Lawton, Oklahoma sample ballot 2026

Ryan John is a U.S. Army veteran and lifelong farmer with experience in the financial sector and agricultural management, per the campaign site. John holds a bachelor's degree in business finance from Cameron University, per the campaign site.

Josh Powers appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Comanche County Commissioner District 3, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

Neil West is a public defender for the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System, per SWOKNews. A graduate of Oklahoma City University School of Law, he has served as Lawton's assistant city attorney and city prosecutor and as a Comanche County assistant district attorney and mental health court coordinator, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.

Kevin Hern is the Republican nominee for Oklahoma's open U.S. Senate seat, winning the June 16 primary outright with President Trump's endorsement. A businessman who built a network of McDonald's franchises before representing Tulsa-based OK-1 in Congress since 2019, he chaired the Republican Study Committee, the House's largest conservative caucus. His campaign theme is America First, Oklahoma Proud.

N'Kiyla Jasmine Thomas is the Democratic nominee for Oklahoma's open U.S. Senate seat. A nurse, military spouse, and citizen of the Chickasaw Nation, she runs a grassroots campaign that refuses corporate PAC money and centers rural health care access and Native sovereignty.

Mike Mazzei is the Republican nominee for Oklahoma governor, carrying President Trump's endorsement. A financial planner who spent 12 years in the state Senate including as Finance chairman and later served as Oklahoma's secretary of the budget, his plan centers on eliminating property taxes for seniors and veterans and disciplined state budgeting. He won the August 25 Republican runoff with 186,678 votes to Gentner Drummond's 184,631, a margin of 2,047 votes; Drummond conceded that night, and results are unofficial until the state certifies September 1.

Cyndi Munson is the Democratic nominee for Oklahoma governor, winning her June 16 primary with about 75% of the vote and facing Mike Mazzei on November 3. The minority leader of the Oklahoma House and the first Asian American woman elected to the Legislature, she grew up in Lawton, and her campaign emphasizes public education, health care access, and affordability for working families.

T.W. Shannon is the Republican nominee for Oklahoma lieutenant governor, winning the June 16 primary with about 54% of the vote and President Trump's endorsement. A former speaker of the Oklahoma House, the first Black and Chickasaw person to hold that role, he served as a senior advisor in the Trump administration and chaired Black Voices for Trump in 2020.

Dr. Kelly Forbes is the Democratic nominee for Oklahoma lieutenant governor, a lifelong Oklahoman raised in Skiatook and Broken Arrow. An educator with a doctorate in administration and leadership who has worked as a teacher, administrator, and consultant, his campaign emphasizes the economy, public education, health care access, tourism, and restoring trust in state government.

Jon Echols is the Republican nominee for Oklahoma attorney general, winning the June 16 primary with about 55% of the vote. A fifth-generation Oklahoman, attorney, and small-business owner, he served as majority leader of the Oklahoma House and is backed by dozens of county sheriffs across the state.

Nick Coffey is the Democratic nominee for Oklahoma attorney general, a career prosecutor and lifelong Oklahoman. As a federal prosecutor for the Western District of Oklahoma, he has led prosecutions involving transnational criminal organizations, money laundering, illegal firearms, drug conspiracies, and fraud. His campaign theme is a prosecutor, not a politician.

Cindy Byrd is the Republican nominee for Oklahoma state treasurer, winning the June 16 primary over the incumbent with more than 60% of the vote. A CPA and Oklahoma's term-limited state auditor, she was the first woman elected to that office, and her audits have led to the removal of more than 30 public officials. Her platform emphasizes transparency, smarter state investments, and accountability.

Kiefer Perry is the Libertarian nominee for Oklahoma state treasurer and vice chair of the Oklahoma Libertarian Party. He offers a limited-government alternative for the state's investment and cash-management office.

Melissa Capps is the Republican nominee for Oklahoma state auditor and inspector, currently the deputy state auditor with 25 years in the office. A certified fraud examiner endorsed by outgoing auditor Cindy Byrd, she has directed performance audits of major state agencies and high-profile investigative audits, including of the Department of Health and the Department of Tourism.

Robert Franklin is the Republican nominee for Oklahoma state superintendent of public instruction. A 44-year educator and 2024 Oklahoma Educators Hall of Fame inductee who served as a special education teacher, principal, and Tulsa Tech associate superintendent, and who now teaches future administrators at OU-Tulsa, his campaign slogan is 44 years in education, not one day in politics.

Dr. Jennettie Marshall is the Democratic nominee for Oklahoma state superintendent of public instruction, a former two-term Tulsa school board member, pastor, and veteran of child welfare and public safety work. Her platform calls for cleaning up the State Department of Education, refocusing schools on core academics, and fixing deficits in special education.

Brad Boles built his family's manufacturing company from 100 to nearly 500 employees before it was sold to a Fortune 500 company, and later co-founded Philtek Services, according to his campaign site. He has served as Mayor of Marlow and has represented Grady and Stephens Counties in the Oklahoma House of Representatives since 2018, where he chairs the House Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Committee, per the site.

Rhonda Eastman worked for the state of Oklahoma for 16 years and has more than 10 years of private-sector management experience in trucking, utilities and construction, per Tulsa Flyer. Eastman is the Democratic nominee for Corporation Commissioner, having won the June 2026 primary, and faces Republican Brad Boles on the November 3, 2026 general election ballot, per the same source.

Bob Sullivan is the Republican nominee for Oklahoma insurance commissioner. A property and casualty insurance broker with two decades in the industry, he holds the CIC, CRM and CPCU designations and is a fourth-generation Oklahoman living in Inola.

Craig MacIntyre is the Democratic nominee for Oklahoma insurance commissioner and was unopposed for the nomination. He has worked in the insurance industry since 1993 as an actuary and across product development, underwriting and claims oversight, risk management and state rate filings, and is also an educator and small business owner. He frames his campaign around what he calls the three A's: affordability, acceptable claims handling, and availability.

Kevin West is the Republican nominee for Oklahoma commissioner of labor. He ran a cabinet shop in Oklahoma City before winning a state House seat in 2016, represents District 54 in the Moore area, and chairs the House Oversight Committee.

Kevin Dawson is the Democratic nominee for Oklahoma commissioner of labor. He spent 43 years on the railroad, starting at 18 and becoming one of the youngest locomotive engineers in the country before moving into training, public safety and workforce development roles, and he retired in 2022 as a union member. He says the Department of Labor should be an agency people can trust, applying the law the same way to workers and employers.

Mike Hall is the Libertarian nominee for Oklahoma commissioner of labor, an engineer and project manager who has spent decades in that field. His platform centers on worker freedom, cutting regulatory red tape for employers, and running an accountable labor department.