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The Constitution of Oklahoma calls for the election of a governor every four years, to take office on the second Monday in January after the election. [22] Originally, governors could not succeed themselves, with no limit on total terms; [23] a 1966 constitutional amendment allowed them to succeed themselves once. [24]
Oklahoma's first governor, Charles N. Haskell (1860-1933, served 1907-1911), wielded executive power effectively, but in the first 20 years after he left office in 1911, the assertive and dominant Oklahoma Legislature further reduced and limited the governor's office of several of its traditional powers and impeached two state governors: John C ...
John Kevin Stitt (born December 28, 1972) is an American businessman and politician serving as the 28th governor of Oklahoma since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected in 2018, defeating Democrat and former state Attorney General Drew Edmondson with 54.3% of the vote.
Nigh served as the 17th and the 22nd governor of Oklahoma and as the eighth and tenth lieutenant governor of Oklahoma. He was the first Oklahoma governor to be re-elected and the first to win all 77 counties in the state. Additionally, short term vacancies in the governor's office twice resulted in Nigh assuming gubernatorial duties while ...
Pages in category "Governors of Oklahoma" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
The average age of governors at the time of their inauguration was about 59 years old. Alabama governor Kay Ivey (born 1944) is the oldest current governor, and Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (born 1982) is the youngest. [16] As of the 2022 elections, there are 12 female state governors currently serving.
Oklahoma’s current top tax rate is 4.75%, and if Bergstrom's bill passes, the rate would first decrease to 4.5%. It would continue to decline every year, as long as the state has at least $400 ...
The Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma is the second-highest official in the Oklahoma government and the first in line to succeed the governor in the event of a vacancy. Though both the governor and lieutenant governor are elected in the same year, the two are not running mates. In the absence or incapacity of the governor, the lieutenant governor ...