A general election was held in the U.S. state of Oklahoma on November 6, 2018. All of Oklahoma's executive officers were up for election as well as the state's five seats in the United States House of Representatives, half of the 48 seats in the Oklahoma Senate and all 101 seats in the Oklahoma House, and five offices in each of Oklahoma's 77 counties. Voter turnout was 42.5% of the eligible population, a 12.6% increase over the 2014 midterms but still the third lowest in the nation. Due to Gary Johnson's results in the 2016 presidential election, the Oklahoma Libertarian Party had ballot status to run candidates in 2018. This was the first time an alternative party has been able to participate in mid-term elections in the state since 1998. Five Independents, led in a loosely coordinated effort by former Oklahoma Democratic Party chair Ivan Holmes, were candidates for statewide executive offices. The ballot order was determined by random drawing for placement of candidates by party. Results of the drawing on July 12 were that Libertarian candidates would be placed first, Republicans second, and Democrats third. By statute, Independents are always listed after partisan candidates.
State Constitutional Officers
Governor
Incumbent Republican Governor Mary Fallin was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third consecutive term.
Lieutenant governor
In Oklahoma, the governor and lieutenant governor are elected separately. Incumbent Republican lieutenant governor Todd Lamb was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third consecutive term.
Republican primary
Declared
Eddie Fields, Oklahoma State Senator from the 10th District
Dominique DaMón Block Sr., 2010 candidate for Oklahoma State House
Republican labor commissionerMark Costello, who was re-elected to a second term in 2014, was fatally stabbed on August 23, 2015. Attorney General Scott Pruitt's chief of staff Melissa Houston was appointed to serve for the remainder of the term, but pledged that she would not run for election in 2018.
Republican primary
Declared
Cathy Costello, widow of former labor commissioner Mark Costello & Mental Health Advocate
Leslie Osborn, state representative for the 47th District
Fred Dorrell, Human Resources Labor Specialist for Spirit AeroSystems
Sam A Mis-Soum, CVO at Mossad Industries Inc.
Results
Independent
Declared
Brandt Dismukes
General election
Polling
Results
Corporation commissioner
One of the three seats on the Oklahoma Corporation Commission are up for election. Incumbent Republican commissioner Bob Anthony, the chairman of the commission, is eligible to run for re-election to a sixth six-year term in office.
Oklahoma's five seats in the United States House of Representatives were be up for election in 2018.
State Legislature
Oklahoma State Senate
Oklahoma House of Representatives
State questions
State questions are ballot propositions to proposed either a legislative measure or an amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution. State questions are filed with the Oklahoma Secretary of State by either order of the legislature or directly by the people of Oklahoma. The secretary of state assigns a number to the state question and notifies the State Election Board of the propositions submission. The governor, by executive proclamation, sets the election date for submission of the state questions to the people.
State Question 788
Oklahoma State Question 788 was an initiative petition which sought to legalize the licensed use, sale, and growth of marijuana in Oklahoma for medical purposes.
State Question 793
Oklahoma State Question 793 was an initiative petition which sought to amend the Oklahoma Constitution to allow optometrists to practice within a mercantile establishment.
State Question 794
Oklahoma State Question 794 was a legislative referendum which sought to amend the Oklahoma Constitution to expand the rights of victims of crime.
State Question 798
Oklahoma State Question 798 was a legislative referendum which sought to amend the Oklahoma Constitution to provide that the governor and lieutenant governor be jointly elected.
State Question 800
Oklahoma State Question 800 was a legislative referendum which sought to amend the Oklahoma Constitution to create a new trust fund consisting of a portion of all taxes collected against the extraction of oil and gas resources.
State Question 801
Oklahoma State Question 801 was a legislative referendum which sought to amend the Oklahoma Constitution to allow voters within a local school district to expand the permissible use of property taxes to include school operations rather than just for school buildings.
