2022 Oklahoma gubernatorial election
The 2022 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Oklahoma. Incumbent Republican Governor Kevin Stitt was re-elected to a second term, with 55.5% of the vote, defeating Democratic candidate Joy Hofmeister.
Image: Kevin Stitt (52251950006) (cropped)
Image: Joy Hofmeister at Native EDGE conference 2019 (cropped)
Former state senator Connie Johnson was the first Democrat to enter the race.
Ervin Yen, who served in the Oklahoma Senate as a Republican, ran as an Independent candidate.
John Kevin Stitt is an American businessman and politician serving as the 28th governor of Oklahoma since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected in 2018, defeating Democrat and former state Attorney General Drew Edmondson with 54.3% of the vote. Stitt was reelected to a second term in 2022, defeating Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister, a Republican turned Democrat, with 55.4% of the vote. A member of the Cherokee Nation, Stitt is the second Native American governor after former Oklahoma governor Johnston Murray.
Stitt in 2022
Stitt (left) attending a White House conference in December 2018, seated next to Governor-elect Brad Little of Idaho
Stitt addresses his remarks during a roundtable discussion with Governors and small business owners on the reopening of America's small businesses.
