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Note: This article is non intended to serve every bit an exhaustive guide to running for public part. Individuals should contact their land election agencies for further information.

In society to become on the ballot in Oklahoma, a candidate for state or federal office must come across a variety of state-specific filing requirements and deadlines. These regulations, known every bit ballot access laws, determine whether a candidate or party will appear on an ballot ballot. These laws are set at the state level. A candidate must prepare to run into ballot admission requirements well in advance of primaries, caucuses, and the general election.

At that place are three basic methods past which an individual may get a candidate for office in a state.

  1. An individual tin can seek the nomination of a state-recognized political party.
  2. An private tin can run every bit an contained. Contained candidates often must petition in order to have their names printed on the general election election.
  3. An individual tin run as a write-in candidate.

This commodity outlines the steps that prospective candidates for state-level and congressional office must take in gild to run for office in Oklahoma. For information about filing requirements for presidential candidates, see "Election admission requirements for presidential candidates in Oklahoma." Data about filing requirements for local-level offices is not available in this article (contact state ballot agencies for information about local candidate filing processes).

DocumentIcon.jpg Run across state election laws

Year-specific filing information

2022

U.South. Senate

The table beneath details filing requirements for U.South. Senate candidates in Oklahoma in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Oklahoma, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates, 2022
Country Function Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
Oklahoma U.S. Senate All candidates 44,100 $2,000.00 4/15/2022 Source

U.S. House

The table beneath details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Oklahoma in the 2022 election bicycle. For additional information on candidate ballot admission requirements in Oklahoma, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2022
Country Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
Oklahoma U.S. House All candidates 2% of the number of registered voters in the appropriate commune[one] $ane,000.00 4/15/2022 Source

Governor

The table below details filing requirements for gubernatorial candidates in Oklahoma in the 2022 ballot wheel. For additional information on candidate election admission requirements in Oklahoma, click hither.

Filing requirements for gubernatorial candidates, 2022
State Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source Notes
Oklahoma Governor All candidates ii% of registered voters in the state $two,000.00 four/15/2022 Source Petition signatures merely required in lieu of filing fee.

For filing information from previous years, click "[Bear witness more than]" below.

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2020

U.Southward. Senate

The table beneath details filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates in Oklahoma in the 2020 election bicycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Oklahoma, click hither.

Filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates, 2020
State Office Party Signatures required Signature formula Filing fee Filing fee formula Filing borderline Source
Oklahoma U.S. Senate All candidates Northward/A N/A $ii,000.00 Fixed number 4/10/2020 Source

U.S. House

The table beneath details filing requirements for U.S. Firm candidates in Oklahoma in the 2020 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Oklahoma, click here.

Filing requirements for U.South. House candidates, 2020
State Office Party Signatures required Signature formula Filing fee Filing fee formula Filing deadline Source
Oklahoma 1st Congressional District All candidates N/A N/A $1,000.00 Stock-still number 4/10/2020 Source
Oklahoma 2nd Congressional Commune All candidates North/A N/A $1,000.00 Fixed number 4/10/2020 Source
Oklahoma tertiary Congressional District All candidates N/A North/A $ane,000.00 Fixed number 4/x/2020 Source
Oklahoma 4th Congressional District All candidates N/A Due north/A $ane,000.00 Fixed number 4/10/2020 Source
Oklahoma 5th Congressional District All candidates Northward/A N/A $1,000.00 Fixed number 4/ten/2020 Source

State House

The tabular array below details filing requirements for Oklahoma House of Representatives candidates in the 2020 election cycle.

Filing requirements for state legislative candidates, 2020
Chamber name Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
Oklahoma Firm of Representatives All candidates North/A $500.00 4/10/2020 Source

State Senate

The table below details filing requirements for Oklahoma State Senate candidates in the 2020 ballot cycle.

Filing requirements for land legislative candidates, 2020
Bedroom name Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing borderline Source
Oklahoma State Senate All candidates N/A $750.00 4/x/2020 Source

2018

Meet also: Land and federal candidate filing deadlines for 2018 and Oklahoma elections, 2018

See below for 2018 candidate filing deadlines.

April 13, 2018

2016

See likewise: Oklahoma elections, 2016

The calendar beneath lists important filing deadlines for political candidates in Oklahoma in 2016.

Dates and requirements for candidates in 2016
Deadline Result blazon Event clarification
April 13, 2016 Ballot access Candidate filing menstruum opens
April fifteen, 2016 Election access Candidate filing menses closes
April thirty, 2016 Campaign finance Beginning quarter report due
June 20, 2016 Campaign finance Pre-primary study due
June 28, 2016 Election date Primary ballot
Baronial xv, 2016 Campaign finance Pre-runoff report due
August 23, 2016 Election engagement Runoff primary election
October 31, 2016 Entrada finance Pre-full general report due
November eight, 2016 Election date General election
January 31, 2017 Campaign finance Fractional quarter written report due
Sources: Oklahoma State Election Board, "2016 Statewide Candidate Filing Packet," accessed Jan 11, 2016
Oklahoma Ethics Commission, "2016 Reporting Agenda," accessed January 11, 2016

2015


2014


Process to become a candidate

Announcement of candidacy form

DocumentIcon.jpg Run across statutes: Title 26, Chapter 5 of the Oklahoma Code

Filing

Each candidate must file a annunciation of candidacy with the Oklahoma State Election Board to place his or her name on the election. The proclamation must exist filed during the candidate filing period, which begins on the second Wednesday in April and ends on the following Fri. The declaration of candidacy must exist signed and notarized and include the post-obit:[six] [7] [8] [9]

  • the name of the candidate
  • the candidate's address
  • the office the candidate seeks
  • the candidate's date of nascence
  • the candidate'due south political political party affiliation
  • the precinct and county where the candidate is a registered voter
  • a sworn oath affirming that the candidate is qualified to become a candidate for the part being sought and to concur that role if elected

A partisan candidate must be a registered voter of the political party with which he or she wishes to run for at least six months immediately preceding the first day of the candidate filing flow. An independent candidate must be registered every bit an independent voter for at least half dozen months before filing as a candidate. A candidate of a new political political party that has non been officially recognized for half dozen months must be registered with that political party within fifteen days following its recognition.[x]

A candidate may file for merely i office per election. At that place is no procedure for candidates to run as write-ins every bit write-in voting is not permitted in Oklahoma.[xi] [12]

Fees

Each candidate must pay a filing fee to the Oklahoma Country Election Board or else file a petition signed by 4 percent of registered voters who volition exist eligible to vote for the candidate in the election (this effigy is determined by using the latest Jan 15 voter registration report).[13]

Filing fees vary according to the role being sought by the candidate and are described in the tabular array below.[xiii]

Filing fees
Part sought Filing fee
Governor of Oklahoma $2,000
United States Senator $2,000
United States Representative
Lieutenant Governor
Corporation Committee
Chaser General
Land Auditor and Inspector
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Treasurer
Commissioner of Insurance
Commissioner of Labor		 $1,000
Country Senator $750
State Representative
District Judge or Associate Commune Judge
District Attorney		 $500
County Offices $300

Challenges

Whatever candidate may challenge another candidate's candidacy by filing a written petition of contest with the Oklahoma State Ballot Board. If there is only one candidate running for office, any registered voter who is eligible to vote for that candidate may file a battling petition. This must be washed past 5 p.m. on the second business organization day afterwards the close of the candidate filing period. The contesting petition must be accompanied by a deposit of $250, which will be returned to the challenger if he or she successfully proves that the candidate does not fulfill all requirements to be a candidate for that office.[14] [15] [16] [17]

Petition requirements

Come across too: Methods for signing candidate nominating petitions

In some cases, candidates may need to obtain signatures via the petition procedure to gain election access. This section outlines the laws and regulations pertaining to petitions and circulators in Oklahoma.

Format requirements

The form of the petition is prescribed past the Oklahoma Land Election Board. While existence circulated, petitions must exist separated into pages based on counties. Each folio can comprise signatures of registered voters from simply one county.[xviii]

The Oklahoma Code does not stipulate any requirements for circulators of petitions. Specifically, there are no residency requirements for circulators.

See as well: State ballot agencies

Oklahoma State Ballot Lath

Room B-half dozen, Land Capitol Building
2300 Northward. Lincoln Boulevard
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105-4804
Phone: 405-521-2391
Fax: 405-521-6457
Website: http://world wide web.ok.gov/elections/alphabetize.html
Email: info@elections.ok.gov

Term limits

State executives

State Executive Officials

Run across as well: Land executives with term limits and States with gubernatorial term limits

Terms of statee executives (including governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, state treasurer, labor commissioner, accountant, superintendent of public instruction, and insurance commissioner) are limited to eight years full.[19]

Land legislators

See also: State legislatures with term limits

A politician can serve in the Oklahoma Land Legislature for a cumulative full of 12 years in either or both chambers.

Term limits were imposed on state legislators by a constitutional amendment passed in 1990.

Congressional partisanship

Portal:Legislative Branch

See also: List of United States Representatives from Oklahoma and List of United states of america Senators from Oklahoma

Below is the current partisan breakup of the congressional delegation from Oklahoma.

Congressional Partisan Breakup from Oklahoma
Political party U.S. Senate U.S. Firm Total
Democratic 0 0 0
Republican 2 v 7
Independent 0 0 0
Vacancies 0 0 0
Total 2 5 seven

Country legislative partisanship

Portal:State legislatures

Below is the current partisan breakup of the state legislature of Oklahoma.

Oklahoma Country Senate

Political party Every bit of April 2022
Autonomous Party 9
Republican Party 39
Vacancies 0
Total 48

Oklahoma House of Representatives

Party As of April 2022
Democratic Party 18
Republican Party 82
Vacancies 1
Total 101

Recent news

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Encounter too

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  • Ballot admission requirements for presidential candidates in Oklahoma
  • Ballot access requirements for political parties in Oklahoma
  • Oklahoma elections, 2020
  • Entrada finance requirements in Oklahoma
  • Counties in Oklahoma
  • List of Us Representatives from Oklahoma
  • List of United States Senators from Oklahoma
  • Methods for signing candidate nominating petitions
  • State executives with term limits
  • States with gubernatorial term limits
  • State legislatures with term limits

External links

Official land and federal links

  • Oklahoma Land Ballot Board
  • Official Website of the Federal Election Commission
  • 2016 candidate filing data, from the Oklahoma State Election Board

Other information

  • Ballot Access News – News updates and assay of election access issues
  • ThirdPartyPolitics.u.s. – Weblog about American third party and contained politics
  • National Voter Outreach – Political consulting firm that specializes in organizing petition signature drives

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Petition signatures merely required in lieu of a filing fee.
  2. ↑ Oklahoma State Election Board Website, "2014 Statewide Elections," accessed November 14, 2014
  3. ↑ Oklahoma Code, "Title 26, Affiliate five, Department 119," accessed February 12, 2014
  4. ↑ Oklahoma Code, "Title 26, Affiliate i, Department 108," accessed February 12, 2014
  5. ↑ Oklahoma State Election Board, "2014 Election Report Submission Dates," accessed February 17, 2014
  6. ↑ Oklahoma Lawmaking, "Title 26, Chapter v, Section 111," accessed Feb 12, 2014
  7. ↑ Oklahoma Code, "Title 26, Chapter 5, Section 101," accessed February 12, 2014
  8. ↑ Oklahoma Code, "Title 26, Chapter 5, Department 102," accessed February 12, 2014
  9. ↑ Oklahoma Code, "Title 26, Chapter 5, Section 110," accessed Feb 12, 2014
  10. ↑ Oklahoma Code, "Title 26, Chapter 5, Department 105," accessed February 12, 2014
  11. ↑ Oklahoma Code, "Title 26, Chapter five, Section 106," accessed February 12, 2014
  12. ↑ Oklahoma State Ballot Board Website, "Frequently Asked Questions: Write-in Voting," accessed February 12, 2014
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Oklahoma State Election Board, "2018 Candidate Filing Fees and Petition Requirements," accessed April 6, 2018
  14. ↑ Oklahoma Lawmaking, "Championship 26, Chapter 5, Section 118," accessed February 12, 2014
  15. ↑ Oklahoma Code, "Title 26, Chapter 5, Section 119," accessed February 12, 2014
  16. ↑ Oklahoma Code, "Title 26, Affiliate 5, Section 121," accessed February 12, 2014
  17. ↑ Oklahoma Code, "Title 26, Affiliate 5, Section 131," accessed February 12, 2014
  18. ↑ Cite fault: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named codeone108
  19. ↑ Oklahoma Historical Society, "Term Limits Amendment of 2010," accessed May 17, 2019

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