How to Run for Oklahoma House of Representatives

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2022 Oklahoma House Elections

Primary	June 28, 2022
Primary runoff	August 23, 2022
Full general	Nov eight, 2022

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Elections for the Oklahoma House of Representatives will take place in 2022. The full general election is on November 8, 2022. A main is scheduled for June 28, 2022, and a primary runoff is scheduled for August 23, 2022. The filing deadline is April 15, 2022.

The Oklahoma House of Representatives is one of 88 country legislative chambers holding elections in 2022. There are 99 chambers throughout the state.

Party command

See also: Partisan limerick of state houses and Country regime trifectas

Party		As of February 2022
	Democratic Party	eighteen
	Republican Party	82
	Vacancies	1
Total		101

Candidates

Annotation: The following list includes official candidates just. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:

Register with a federal or state campaign finance agency earlier the candidate filing deadline
Appear on candidate lists released by authorities ballot agencies

States are in the process of redistricting Congressional and country legislative boundaries following the 2022 census. Equally a result, candidates may declare candidacy in districts that change before the state's filing deadline. This listing will exist updated after the candidate filing deadline has passed and the official list of candidates becomes bachelor. Please contact us if y'all notice an official candidate missing from the listing, the inclusion of a candidate who withdrew, or the inclusion of a candidate who has since changed the location of their candidacy.

Chief

Oklahoma House of Representatives Main 2022
Incumbents are marked with an (i) later on their name. The candidate list in this ballot may not be complete. Please contact Ballotpedia about candidate additions, withdrawals, or disqualifications.
Office	Autonomous	Republican	Other
Commune 1
District 2
District iii
District 4
District v
District 6
District vii
District 8
District 9
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District 12
District xiii
District 14
District 15
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District 17
Commune 18
District nineteen
District xx
District 21
District 22
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District 24
District 25
Commune 26
District 27
District 28
District 29
Commune xxx
District 31
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Commune 33
District 34
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District 37
Commune 38
District 39
District 40
Commune 41
District 42
Commune 43
District 44	Jared Deck
District 45
Commune 46
District 47
District 48
District 49
District fifty
District 51
District 52
District 53
District 54
District 55
District 56
Commune 57
Commune 58
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Commune 60
District 61
District 62
District 63
District 64
Commune 65
District 66
District 67
District 68
District 69
District 70
District 71
District 72
District 73
District 74
District 75
District 76
District 77
District 78
District 79
Commune 80
District 81
Commune 82
District 83
Commune 84
District 85
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District 87
Commune 88
District 89
District ninety
District 91
District 92
District 93
Commune 94
District 95
District 96
District 97
Commune 98
Commune 99
District 100
Commune 101

Full general

Competitiveness

This section volition exist updated with data nearly the competitiveness of state legislative elections in Oklahoma. For more information nigh Ballotpedia's Competitiveness Assay of state legislative elections, please click hither.

Open seats

The tabular array below shows the number and percent of open seats in the Oklahoma Business firm of Representatives from 2010 to 2022.^[i] It will be updated as information becomes available following the state'south candidate filing deadline.

Open Seats in Oklahoma House of Representatives elections: 2010 - 2022
Year	Total seats	Open seats	Seats with incumbents running for re-election
2022	101	TBD	TBD
2020	101	ix (9 percentage)	92 (91 percent)
2018	101	32 (32 percent)	69 (68 per centum)
2016	101	31 (31 percent)	70 (69 percent)
2014	101	21 (21 percentage)	eighty (79 pct)
2012	101	13 (13 percentage)	88 (87 percent)
2010	101	14 (xiv pct)	87 (86 percent)

Procedure to become a candidate

See besides: Ballot access requirements for political candidates in Oklahoma

See statutes: Title 26, Affiliate 5 of the Oklahoma Lawmaking

Filing

Each candidate must file a declaration of candidacy with the Oklahoma State Ballot Lath to place his or her proper noun on the ballot. The declaration must be filed during the candidate filing menstruation, which begins on the second Midweek in April and ends on the post-obit Friday. The proclamation of candidacy must exist signed and notarized and include the following:^[2] ^[3] ^[four] ^[5]

the proper name of the candidate
the candidate's accost
the role the candidate seeks
the candidate's appointment of nascence
the candidate's political party affiliation
the precinct and county where the candidate is a registered voter
a sworn oath affirming that the candidate is qualified to become a candidate for the office existence sought and to agree that role if elected

A partisan candidate must exist a registered voter of the political political party with which he or she wishes to run for at to the lowest degree six months immediately preceding the first solar day of the candidate filing menstruum. An independent candidate must be registered equally an independent voter for at least vi months before filing as a candidate. A candidate of a new political political party that has non been officially recognized for half dozen months must be registered with that party within fifteen days following its recognition.^[half-dozen]

A candidate may file for but one function per election. At that place is no procedure for candidates to run every bit write-ins as write-in voting is not permitted in Oklahoma.^[7] ^[8]

Fees

Each candidate must pay a filing fee to the Oklahoma State Ballot Lath or else file a petition signed past 4 percent of registered voters who will exist eligible to vote for the candidate in the election (this figure is determined by using the latest Jan fifteen voter registration report).^[9]

Filing fees vary according to the part being sought by the candidate and are described in the table below.^[9]

Filing fees
Role sought	Filing fee
Governor of Oklahoma	$2,000
Us Senator	$2,000
United states Representative Lieutenant Governor Corporation Commission Chaser General Country Accountant and Inspector Superintendent of Public Didactics Treasurer Commissioner of Insurance Commissioner of Labor	$ane,000
Land Senator	$750
State Representative Commune Approximate or Associate District Judge District Attorney	$500
County Offices	$300

Challenges

Any candidate may challenge another candidate's candidacy by filing a written petition of contest with the Oklahoma Land Ballot Lath. If in that location is only 1 candidate running for office, any registered voter who is eligible to vote for that candidate may file a contesting petition. This must exist washed by 5 p.1000. on the second concern twenty-four hours later on the close of the candidate filing period. The contesting petition must exist accompanied by a deposit of $250, which volition exist returned to the challenger if he or she successfully proves that the candidate does non fulfill all requirements to exist a candidate for that part.^[10] ^[xi] ^[12] ^[thirteen]

Qualifications

See as well: State legislature candidate requirements by land

Commodity 5, Section 17 of the Oklahoma Constitution states: Members of the Senate shall be at least twenty-5 years of age, and members of the House of Representatives twenty-one years of historic period at the fourth dimension of their election. They shall be qualified electors in their respective counties or districts and shall reside in their respective counties or districts during their term of function.

Salaries and per diem

See likewise: Comparison of state legislative salaries

Country legislators
Salary	Per diem
$47,500/yr	$165/day. Tied to federal charge per unit. Unvouchered.

When sworn in

Run across also: When land legislators assume office later on a general election

Oklahoma legislators assume part 15 days following the full general election.^[14] ^[fifteen]

Oklahoma political history

Trifectas

A state regime trifecta is a term that describes unmarried-party government, when one political party holds the governor's office and has majorities in both chambers of the legislature in a state government.

Oklahoma Party Control: 1992-2022
Five years of Democratic trifectas •Twelve years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table beneath to view more years.

Yr	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	eleven	12	13	14	15	sixteen	17	18	19	twenty	21	22
Governor	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
Senate	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	Southward	Due south	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
House	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R

Presidential politics in Oklahoma

2016 Presidential election results

Voter information

How the chief works

A chief election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are besides used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a full general election. In Oklahoma, the Republican Political party conducts a closed primary, in which only registered party members may participate. The Democratic Party holds a semi-airtight primary, in which unaffiliated voters may participate.^[16]

For information about which offices are nominated via principal election, see this article.

Poll times

In Oklahoma, all polls are open from 7 a.m. to seven p.m. Central Time. An private who is in line at the fourth dimension polls close must be allowed to vote.^[17]

Registration requirements

To vote in Oklahoma, 1 must be at least 18 years quondam, a United States citizen, and a resident of Oklahoma.^[xviii] The deadline for registration is 25 days prior to the election.

"	Voter registration applications are available at your County Ballot Board, mail offices, tag agencies, libraries and many other public locations. You volition be offered a voter registration application when you become your driver's license and when you use for aid at some government agencies. Y'all also may download an awarding form.^[19]	"
—Oklahoma State Election Lath^[18]

One time an applicant has been successfully registered, the canton election board will mail him or her a voter identification carte.^[18]

Automatic registration

Oklahoma does not do automatic voter registration.

Online registration

Run into also: Online voter registration

In April 2015, Oklahoma passed legislation authorizing an online voter registration organization.^[xx] As of November 2019, this system was not all the same fully active; already-registered voters could update their data, while new voters could not annals online. To check the condition of online registration in Oklahoma, click hither.

Same-twenty-four hour period registration

Oklahoma does not allow same-day voter registration.

Residency requirements

To register to vote in Oklahoma, y'all must be a resident of the state.

Verification of citizenship

See also: Laws permitting noncitizens to vote in the U.s.

Oklahoma does not require proof of citizenship for voter registration.

Verifying your registration

The Oklahoma State Election Board allows residents to bank check their voter registration condition online by visiting this website.

Voter ID requirements

Oklahoma requires voters to present identification while voting.^[21]

Valid forms of identification include authorities-issued photo IDs and canton election board voter identification cards (which do non include photographs).

Voters can present a document issued past the The states government, the State of Oklahoma, or a federally recognized tribal government. The document must include the following data:

Name
Photograph
Expiration date that is after the engagement of the election

Early voting

Oklahoma permits early voting. Larn more by visiting this website.

Absentee voting

Redistricting following the 2022 demography

This section lists major events in the post-2020 census redistricting bicycle in reverse chronological society. Major events include the release of apportionment data, the release of census population data, the introduction of formal map proposals, the enactment of new maps, and noteworthy court challenges. Click the dates below for boosted data.

November 22, 2021: Governor Kevin Stitt (R) signed new congressional and legislative maps into law.
November xix, 2021: The Oklahoma State Senate voted to approve the congressional map 36-10. The Senate also voted 44-two to approve the House map, and the Business firm voted 95-one to approve the Senate map.
Nov 17, 2021: The Oklahoma Business firm of Representatives voted 75-19 to approve the congressional map. The Business firm also voted 88-three to approve the House map, and the Senate voted 46-1 to corroborate the Senate map.
Nov 15, 2021: The Oklahoma State Legislature began a special session to discuss redistricting.
Nov one, 2021: Land lawmakers released their first congressional map proposal and new legislative proposals drawn using census data.
September sixteen, 2021: The U.S. Census Bureau released data from the 2022 census in an easier-to-employ format to land redistricting regime and the public.
Baronial 23, 2021: Members of the House and Senate redistricting committees announced the legislative maps would need to be redrawn using 2022 demography data.
Baronial 12, 2021: The U.S. Census Bureau delivered redistricting information to states in a legacy format.
May xiii, 2021: Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) signed new legislative maps into law.
April 26, 2021: The U.S. Census Bureau delivered circulation counts. Oklahoma was apportioned five seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. This represented neither a gain nor a loss of seats as compared to apportionment afterward the 2010 census.
April 21, 2021: State lawmakers in Oklahoma released their proposed maps for the Oklahoma State Senate and the Oklahoma Firm of Representatives, condign the first state in the 2022 redistricting cycle to produce draft maps.

External links

Oklahoma House of Representatives

Footnotes

↑ Ballotpedia defines a seat as open up if the incumbent did not file to run for re-election or filed but withdrew and did not appear on any ballot for his or her seat. If the incumbent withdrew from or did not participate in the main but later chose to seek re-election to his or her seat as a third party or independent candidate, the seat would not exist counted as open. If the incumbent retired or ran for a different seat in the same chamber, his or her original seat would be counted as open up unless another incumbent from the aforementioned chamber filed to run for that seat, in which instance it would not be counted equally open due to the presence of an incumbent.
↑ Oklahoma Lawmaking, "Title 26, Chapter 5, Section 111," accessed February 12, 2014
↑ Oklahoma Lawmaking, "Championship 26, Chapter v, Section 101," accessed February 12, 2014
↑ Oklahoma Code, "Championship 26, Chapter v, Section 102," accessed Feb 12, 2014
↑ Oklahoma Code, "Title 26, Chapter 5, Section 110," accessed Feb 12, 2014
↑ Oklahoma Code, "Title 26, Chapter 5, Section 105," accessed February 12, 2014
↑ Oklahoma Code, "Title 26, Chapter 5, Section 106," accessed February 12, 2014
↑ Oklahoma State Ballot Board Website, "Ofttimes Asked Questions: Write-in Voting," accessed February 12, 2014
↑ ^9.0 ^9.i Oklahoma State Election Board, "2018 Candidate Filing Fees and Petition Requirements," accessed Apr vi, 2018
↑ Oklahoma Code, "Title 26, Affiliate 5, Section 118," accessed February 12, 2014
↑ Oklahoma Code, "Title 26, Chapter 5, Section 119," accessed February 12, 2014
↑ Oklahoma Lawmaking, "Title 26, Chapter 5, Department 121," accessed February 12, 2014
↑ Oklahoma Code, "Title 26, Chapter v, Department 131," accessed February 12, 2014
↑ Oklahoma Land Courts Network, "Oklahoma Statutes Citationized 14 O.S. § lxxx.35.fourteen," accessed November 2, 2021
↑ Oklahoma Land Courts Network, "Oklahoma Statutes Citationized 14 O.Due south. § 141 ," accessed November 2, 2021
↑ Oklahoma State Election Lath Website, "Voter Registration in Oklahoma," accessed Jan three, 2014
↑ Oklahoma State Ballot Board, "Oft Asked Questions," accessed October 17, 2019
↑ ^18.0 ^18.1 ^xviii.ii Oklahoma State Election Board, "Voter Registration in Oklahoma," accessed October 4, 2019
↑ Notation: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
↑ NewsOK, "Oklahoma voter registration presently volition be available online," June sixteen, 2015
↑ Oklahoma State Ballot Board, "Facts about Proof of Identity for Voting in Oklahoma," accessed October seven, 2019

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Charles McCall

Representatives

Republican Party (82)

Democratic Party (18)

Vacancies (1)

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