Garvin County voters will decide on a new county assessor in June’s primary election. Candidates Melissa Mullett and Becky Dennis, both Republicans, declared their candidacy for the county assessor’s office during last week’s filing period.
Current County Assessor Tammy Murrah also filed to retain her seat, then withdrew her candidacy and announced she would be retiring from the office in December of this year, as her term draws to a close.
Mullett and Dennis are both employees of the county assessor’s office.
County Commissioners Mike Gollihare, District 3, and Randy Chandler, District 1, and County Treasurer Cyndi Nunez will all continue to serve in their positions after drawing no opposition during the April 1-3 filing period.
Republican State Rep. Cynthia Roe drew one opponent for her District 42 seat. She will appear on June’s primary ballot against Republican Kaity Keith, of Purcell.
Rep. Tammy Townley, Republican, won reelection as the only candidate to file for her seat in District 48.
District 21 District Attorney Jennifer Austin, and all five District 21 judges, including Garvin/ McClain County District Judge Leah Edwards, were reelected after filing unopposed. Garvin County’s Associate District Judge Laura McClain was also reelected with no opponents filing for that office.
The U.S. Representative’s seat in the 4th Congressional District will see both Republican and Democrat primary elections in June. Republicans Tom Cole and Marcie Everhart, both of Moore, will vie for the top spot in June’s Republican Primary, while Jeff Pixley, Norman, and Mitchell Jacob, Newcastle, will appear on the Democrat primary ballot in June. Rocco Bonacci, Lawton, also filed as an Independent in that race.
Voters will also be voting on statewide races on primary, runoff and general election ballots this year.
Those offices include governor and lieutenant governor, attorney general, state superintendent of public instruction and state treasurer.
A total of 611 candidates filed for state, federal, legislative, or judicial office, during last week’s filing period, making the 2026 Candidate Filing Period the second largest candidate filing period in the past 25 years, according to State Election Board Secretary Paul Ziriax. The largest occurred in 2018 when a total of 794 candidates filed for office.
“Candidate filing is the official kickoff to the election season, and the 2026 filing period was a big one. Free and fair elections depend on candidates being willing to step up and stand before the voters, and we appreciate everyone who chose to do so,” Ziriax said Friday. “I personally want to thank the State Election Board staff for their hard work and dedication to democracy. Oklahomans can be proud of these amazing public servants.”
The complete candidate filing list can be found on the State Election Board website, Oklahoma.gov/elections.