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2026 Elections

The Stillwegian's coverage of the 2026 election cycle in Stillwater, Payne County and surrounding legislative districts — candidate profiles, questionnaire responses, reader endorsement letters, certified results and state question coverage.

2026 Elections

The Stillwegian's coverage of the 2026 election cycle in Stillwater, Payne County and surrounding legislative districts — candidate profiles, questionnaire responses, reader endorsement letters, certified results and state question coverage.

2026 Elections   -   Jul 17, 2026 Fact-checked: What Gentner Drummond told the Stillwater Frontier Rotary Club
Republican gubernatorial candidate Gentner Drummond speaks at the Stillwater Frontier Rotary Club on July 16, 2026, at the Best Western Plus Cimarron Hotel & Suites in Stillwater.

Republican gubernatorial candidate fields questions on data centers, the smelter lawsuit, a grand jury petition and Medicaid cuts

2026 Elections   -   Jul 14, 2026 On the Aug. 25 runoff ballot: What SQ 844 and SQ 846 actually do
A "Vote Here" sign with an American flag graphic and red arrow stands roadside near a Payne County polling location.

Oklahoma voters will decide two constitutional questions — one on tax reimbursement, one on voter identification — during the Aug. 25 primary runoff election.

A crystal lens ball on a rock reflects turquoise water and snow-capped mountains at Moraine Lake in Banff National Park, taken by photographer Justin Eubanks.
Weekend Brief   -   Jul 19, 2026 You have until 9 PM tonight. Also: an Iranian missile strike and a $4B Oklahoma bet on aluminum

Stillwater's about to get $1.3 million in federal security funding — plus annexation, rural water tower plans and airport rate study

by Chris Peters
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Weekend Brief   -   Jul 19, 2026 You have until 9 PM tonight. Also: an Iranian missile strike and a $4B Oklahoma bet on aluminum
A crystal lens ball on a rock reflects turquoise water and snow-capped mountains at Moraine Lake in Banff National Park, taken by photographer Justin Eubanks.

Stillwater's about to get $1.3 million in federal security funding — plus annexation, rural water tower plans and airport rate study

by Chris Peters
2026 Elections   -   Jul 17, 2026 Fact-checked: What Gentner Drummond told the Stillwater Frontier Rotary Club
Republican gubernatorial candidate Gentner Drummond speaks at the Stillwater Frontier Rotary Club on July 16, 2026, at the Best Western Plus Cimarron Hotel & Suites in Stillwater.

Republican gubernatorial candidate fields questions on data centers, the smelter lawsuit, a grand jury petition and Medicaid cuts

by Chris Peters
2026 Elections   -   Jul 14, 2026 On the Aug. 25 runoff ballot: What SQ 844 and SQ 846 actually do
A "Vote Here" sign with an American flag graphic and red arrow stands roadside near a Payne County polling location.

Oklahoma voters will decide two constitutional questions — one on tax reimbursement, one on voter identification — during the Aug. 25 primary runoff election.

by Chris Peters
2026 Elections   -   Jul 11, 2026 Fact-checked: What Mike Mazzei told the Stillwater Frontier Rotary Club
Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Mazzei speaks to the Stillwater Frontier Rotary Club on Thursday, July 9, 2026, at the Best Western Plus Cimarron Hotel & Suites in Stillwater.

Republican gubernatorial candidate fields questions on taxes, reading scores, marijuana enforcement and rural hospital funding

by Chris Peters
Weekend Brief   -   Jun 20, 2026 The primary's done. The Election Desk just got smarter.

New interactive district map, plus how to build a bionic brain

by Chris Peters
2026 Elections   -   Jun 16, 2026 All six incumbents survive: June 16 primary results for Payne County and area state races
Composite of six June 16 Republican primary winners, from left: Zachary Cavett, Rhonda Markum, Chuck Hall, Jim Shaw, Molly Jenkins and Dillon Travis, each shown speaking into a microphone.

Markum holds District 3 by 223 votes; Travis posts identical margin to his February win; Hall turns back LeMarr in Senate District 20

by Chris Peters
House District 33   -   Jun 16, 2026 B.J. Roberson
B.J. Roberson

Republican candidate for Oklahoma House, District 33. The mayor of Cushing and a real estate investor who has served on the city commission nearly a decade.

by Chris Peters
Payne County Commissioner District 1   -   Jun 16, 2026 Jacob Presuhn
Jacob Presuhn

Republican candidate for Payne County Commissioner, District 1. A Ripley farmer and county road crew operator who campaigned on predictive maintenance.

by Chris Peters
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