Oklahoma
Democratic nominee for Oklahoma governor appears to have ‘violated’ state laws, experts say
EXCLUSIVE — The Democratic candidate operating to be Oklahoma’s subsequent governor seems to have “violated” a number of state legal guidelines because of her social media exercise, authorized specialists instructed the Washington Examiner.
Pleasure Hofmeister, Oklahoma’s superintendent of public instruction, is making an attempt to unseat Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt in November. However Hofmeister could also be operating afoul of ethics legal guidelines as a result of her authorities web site hyperlinks to her marketing campaign’s social media accounts, and the federal government has seemingly promoted her Twitter posts, based on marketing campaign finance legal professionals.
Hofmeister’s web page on the Oklahoma schooling division’s web site hyperlinks to her gubernatorial marketing campaign accounts on Twitter and Fb, based on a Washington Examiner overview Thursday. Her Twitter deal with is “Joy4OK,” and her Fb is listed beneath “JoyforOklahoma,” whereas each accounts, as is commonplace for political candidates, share footage of marketing campaign occasions and adverts.
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The Washington Examiner couldn’t discover examples of different Oklahoma authorities officers, apart from Hofmeister, linking to their marketing campaign social media accounts on pages.
Oklahoma legislation holds that an individual can not marketing campaign with “using public funds, property or time to have interaction in actions designed to affect the outcomes of an election for state workplace or a state query.” As well as, officers are barred from participating in actions “designed to affect the outcomes of an election for state workplace” on public time or posting “supplies that advocate for the election or defeat of a clearly recognized candidate,” based on the Oklahoma Ethics Fee.
“Secretary Hofmeister has doubtless violated Oklahoma’s ethics legal guidelines through the use of her official, state-funded biography webpage to advertise her election marketing campaign,” stated Curtis Schube, a lawyer on the Dhillon Regulation Group who makes a speciality of election legislation. “Particularly, her bio web page consists of hyperlinks to her marketing campaign social media account and her marketing campaign web site, that are devoted to advancing her candidacy for workplace.”
Chris Winkelman, a lawyer at Holtzman Vogel who additionally makes a speciality of election legislation, took it one step additional. He instructed the Washington Examiner that the social media account hyperlinks “may additionally run afoul of Oklahoma prison legislation.”
It’s unlawful in Oklahoma for public officers to “immediately or not directly coerce, try to coerce, command, advise, or direct any state workers” to pay or contribute “to any get together, committee, group, company or individual for political functions.”
“These legal guidelines are in place not solely to guard taxpayer funds from being misappropriated but in addition to guard state workers from feeling pressured into offering political help for his or her boss,” stated Winkelman, who prior to now was basic counsel for the Nationwide Republican Congressional Committee.
However Hofmeister’s potential violations of Oklahoma legislation lengthen previous her web page linking to her marketing campaign’s social media accounts, based on Schube and Winkelman. There are numerous situations during which the Oklahoma schooling division’s Twitter account has each retweeted Hofmeister’s marketing campaign account and tagged her marketing campaign, a overview of posts discovered.
This could possibly be in violation of an ethics legislation outlining how officers can not, except permitted by legislation, use newsletters or informational supplies to advocate the election or defeat of a clearly recognized candidate or candidates, stated the legal professionals.
“Cross-promotion of those marketing campaign social media accounts from official channels gives the look that the load of her total authorities company itself is behind her candidacy,” stated Winkelman.
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Hofmeister isn’t any stranger to controversy. She was criminally indicted in 2017 for marketing campaign finance violations and conspiracy after allegedly elevating cash illegally whereas operating towards the incumbent Republican Superintendent Janet Barresi and colluding with a darkish cash group. Prices had been later dismissed.
The race between Hofmeister and Stitt has tightened in current months. Hofmeister led Stitt by 7 share factors in a ballot launched on Oct. 17 by the Oklahoma-based political consulting agency Ascend Motion. There have been 638 doubtless main election voters surveyed.
Hofmeister’s marketing campaign didn’t reply to a request for remark.
Oklahoma
Hurt feelings: How Texas Tech softball ended the Oklahoma dynasty in the Women’s College World Series
Hailey Toney on Texas Tech softball’s ability to play in the clutch
Hailey Toney on Texas Tech softball’s ability to play in the clutch
- Texas Tech defeated Oklahoma 3-2 in the Women’s College World Series semifinals, ending the Sooners’ four-year title streak.
- Former Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns players, now at Texas Tech, played key roles in the victory against their former teammate and Oklahoma pitcher, Sam Landry.
- The win sends Texas Tech to the championship series of the Women’s College World Series.
OKLAHOMA CITY — “No hard feelings” was not the way Monday night’s semifinals of the 2025 Women’s College World Series were going to end. It would’ve been impossible.
Too much was at stake at Devon Park, so much on the line for two programs in very different positions less than a year ago. Before Gerry Glasco took over the Texas Tech softball team, landed NiJaree Canady through the transfer portal and altered the course of Red Raider history, he was leading the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns, an emerging mid-major powerhouse with Division I-level talent dotting the roster.
When he left Lafayette, he took a number of players with him to Lubbock but urged his ace pitcher, Sam Landry, to go to Oklahoma. There wouldn’t have been enough innings for Landry with Canady in the fold, and her best chance at success laid with the Sooners.
Landry made the most of her year in the SEC, being drafted No. 1 in the Athletes Unlimited Softball League and guiding the Sooners to regular-season and co-tournament champion status with a mostly young roster. Glasco has spoken glowingly about his former player throughout the year, even in the lead-up to the WCWS last week.
Landry owns one of Glasco’s dogs. The name of his late daughter, Geri Ann, is written in her glove. When Oklahoma didn’t have her usual No. 12 available as a jersey number, she chose No. 21 to honor Geri Ann. Several of her former Louisiana teammates make up the bulk of Texas Tech’s starting lineup.
Somebody was getting their feelings hurt on Monday. It just wound up being Landry, and the Sooners.
Mihyia Davis’s one-out single, chopped over the head of Landry into center field, started the Texas Tech rally in the bottom of the seventh. Hailey Toney followed with a double to put Davis at third, then Lauren Allred hit a fly ball to right field, deep enough for the speedster Davis to slide in for the game-winning run, sending Texas Tech to the championship series of the Women’s College World Series with a 3-2 win, and ending the Sooners’ reign atop the college softball world after four consecutive national titles.
Two former Ragin’ Cajuns teamed up to end their former Louisiana teammates’ season, and career.
“Sam is a great pitcher,” Allred said of the game-winning at-bat. “Going against her, I knew it wasn’t going to be easy, especially with the history we have playing with each other.
“And going to my bat, Coach Hunter (Veach) always says, ‘Doing something really hard, really well, is really fun.’ It reminded me to have fun and just go up there with confidence and trust in all the preparation and training that I had. And I knew Mihyia Davis was probably one of the fastest players in the country, would make something happen as long as I got the ball in play.”
Davis, Texas Tech’s best hitter throughout the season, was hitless in the first two games of the WCWS. She wound up striking out in her first two at-bats against former teammate Landry. Assistant coach Tara Archibald, though, knew Davis was due.
“We kept telling her all week long, ‘Mihyia, you’re going to show up when we need you the most and we know that,’” Archibald said, “and, man, did she ever.”
The Red Raiders didn’t have much time to regroup after the Sooners tied the game in the top of the seventh. Abigale Dayton took an 0-2 offering from Canady for a two-run home run to tie the game. At that point, Canady had appeared to be cruising to another shutout before Sooner Magic took over again.
The best way to combat Sooner Magic, it seems, is with some Raider Power. Toney’s double continued a string of hits the freshman has collected after Canady’s had a (rare) tough inning. She did it in the Lubbock Regional (twice), and again against UCLA with home runs. On Monday, it was her double that put Davis into position for the win.
“That’s the whole team,” Toney said. “We all have each other’s backs no matter what. And she has had our back for the whole season and we’re just trying to have hers.”
Somebody had to leave Devon Park with an L, and Texas Tech made sure it wasn’t them. That didn’t make ending their old friend’s career any easier to swallow.
“Definitely strange,” Alexa Langeliers, another former Louisiana player, said. “I’m used to being on the same field behind her, but she gave it her all. She’s a great pitcher. She’s a great person, and tough end of the season. My heart goes out to her, but it is what it is. I love her to death and she’s just an amazing person.”
Langeleiers called it “surreal,” the whole game and the circumstances leading to Tech’s triumph. The senior second baseman admitted she didn’t think getting to the WCWS finals was going to happen, though the feeling is electric all the same.
That’s especially true for the players who followed Glasco to Texas Tech. Davis and Allred both said that the head coach believed in them, and they trusted him with their careers.
“Coach Glasco always had faith in me,” Allred said, “and I knew that he helped me get to the position I was going to be in, and I wanted to stay by him no matter what.”
The Oklahoma Sooners rebounded from their loss to Texas with a strong 4-1 win on Sunday evening over the Oregon Ducks. Isabela Emerling snapped out of her slump with a solo shot, and Cydney Sanders hit two home runs to power the Sooners to the semifinals.
Now, they’ll face Texas Tech and Red Raiders ace NiJaree Canady. Canady leads the nation in ERA at 0.86. She’s 32-5 this season. In the Women’s College World Series, Canady shut out Ole Miss and allowed just one run to the UCLA Bruins.
The Oklahoma Sooners will have to win two games on Monday to advance to the Women’s College Series finals. They’ll need an extraordinary effort from the Sooners lineup and the pitching staff to go toe-to-toe with Canady, a finalist for several National Player of the Year awards and a first-team All-American is a force.
But the Sooners have a lineup to be reckoned with. They’ll need to be at their best when they take on the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Here’s how you can tune into the game on Monday night.
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Date: Monday, June 2, 2025
Start time: 6 p.m. CT. Game two at 9:30 p.m. CT if OU wins first game.
Oklahoma Softball Schedule 2025
| Date | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 6 | Cal State Northridge | W, 7-2 |
| Feb. 6 | at San Diego State | W, 11-6 (9 inn.) |
| Feb. 7 | California Baptist | W, 8-0 (5 inn.) |
| Feb. 7 | Cal State Fullerton | W, 13-3 |
| Feb. 8 | Loyola Marymount | W, 9-0 |
| Feb. 9 | at Long Beach State | W, 2-0 (11 inn.) |
| Feb. 15 | Hofstra | W, 8-0 (5 inn.) |
| Feb. 15 | at No. 23/24 Baylor | W, 9-1 (5 inn.) |
| Feb. 16 | Hofstra | W, 11-3 (5 inn.) |
| Feb. 16 | at No. 23/24 Baylor | W, 8-0 (5 inn.) |
| Feb. 22 | Tulsa | W, 8-0 (5 inn.) |
| Feb. 23 | Wichita State | W, 8-1 |
| Feb. 24 | Bowling Green | W, 8-5 (8 inn.) |
| Feb. 24 | Abilene Christian | W, 9-1 (5 inn.) |
| Feb. 28 | Marshall | W, 9-1 (5 inn.) |
| Feb. 28 | Kansas | W, 9-1 (6 inn.) |
| March 1 | Kansas | W, 8-0 (5 inn.) |
| March 1 | Marshall | W, 11-0 (5 inn.) |
| March 2 | Kansas City | W, 17-1 (5 inn.) |
| March 7 | No. 10/11 South Carolina | W, 10-9 |
| March 9 | No. 10/11 South Carolina | W, 10-9 |
| March 9 | No. 10/11 South Carolina | W, 2-1 |
| March 12 | at Tulsa | W, 10-2 (6 inn.) |
| March 15 | at No. 15/12 Arkansas | W, 7-0 |
| March 15 | at No. 15/12 Arkansas | W, 6-4 |
| March 16 | at No. 15/12 Arkansas | W, 10-7 |
| March 19 | East Texas A&M | W, 8-0 (5 inn.) |
| March 21 | at Missouri | W, 8-0 (5 inn.) |
| March 22 | at Missouri | L, 3-1 |
| March 23 | at Missouri | W, 5-1 |
| March 26 | at Wichita State | W, 19-16 |
| March 28 | No. 10/9 Tennessee | L, 5-2 |
| March 29 | No. 10/9 Tennessee | W, 4-1 |
| March 30 | No. 10/9 Tennessee | L, 5-3 |
| April 1 | at UT-Arlington | W, 13-2 (5 inn.) |
| April 4 | St. Thomas | W, 12-4 (5 inn.) |
| April 4 | UCF | W, 6-0 |
| April 5 | UCF | Cancelled |
| April 9 | Oklahoma State (Devon Park, OKC) | W, 11-3 (5 inn.) |
| April 12 | at Alabama | W, 5-1 |
| April 13 | at Alabama | L, 6-1 |
| April 14 | at Alabama | L, 2-1 |
| April 18 | Mississippi State (Devon Park, OKC) | W, 4-0 |
| April 19 | Mississippi State (Devon Park, OKC) | W, 6-5 |
| April 20 | Mississippi State (Devon Park, OKC) | W, 9-6 |
| April 25 | Texas Longhorns | W, 7-6 |
| April 26 | Texas Longhorns | W, 7-2 |
| April 27 | Texas Longhorns | W, 9-8 |
| May 1 | at Florida | W, 6-5 |
| May 2 | at Florida | L, 9-4 |
| May 3 | at Florida | L, 6-4 |
| May 6-10 | SEC Tournament | Athens, Ga. |
| May 8 | vs. LSU | W, 4-1 |
| May 9 | vs. Arkansas | W, 8-6 |
| May 10 | vs. Texas A&M | Canceled |
| May 16-18 | NCAA Regionals | Norman, Okla. |
| May 16 | vs. Boston | W, 8-0 (5 inn.) |
| May 17 | vs. Cal | W, 11-2 (5 inn.) |
| May 18 | vs. Cal | W, 12-1 (5 inn.) |
| May 23-25 | NCAA Super Regionals | Norman, Okla. |
| May 23 | vs. Alabama | W, 3-0 |
| May 24 | vs. Alabama | W, 13-2 (5 inn.) |
| May 29-June 6 | Women’s College World Series | Oklahoma City, Okla. |
| May 29 | vs. Tennessee | W, 4-3 |
| May 31 | vs. Texas | L, 4-2 |
| June 1 | vs. Oregon | W, 4-1 |
| June 2 | vs. Texas Tech | 6 p.m. CT |
| June 2 | *vs Texas Tech | 9:30 p.m. CT |
*denotes if necessary
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Oklahoma and Oregon softball will meet today at 7 p.m. in the Women’s College World Series.
Fans can watch the game on ESPN2 or stream it on FuboTV, Sling or DirecTV.
Streaming Options
| Streaming Options | Price/Month | Free Trial? | Deal |
|---|---|---|---|
| FuboTV | $84.99 | Yes | $20 off the first month |
| Sling | $45.99 | N/A | N/A |
| DirecTV | $79.99 | Yes | $20 off the first month |
DirecTV and FuboTV both offer free trials and $20 off the first month of your subscription. Sling Orange plans which include ESPN and ESPN2 are $45.99 per month.
Oregon defeated Ole Miss, 6-5 on Friday and Oklahoma was defeated by Texas, 4-2 on Saturday.
The winner of today’s game will advance to play Texas Tech, while the loser will be eliminated from the tournament.
The WCWS best-of-three championship finals will begin on June 5.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES
No. 2 Oklahoma vs. No. 16 Oregon
When: Sunday, June 1
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Where: Oklahoma City
Channel: ESPN2
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