# 2022 Oklahoma Attorney General election

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The 2022 Oklahoma Attorney General election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the next attorney general of Oklahoma. The primary election was scheduled for Tuesday, June 28, 2022. The candidate filing deadline was April 15, 2022.
Appointed incumbent Republican Attorney General John O'Connor sought election to a full term, but lost his party's nomination to Gentner Drummond. No Democratic candidates filed to run for the position. Lynda Steele was the Libertarian nominee. Drummond won the November general election.

## Republican primary

John M. O'Connor was the incumbent attorney general after being appointed by Governor Kevin Stitt. The seat had been vacated after Michael J. Hunter resigned due to an infidelity scandal. Gentner Drummond, who had narrowly lost to Hunter in 2018, challenged O'Connor in the Republican primary. Drummond campaigned as being independent of Governor Stitt. The aftermath of McGirt v. Oklahoma was a dominant issue in the campaign. O'Connor argued that litigation to overturn or winnow the ruling in McGirt was warranted, whereas Drummond advocated compacting and negotiating with tribal nations. The candidates also differed in their opinions on whether Congress should disestablish certain reservations at issue, with Drummond opposing such action). During the June 16 Republican primary debate, O'Connor called Drummond a "Democrat in Republican clothing." O'Connor ran ads attacking Drummond for a donation of $1,000 by Drummond to the Joe Biden Presidential campaign in 2020 as well as Drummond's history of giving to Democratic candidates. Drummond claimed that the donation to Biden's campaign was made by his wife and provided receipts showing the donation was later refunded. The Tulsa World reported that Drummond's last donation to a non-Republican candidate for federal office was to Matt Silverstein's 2014 United States Senate campaign. In the final month of the primary, over $1 million in dark money was spent on ads opposing O'Connor's candidacy. Drummond defeated O'Connor in the primary with 50.9% of the vote.

### Candidates
#### Nominee

* Gentner Drummond, attorney, former staffer for U.S. Senator David Boren, and candidate for attorney general in 2018

#### Eliminated in primary

* John O'Connor, appointed incumbent Attorney General of Oklahoma (2021–present)

### Endorsements

U.S. House Representatives
* Barry Goldwater Jr., U.S. Representative from California (1969–1983)
Statewide officials
* Ben Robinson, former Oklahoma Secretary of Military and Veterans Affairs
* Kevin Stitt, Governor of Oklahoma (2019–present)
County officials
* Damon Devereaux, Logan County sheriff
* Corey Rink, Garfield County sheriff
* Tim Turner, Haskell County sheriff
* Scott Walton, Rogers County sheriff
* Chris West, Canadian County sheriff
Individuals
* Jackson Lahmeyer, candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2022 United States Senate election in Oklahoma
Newspapers
* The Oklahoma City Sentinel
* Tulsa Beacon
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* American Conservative Union
* American Farmers and Ranchers
* National Right to Life Committee
* Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association
* Oklahoma Farm Bureau
* Oklahoma Second Amendment Association
* Oklahomans for Health & Parental Rights
* Susan B. Anthony List

#### City officials

* Mick Cornett, former mayor of Oklahoma City
* Kirk Humphreys, former mayor of Oklahoma City
Newspapers
* Tulsa World
Organizations
* Oklahoma Fraternal Order of Police

### Polling

| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Gentner Drummond | John M. O'Connor | Other | Undecided |
| SoonerPoll | June 13–21, 2022 | 350 (LV) | ± 5.2% | 47% | 18% | – | 35% |
| Amber Integrated (R) | June 6–9, 2022 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 41% | 28% | – | 30% |
| SoonerPoll | April 25 – May 11, 2022 | 306 (LV) | ± 5.6% | 41% | 23% | – | 36% |
| Amber Integrated (R) | March 24–27, 2022 | 455 (LV) | ± 4.6% | 37% | 16% | – | 47% |
| Amber Integrated (R) | December 15–19, 2021 | 253 (RV) | ± 6.2% | 16% | 24% | 4% | 56% |
| Amber Integrated (R) | September 29 – October 3, 2021 | 253 (RV) | ± 6.2% | 16% | 33% | 8% | 43% |

### Debate

2022 Republican primary debates :
| No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Participants | Participants |
| Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Non-invitee  I Invitee W Withdrawn |||||
| Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Non-invitee  I Invitee W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Non-invitee  I Invitee W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Non-invitee  I Invitee W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Non-invitee  I Invitee W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Non-invitee  I Invitee W Withdrawn | Gentner Drummond | John O'Connor |
| 1 | June 16, 2022 | Nondoc/New 9/The Frontier | Tres Savage & Storme Jones | Debate | I | I |

### Results

Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Gentner Drummond | 180,338 | 50.9 |
| | Republican | John O'Connor (incumbent) | 174,125 | 49.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 354,463 | 100.00 |

## General election
### Candidates

* Gentner Drummond (Republican)
* Lynda Steele (Libertarian)

### Predictions

| Source | Ranking | As of |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball | Safe R | September 14, 2022 |
| Elections Daily | Safe R | November 1, 2022 |

### Polling

| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Gentner Drummond | Lynda Steele | Undecided |
| –(L) | September 15–18, 2022 | 2,989 (LV) | ± 3.2% | 52% | 27% | 21% |

### Results

2022 Oklahoma Attorney General election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Gentner Drummond | 792,466 | 73.76% | +9.7% |
| | Libertarian | Lynda Steele | 281,923 | 26.24% | N/A |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,074,389 | 100.00% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,074,389 | 46.80% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,295,906 | | |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

#### By congressional district

Drummond won all five congressional districts.
| District | Drummond | Steele | Representative |
| 1st | 71% | 29% | Kevin Hern |
| 2nd | 81% | 19% | Markwayne Mullin (117th Congress) |
| 2nd | 81% | 19% | Josh Brecheen (118th Congress) |
| 3rd | 77% | 23% | Frank Lucas |
| 4th | 72% | 28% | Tom Cole |
| 5th | 68% | 32% | Stephanie Bice |