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Oklahoma State University–Stillwater (BS) 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.
The 2022 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Oklahoma.Incumbent Republican governor Kevin Stitt was re-elected to a second term, with 55.5% of the vote, defeating Democratic candidate Joy Hofmeister.
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 Gov. Kevin Stitt announced Thursday he is creating a new Office of Faith-Based Initiatives, which he described as a "clearinghouse" to connect churches and nonprofits to state agencies ...
September 25, 2024 at 2:38 PM. (This story was updated to add new information.) Gov. Kevin Stitt is recovering from heart surgery and has returned to work, his spokesperson said Wednesday. Stitt ...
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt speaks after signing an executive order in the Blue Room at the state Capitol in Oklahoma City, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. ... “Governor Stitt is right for taking a ...
The lieutenant governor of Oklahoma is elected at the same election as the governor, but not jointly as the running mate of the gubernatorial candidate. Oklahoma currently has a governor and a lieutenant governor of the same party, as both Governor Kevin Stitt and Lieutenant Governor Matt Pinnell are of the Republican Party.
This week, the president of the Oklahoma Judges Assocation, a judicial advocacy group, emailed its members asking them to contact their state lawmakers and push back against the governor's ...