Joy Lynn Hofmeister is an American educator and politician who served as the Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction from 2015 to 2023.
Joy Hofmeister
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.