Nov. 6—The Republican Party once again made a clean sweep of Oklahoma’s 77 counties in Tuesday’s presidential election, including Rogers County.
President-elect Donald Trump won 76.6% of Rogers County’s votes; Vice President Kamala Harris captured 21.6%. As of Wednesday, Trump had secured 292 Electoral College votes, enough to win him the presidency.
These margins are nearly identical to 2020, when Trump won 76.4% of the vote and President Joe Biden secured 21.5%.
Julie Dermody, secretary of the Rogers County Election Board, said there remains a stack of provisional ballots her office must verify before counting.
“All the races were won heartily,” Dermody said. “We don’t have anything that’s close, so it’s not going to make a difference, but we do want to make sure that those people get credit for voting.”
About 71% of Rogers County voters took part in the election; turnout was about 75% in 2020, Dermody said, but 2,165 more people voted in this election. Rogers County now has 7,085 more registered voters than it did during the 2020 election.
Paul Ziriax, secretary of the State Election Board, said Wednesday more Oklahomans voted for president this year than in any previous election. Statewide, 64.4% of registered voters cast ballots this election.
Republicans won every election in Rogers County this cycle:
— Corporation Commissioner: J. Brian Bingman (73.2%) beat Democrat Harold D. Spradling (19.5%) and Libertarian Chad Williams (7.3%)
— United States Representative, District 1: Incumbent Kevin Hern (73.5%) beat Democrat Dennis Baker (22.2%) and Independent Mark David Garcia Sanders (4.3%)
— United States Representative, District 2: Incumbent Josh Brecheen (75.3%) beat Democrat Brandon Wade (20%) and Independent Ronnie Hopkins (4.7%)
— State Senator, District 3: Julie McIntosh (82.9%) beat Independent Margaret Cook (17.1%).
— State Representative, District 74: Incumbent Mark Vancuren (80.4%) beat Independent Aaron Brent (19.6%).
Mike L. Miller won election to the Verdigris Fire District board with 63.4% of the vote. Challenger Bruce Coon got the remaining 36.5%.
Voters in Foyil chose incumbent Perry Atchley for the Foyil Fire District board. He received 65.3% of the vote to challenger Denny Grigg’s 34.7%.
About 60% of Foyil voters shot down a proposal that would have added a 2% tax to the delivery and sale of electric.
Rogers County voters mirrored voters statewide on State Questions 833 and 834.
SQ 833 asked voters whether to permit the creation of public infrastructure districts. In Rogers County, 65.1% of voters rejected the question, and statewide, 61.6% voters did.
SQ 834 asked voters whether to change the state constitution to say “only” United States citizens may vote in Oklahoma; the current language reads “all” United States citizens. About 81% of voters statewide approved the question, and in Rogers County, that figure was 86.2%.
But Rogers County voters broke with the state results on retaining three Oklahoma Supreme Court justices.
Justices Noma Gurich and James Edmonson each held their seat on the bench; Justice Yvonne Kauger did not. In Rogers County, about 55% of voters opposed retaining each justice.
Judges in Oklahoma regularly appear on the ballot for retention votes. This year, the three Supreme Court justices, all appointed by Democratic governors, faced a concerted campaign to remove them. Critics said they were judicial activists whose rulings favored a liberal view of the law.
Dermody said Election Day went very smoothly in Rogers County. She said wait times at most polling places in the county did not exceed 20 or 30 minutes, and apart from an altercation between voters at one polling place, things were peaceful.
She said at some polling locations, machines malfunctioned because voters didn’t properly insert their ballots. She said one Democratic and one Republican volunteer ran these ballots through the machines after the polls closed.
Dermody said Oklahoma has the best election system in the United States, and regardless of party, voters should be proud their system works.
“This is the time that we should all get along,” Dermody said. “We get to do what Americans get to do, which is cast a secret ballot. Nobody has to know what we stand for or what we do.”
View the full election results at results.okelections.gov.
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