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Oklahoma voters defeated State Question 847 on Nov. 3, with 54.3% voting against the measure. The proposal would have lowered annual property tax assessment caps for homes and farms from 3% to 1.75%.
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A technical issue prevented Cleveland County from uploading election results to the state website on the night of Nov. 3, with data not appearing until shortly before 9 p.m. Officials used a backup system to resolve the problem and said the delay affected only reporting, not vote counts.
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Republican Robert Franklin defeated Democrat Jennettie Marshall in the Nov. 3 Oklahoma superintendent of public instruction race, earning about 66% of the vote according to unofficial results from the Oklahoma State Election Board.
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The victories put new leaders in charge of policy – and raise a harder question for the political establishment: whose judgment about viable candidates deserves to be trusted?
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Democrat Annie Menz defeated Republican Carolyn Womack-Bielich in Oklahoma House District 45 on Nov. 3, earning 62.5% of the unofficial vote with 89% of ballots counted.
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Democrats break Republican strongholds in Senate and governor races. Dems likely to control both chambers of Congress.
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Republican Robert Franklin defeated Democrat Jennettie Marshall on Nov. 3 to become Oklahoma's next Superintendent of Public Instruction, according to unofficial results reported by the Associated Press. Franklin, a longtime educator who teaches at OU-Tulsa, will inherit a new state reading law that directly affects Norman and Noble schools.
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Republican Bob Sullivan defeated Democrat Craig MacIntyre with about 60% of the vote in the Nov. 3 Oklahoma insurance commissioner race, according to the Tulsa Flyer.
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Republican Rep. Danny Sterling won reelection in Oklahoma House District 27 with 70 percent of the vote on Nov. 3, defeating Democrat Memory Taylor, according to unofficial results.
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Republican Jon Echols defeated Democrat Nick Coffey in the Oklahoma attorney general race on Tuesday, Nov. 3, earning 56.9% of the vote with 85.5% of ballots counted as of 9:17 p.m., according to unofficial results from the Oklahoma State Election Board.
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The U.S. Department of Justice deployed approximately 1,000 election monitors to all 50 states on Tuesday, Nov. 3, including three Oklahoma counties. Cleveland County, home to Norman, is not on the list.
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Republican Mike Mazzei is projected to defeat Democrat Cyndi Munson in the 2026 Oklahoma governor's race, leading 55.1% to 42.7% with 730,238 votes counted as of Tuesday evening, Nov. 3, according to Decision Desk HQ and Associated Press data.
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