28, 2018, Stitt won the Republican primary runoff and became the Republican nominee for the office. The Libertarian Party also held a primary, which advanced to a runoff, with Chris Powell, a former chair of the Libertarian Party of Oklahoma, winning the nomination.^[1][2]

This was 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

• Kevin Stitt, businessman^[5]

Eliminated in the primary runoff

• Mick Cornett, former mayor of Oklahoma City^[6]

Eliminated in the initial primary

• Christopher Barnett, businessman^[7]
• Dan Fisher, former state representative^[8]
• Eric Foutch, veteran^[9]
• Barry Gowdy, nurse^[9]
• Gary Jones, Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector^[10]
• Todd Lamb, Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma^[11]
• Gary Richardson, former United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, nominee for OK-02 in 1978 and 1980, and independent candidate for governor in 2002^[12]
• Blake "Cowboy" Stephens, rancher and educator^[9]

Endorsements

Mick Cornett

Mayors

• Jay Adams, former mayor of Mustang, Oklahoma^[13]
• Dewey F. Bartlett Jr., former mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma^[14]
• Mike Burdge, mayor of Sand Springs, Oklahoma^[15]
• Brian Cathey, mayor of Atoka, Oklahoma^[16]
• Dale Copeland, mayor of Bartlesville, Oklahoma^[17]
• Patrice Douglas, former mayor of Edmond, Oklahoma^[18]
• Fred Fitch, mayor of Lawton, Oklahoma^[19]
• Charles Lamb, former mayor of Edmond, Oklahoma^[20]
• Brian Linley, mayor of Del City, Oklahoma^[21]
• Saundra Naifeh, former mayor of Edmond, Oklahoma^[22]
• Homer Nicholson, mayor of Ponca City, Oklahoma^[23]
• Kim Petersen, mayor of Guymon, Oklahoma
• Hank Ross, former mayor of Chickasha, Oklahoma^[24]
• Bill Shewey, mayor of Enid, Oklahoma^[25]
• Jeff Shockley, mayor of Guymon, Oklahoma^[26]
• Jack Smiley, mayor of Altus, Oklahoma^[27]
• Craig Thurmond, mayor of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma^[28]
• Jimmy Trammell, mayor of Pryor Creek, Oklahoma^[29]
• Matt White, mayor of El Reno, Oklahoma^[30]

Individuals

• Gary Richardson, former Eastern District Attorney and candidate for governor in 2002 & 2018^[31]

Organizations

• Oklahomans for Public Education^[32]

Newspapers

• The Oklahoman^[33]
• Tulsa World^[34]
• The Yukon Review^[35]

Todd Lamb

U.S. representatives

• Steve Russell (OK-05)^[36]

Individuals

• Tommy Franks, retired U.S. Army general^[37]
• Donald Trump Jr., businessman and son of U.S. president Donald Trump^[38]

Organizations

• Oklahoma Farm Bureau^[39]

Gary Richardson

Individuals

• Monica Deon, former Tulsa County Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016 volunteer coordinator^[40]
• Thomas P. Stafford, Apollo 10 commander^[41]

Organizations

• The Edmond Republican GROUP^[42]
• Sooner Politics News^[43]

Kevin Stitt

U.S. executive branch officials

• Mike Pence, 48th vice president of the United States^[44]
• Donald Trump, 45th president of the United States^[45][46]

U.S. senators

• Tom Coburn, former U.S. senator from Oklahoma^[47]
• Ted Cruz, U.S. senator from Texas^[48]
• Jim Inhofe, U.S. senator from Oklahoma^[49]
• Rick Santorum, former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania^[50]

U.S. representatives

• Bill Brewster, former congressman (Democratic)^[51]
• Frank Lucas (OK-3)^[52]
• Wes Watkins, former congressman^[53]

Governors

• Mary Fallin, 27th governor of Oklahoma^[54]

Mayors

• Mick Cornett, 35th mayor of Oklahoma City^[55]

Individuals

• Blake Stephens, rancher, educator and candidate for governor of Oklahoma in 2018^[56]

Organizations

• IAFF Local 176^[57]
• National Federation of Independent Business^[58]

Newspapers

• The Oklahoman^[59]
• Tulsa World^[60]

First round

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Mick Cornett	Dan Fisher	Gary Jones	Todd Lamb	Gary Richardson	Kevin Stitt	Other	Undecided
Right Strategy Group (R)[61]	June 6–7, 2018	435	± 4.5%	21%	4%	2%	20%	6%	20%	–	28%
Oklahoma Strategic Solutions (R-Richardson)[62]	May 22–23, 2018	500	± 4.4%	13%	4%	3%	20%	13%	17%	–	30%
Right Strategy Group (R)[63]	May 22–23, 2018	409	± 5.0%	20%	4%	3%	20%	4%	21%	–	29%
SoonerPoll[64]	May 15–23, 2018	319	–	20%	3%	4%	23%	3%	14%	1%	31%
Magellan Strategies[65]	April 18–19 and 22, 2018	644	± 3.9%	17%	5%	5%	19%	12%	19%	–	23%
SoonerPoll[66]	March 14–22, 2018	294	–	22%	4%	3%	21%	7%	8%	–	36%
Oklahoma Strategic Solutions (R-Richardson)[67]	March 9, 2018	500	± 4.4%	15%	2%	3%	14%	10%	8%	–	48%
SoonerPoll[68]	January 4–9, 2018	213	–	24%	4%	3%	18%	9%	3%	–	39%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Jim Bridenstine	Todd Lamb	Scott Pruitt	Undecided
SoonerPoll[69]	September 1–15, 2017	403	± 4.9%	19%	33%	16%	32%

Hypothetical polling

Results

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^[70]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mick Cornett	132,806	29.3
	Republican	Kevin Stitt	110,479	24.4
	Republican	Todd Lamb	107,985	23.9
	Republican	Dan Fisher	35,818	7.9
	Republican	Gary Jones	25,243	5.6
	Republican	Gary Richardson	18,185	4.0
	Republican	Blake Stephens	12,211	2.7
	Republican	Christopher Barnett	5,240	1.2
	Republican	Barry Gowdy	2,347	0.5
	Republican	Eric Foutch	2,292	0.5
Total votes			452,606	100.0

Runoff

Campaign finance

Pre-runoff report due August 20, 2018

Candidate	Total 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 source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Mick Cornett	Kevin Stitt	Undecided
Remington (R)[71]	August 1–2, 2018	1,757	± 2.3%	37%	47%	16%
Right Strategy Group (R)[72]	August 1–2, 2018	385	± 5.0%	33%	41%	26%
SoonerPoll[73]	July 18–20, 2018	483	± 4.5%	37%	37%	25%

Results

Primary runoff results by county:

  Stitt

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%

  Cornett

•   50–60%

Republican primary runoff results^[74]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Stitt	164,892	54.56
	Republican	Mick Cornett	137,316	45.44
Total votes			302,208	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominated

• Drew Edmondson, former attorney general of Oklahoma and candidate for governor of Oklahoma in 2010^[75]

Eliminated in the primary

• Connie Johnson, former state senator and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2014^[76]

Withdrew

• Scott Inman, state representative^[77]
• Norman Jay Brown, auto mechanic^[78]

Declined

• Dan Boren, former U.S. representative^[79][80][81]
• Joe Dorman, former state representative and nominee for governor in 2014^{[79][82][83][84][85]}

Endorsements

Drew Edmondson

Governors

• David Boren, 21st governor of Oklahoma, former president of University of Oklahoma, former US senator^[86]

Mayors

• Eric Garcetti, 42nd mayor of Los Angeles^[87]

State representatives

• Scott Inman, minority leader of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and candidate for governor of Oklahoma in 2018^[88]

Newspapers

• The Tulsa World, daily newspaper for Tulsa, Oklahoma^[89]

Individuals

• Norman Jay Brown, auto mechanic and candidate for governor of Oklahoma in 2018^[90]

Organizations

• Oklahoma Education Association^[91]
• Oklahoma Public Employees Association^[92]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Drew Edmondson	Connie Johnson	Undecided
Right Strategy Group (R)[61]	June 6–7, 2018	–	–	45%	11%	45%
SoonerPoll[64]	May 15–23, 2018	297	± 5.7%	44%	14%	43%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Norman Brown	Drew Edmondson	Connie Johnson	Undecided
SoonerPoll[66]	March 14–22, 2018	264	–	4%	34%	13%	50%
SoonerPoll[93]	January 4–9, 2018	162	–	4%	40%	21%	35%

Hypothetical polling

with Norman Brown

Results

Results by county:

  Edmondson

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%

Democratic primary results^[70]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Drew Edmondson	242,764	61.4
	Democratic	Connie Johnson	152,730	38.6
Total votes			395,494	100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominated

• Chris Powell, former chair of the Oklahoma Libertarian Party and candidate for Oklahoma County Clerk in 2016^[94]

Eliminated in the primary runoff

• Rex L. Lawhorn, former chair of the Oklahoma Americans Elect Party and Oklahoma State Director for Our America Initiative^[95]

Eliminated in the initial primary

• Joe Exotic, zoo operator^[96]

Endorsements

Chris Powell

Newspapers

• The City Sentinel, monthly newspaper for Oklahoma City, Oklahoma^[97]

Individuals

• Jimmy Cook, former chair of the Oklahoma Libertarian Party
• Steve Galpin, former chair of the Oklahoma Libertarian Party
• Tim Gillespie, founder of the Oklahoma 2nd Amendment Association
• Frank Grove, president, Drug Reform Network of Oklahoma^[98]
• Tina Kelly, former chair of the Oklahoma Libertarian Party
• Tom Laurent, former chair of the Oklahoma Libertarian Party, former member of the Libertarian National Committee
• Robert T. Murphy, former chair of the Oklahoma Libertarian Party, former member of the Libertarian National Committee, nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2016
• Angela O'Dell, former chair of the Oklahoma Libertarian Party^[99]
• D. Frank Robinson, first chair of the Oklahoma Libertarian Party, founding member of the national Libertarian Party
• Norma Sapp, director, Oklahoma chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws^[98]
• Ken Young, chair of Oklahoma State Board of Cosmetology

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

Libertarian primary results^[70]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Chris Powell	1,740	48.9
	Libertarian	Rex L. Lawhorn	1,154	32.4
	Libertarian	Joe Exotic	664	18.7
Total votes			3,558	100%

Runoff

Campaign finance

Pre-runoff report due August 20, 2018

Candidate	Total 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

Libertarian primary runoff results^[74]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Chris Powell	547	59.1
	Libertarian	Rex L. Lawhorn	379	40.9
Total votes			926	100.0

General election

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.^[100]

Debates

• Complete video of debate , September 24, 2018

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[101]	Tossup	October 26, 2018
The Washington Post[102]	Lean R	November 5, 2018
FiveThirtyEight[103]	Likely R	November 5, 2018
Rothenberg Political Report[104]	Lean R	November 1, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball[105]	Lean R	November 5, 2018
RealClearPolitics[106]	Lean R	November 4, 2018
Daily Kos[107]	Lean R	November 5, 2018
Fox News[108][a]	Likely R	November 5, 2018
Politico[109]	Lean R	November 5, 2018
Governing[110]	Lean R	November 5, 2018

Notes

1. The Fox News Midterm Power Rankings uniquely does not contain a category for Safe/Solid races

Polling

Graphical summary

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Kevin Stitt (R)	Drew Edmondson (D)	Chris Powell (L)	Undecided
SoonerPoll[111]	October 31 – November 3, 2018	338	± 5.3%	47%	44%	3%	6%
SoonerPoll[112]	October 23–25, 2018	447	± 4.6%	46%	42%	4%	8%
Magellan Strategies (R)[113]	October 22–23, 2018	500	± 4.4%	51%	44%	1%	4%
Cole Hargrave Snodgrass (R)[114]	September 25–29, 2018	500	± 4.3%	46%	40%	4%	–
Right Strategy Group (R)[115]	September 25–26, 2018	1,058	± 3.0%	47%	43%	2%	8%
SoonerPoll[116]	September 5–10, 2018	407	± 4.9%	47%	44%	3%	6%
Right Strategy Group (R)[72]	August 1–2, 2018	737	± 4.0%	41%	42%	–	17%
SoonerPoll[117]	July 18–20, 2018	404	± 4.9%	39%	40%	–	21%
SoonerPoll[118]	May 15–23, 2018	622	± 3.9%	25%	32%	–	43%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Mick Cornett (R)	Drew Edmondson (D)	Undecided
Right Strategy Group (R)[72]	August 1–2, 2018	737	± 4.0%	39%	39%	21%
SoonerPoll[117]	July 18–20, 2018	404	± 4.9%	43%	35%	23%
SoonerPoll[118]	May 15–23, 2018	622	± 3.9%	33%	27%	40%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Todd Lamb (R)	Drew Edmondson (D)	Undecided
SoonerPoll[118]	May 15–23, 2018	622	± 3.9%	33%	28%	39%

Hypothetical polling

with Mick Cornett

with Todd Lamb

Results

Oklahoma gubernatorial election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kevin Stitt	644,579	54.33%	−1.47%
	Democratic	Drew Edmondson	500,973	42.23%	+1.22%
	Libertarian	Chris Powell	40,833	3.44%	N/A
Total votes			1,186,385	100.00%	N/A
	Republican hold

By county

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.^[119]

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.^[119] Powell never came close to winning any counties, but won his highest percentage of votes in Washita County, with 4.97%^[119]

County	Stitt	Votes	Edmondson	Votes	Powell	Votes	Total
Adair	61.61%	3,187	33.73%	1,745	4.66%	241	5,173
Alfalfa	74.01%	1,333	21.71%	391	4.28%	77	1,801
Atoka	69.05%	2,789	28.6%	1,155	2.35%	95	4,039
Beaver	80.82%	1,454	15.12%	272	4.06%	73	1,799
Beckham	71.18%	4,061	24.47%	1,396	4.35%	248	5,705
Blaine	65.73%	1,941	30.1%	889	4.17%	123	2,953
Bryan	64.33%	7,301	33.01%	3,746	2.66%	302	11,349
Caddo	54.97%	4,047	41.33%	3,043	3.69%	272	7,362
Canadian	59.65%	27,410	36.44%	16,744	3.91%	1,797	45,951
Carter	64.91%	9,090	31.74%	4,445	3.35%	469	14,004
Cherokee	45.58%	6,336	50.14%	6,970	4.28%	595	13,901
Choctaw	65.28%	2,634	31.87%	1,286	2.85%	115	4,035
Cimarron	85.36%	682	12.27%	98	2.38%	19	799
Cleveland	45.87%	42,268	50.62%	46,648	3.51%	3,231	92,147
Coal	61.05%	1,127	35.7%	659	3.25%	60	1,846
Comanche	49.66%	13,180	46.48%	12,336	3.87%	1,027	26,543
Cotton	65.44%	1,312	29.83%	598	4.74%	95	2,005
Craig	60.4%	2,863	36.14%	1,713	3.46%	164	4,740
Creek	65.53%	14,870	31.06%	7,048	3.42%	775	22,693
Custer	63.21%	5,239	32.76%	2,615	4.03%	334	8,288
Delaware	65.21%	8,543	31.4%	4,114	3.39%	444	13,101
Dewey	79.41%	1,404	17.82%	315	2.77%	49	1,768
Ellis	80.3%	1,186	15.98%	236	3.72%	55	1,477
Garfield	63.36%	11,008	32.31%	5,613	4.34%	754	17,375
Garvin	64.91%	5,140	31.7%	2,510	3.4%	269	7,919
Grady	65.16%	11,173	30.8%	5,281	4.05%	694	17,148
Grant	73.36%	1,250	22.18%	378	4.46%	76	1,704
Greer	64.22%	946	31.84%	469	3.94%	58	1,473
Harmon	59.38%	443	37.13%	277	3.49%	26	746
Harper	78.35%	948	17.69%	214	3.97%	48	1,210
Haskell	63.44%	2,348	33.67%	1,246	2.89%	107	3,701
Hughes	60.73%	2,323	34.93%	1,336	4.34%	166	3,825
Jackson	66.31%	4,301	30.67%	1,989	3.02%	196	6,486
Jefferson	70.04%	1,099	27.02%	424	2.93%	46	1,569
Johnston	65.45%	1,976	31.86%	962	2.68%	81	3,019
Kay	60.51%	7,859	35.28%	4,582	4.22%	548	12,989
Kingfisher	75.23%	3,846	20.81%	1,064	3.95%	202	5,112
Kiowa	60.61%	1,645	35.81%	972	3.57%	97	2,714
Latimer	58.8%	1,774	37.25%	1,125	3.91%	118	3,017
Le Flore	62.56%	8,009	34.89%	4,467	2.55%	327	12,803
Lincoln	64.94%	7,323	30.31%	3,418	4.74%	535	11,276
Logan	62.09%	9,847	33.87%	5,371	4.04%	641	15,859
Love	68.69%	1,902	29.18%	808	2.13%	59	2,769
Major	79.28%	2,177	17.12%	470	3.61%	99	2,746
Marshall	66.66%	2,943	30.6%	1,351	2.74%	121	4,415
Mayes	60.63%	7,837	35.62%	4,604	3.76%	486	12,927
McClain	65.35%	9,021	31.05%	4,286	3.6%	497	13,804
McCurtain	68.43%	5,178	29.22%	2,211	2.35%	178	7,567
McIntosh	54.56%	3,612	42.07%	2,785	3.37%	223	6,620
Murray	62.97%	2,751	33.03%	1,443	4.01%	175	4,369
Muskogee	48.30%	9,515	48.31%	9,516	3.39%	668	19,699
Noble	63.83%	2,543	31.43%	1,252	4.74%	189	3,984
Nowata	66.14%	2,319	28.98%	1,016	4.88%	171	3,506
Okfuskee	56.44%	1,752	39.98%	1,241	3.58%	111	3,104
Oklahoma	42.38%	98,994	54.22%	126,667	3.4%	7,938	233,599
Okmulgee	52.96%	5,846	43.93%	4,849	3.11%	343	11,043
Osage	56.2%	8,629	40.39%	6,202	3.21%	524	15,355
Ottawa	55.74%	4,752	41.08%	3,502	3.18%	271	8,525
Pawnee	62.42%	3,076	33.38%	1,645	4.2%	207	4,928
Payne	49.18%	11,193	46.8%	10,650	4.02%	914	22,757
Pittsburg	59.66%	7,986	36.17%	4,842	4.16%	557	13,385
Pontotoc	52.43%	6,233	44.52%	5,293	3.05%	363	11,889
Pottawatomie	57.06%	11,996	38.5%	8,093	4.44%	933	21,022
Pushmataha	63.07%	2,102	33.18%	1,106	3.75%	125	3,333
Roger Mills	77.13%	1,157	18.87%	283	4%	60	1,500
Rogers	64.76%	21,450	32.02%	10,605	3.23%	1,069	33,124
Seminole	55.99%	3,681	39.66%	2,607	4.35%	286	6,574
Sequoyah	58.31%	6,695	39.02%	4,480	2.67%	307	11,482
Stephens	67.48%	9,314	29.57%	4,081	2.95%	407	13,802
Texas	74.84%	3,097	21.6%	894	3.55%	147	4,138
Tillman	62.89%	1,315	34.24%	716	2.87%	60	2,091
Tulsa	50.11%	101,518	47.07%	95,350	2.82%	5,716	202,584
Wagoner	63%	16,346	33.53%	8,700	3.47%	901	7,276
Washington	62.96%	11,226	33.74%	6,017	3.3%	588	17,831
Washita	69.72%	2,653	25.31%	963	4.97%	189	3,805
Woods	67.83%	1,929	28.02%	797	4.15%	118	2,844
Woodward	73.35%	4,326	23.53%	1,388	3.12%	184	5,898

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Caddo (largest city: Anadarko)
• Coal (largest city: Coalgate)
• Latimer (largest city: Wilburton)
• Pontotoc (largest city: Ada)

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Cleveland (largest city: Norman)
• Oklahoma (largest city: Oklahoma City)

By congressional district

Stitt won four of five congressional districts.^[120]

District	Edmondson	Stitt	Representative
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)

See also

• 2018 Oklahoma state elections

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External links

• Candidates at Vote Smart
• Candidates at Ballotpedia

Official campaign websites

• Drew Edmondson (D) for Governor
• Chris Powell (L) for Governor
• Kevin Stitt (R) for Governor^[usurped]