Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction election, 2022

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Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction
Election details
Filing deadline: April 15, 2022
Primary: June 28, 2022 Primary runoff: August 23, 2022 General: November 8, 2022 Pre-election incumbent(s): Joy Hofmeister (Democratic)
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Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voting in Oklahoma
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Oklahoma held an election for superintendent of public instruction on November 8, 2022. The primary was scheduled for June 28, 2022, and a primary runoff was scheduled for August 23, 2022. The filing deadline was April 15, 2022.

Ryan Walters won election in the general election for Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Candidates and election results

General election candidates

• Jena Nelson  (Democratic Party)
• Ryan Walters  (Republican Party) ✔

 Republican primary runoff candidates

• April Grace
• Ryan Walters ✔

 Democratic primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

• Jena Nelson ✔

 Republican primary candidates

• John Cox
• William Crozier
• April Grace ✔
• Ryan Walters ✔

Voting information

See also: Voting in Oklahoma

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Past elections

2018

See also: Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction election, 2018

General election

General election for Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction

Incumbent Joy Hofmeister defeated John Cox and Larry Huff in the general election for Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joy Hofmeister (R)	58.5	687,468
		John Cox (D)	33.8	396,901
		Larry Huff (Independent)	7.7	90,510

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,174,879 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction

Incumbent Joy Hofmeister defeated Linda Murphy in the Republican primary runoff for Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joy Hofmeister	56.7	167,117
		Linda Murphy	43.3	127,732

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 294,849
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction

John Cox advanced from the Democratic primary for Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		John Cox

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction

Incumbent Joy Hofmeister and Linda Murphy advanced to a runoff. They defeated Will Farrell in the Republican primary for Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joy Hofmeister	46.8	200,961
✔		Linda Murphy	31.0	133,230
		Will Farrell	22.1	94,899

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 429,090
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2014

See also: Oklahoma down ballot state executive elections, 2014

Republican Joy Hofmeister won the election on November 4, 2014.

Oklahoma Superintendent, 2014
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Joy Hofmeister	55.8%	457,053
	Democratic	John Cox	44.2%	361,878
Total Votes				818,931
Election results via Oklahoma State Election Board

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