Governor Stitt

With Election Day arriving one week from today, we look at two very close contests happening here in the Sooner State.

The contentious governor’s race includes plenty of hyper-partisan issues. But StateImpact’s Catherine Sweeney reports, one of the candidates’ major disagreements doesn’t fall along party lines.

Governor Kevin Stitt has announced that Oklahomans will be able to decide whether or not to vote for recreational marijuana in a special statewide election in March.

As the November election draws closer, a major issue is emerging in the governor’s race: the future of SoonerCare.

The leaders from the Cherokee, Choctaw, Seminole, Chickasaw and Muscogee nations cite Hofmeister's respect for tribal sovereignty and commitment to work with the 39 federally recognized tribes in Oklahoma as reasons for the endorsement.

With Oklahoma’s election for governor a month away, polls are showing varying pictures of what the results could be.

Before they were political foes, Gov. Kevin Stitt and State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister were united. Today, the pair are squaring off in a race for governor, and it appears to be a close one. Hofmeister is polling just one point behind the incumbent Republican governor, per a recent nonpartisan report by Sooner Poll.

Governor Kevin Stitt visited Tulsa earlier this week for the ceremonial signing of Senate Bill 968 which limits the public's access to videos showing the death of a law enforcement officer.

Stitt announced Wednesday that Chief of Staff Bond Payne would resign effective Friday, and the Republican governor named Deputy Chief of Staff Zachary Lee as interim replacement.

Governor Kevin Stitt has denied clemency for death row inmate James Coddington. He will be executed Thursday morning at 10:00 a.m. at the state penitentiary in McAlester.