08/19/2026
This applies to Warr Acres voters as well. Please get out and vote!
The Oklahoma City metro has 37% of the state’s population and over 42% of the state’s GDP. We have to be heard when major decisions are made about the future of our state.
One week from today, on Tuesday, August 25th, our state will hold a runoff election to choose the Republican nominee for Governor. Other critical choices will also be made by Democrats and Independents. There are runoffs for both major parties and there are state questions on the ballot, which means that ALL registered voters can vote next Tuesday.
I fully recognize that closed partisan primaries depress interest in these crucial elections, and they push the candidates to focus on low-priority issues and to take extreme positions held by only a small percentage of Oklahomans. I fully recognize these gubernatorial campaigns have been uninspiring and their advertisements depressing. These campaigns have not lived up to who we are as Oklahomans and they have certainly not engaged in political discourse the way we do it in OKC. As a result, never in my adult life has there been less conversation about an open Governor’s race. Having said that, the choice of who will be our Governor still matters, and the election runoff for the dominant party is where the most critical choice is often made. That decision arrives next Tuesday, and Oklahoma City has to be heard in that decision. We are driving this state’s economy and culture. Our voices have to be heard as our state chooses its next Governor.
As your Mayor, I am asking you to vote next Tuesday. Please put it on your calendar to do so. And if you have any platform at all - whether it’s as a leader, an employer, a business owner, or just someone with a social media account - I’m asking you amplify this message that we must get out and vote.
Polls will be open from 7 am to 7 pm Tuesday, August 25th at your usual voting location. Also, early voting will be available at your county election board on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Let’s VOTE, OKC!