Oklahoma
Election 2022: Four-Republican race for state superintendent in Oklahoma
TULSA, Okla. — A contested race for Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction shall be on the poll on June 28.
Sitting state superintendent and Republican-turned-Democrat Pleasure Hofmeister is on the finish of her time period and making a run at Gov. Kevin Stitt as he seeks reelection.
4 Republicans are battling for the proper to tackle Democrat Jena Nelson within the common election developing in November:
John Cox
Peggs Superintendent John Cox is making one other run on the state superintendent seat after falling quick in 2014 and 2018 when he ran as a Democrat, shedding to then-Republican Pleasure Hofmeister each occasions.
Cox, 58, has greater than 30 years of expertise in Oklahoma’s public faculties.
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William Crozier
William Crozier, 75, is one other candidate attempting to beat previous political losses. Crozier ran for state superintendent in 2006 and lieutenant governor in 2011, shedding each occasions.
Crozier in 2006 garnered criticism after suggesting college students use textbooks as shields in energetic shooter conditions. He pleaded responsible to embezzlement in Grady County in 2011 however obtained a deferred sentence.
April Grace
Shawnee Public Colleges Superintendent April Grace, 56, has served as an educator in Oklahoma for greater than 30 years.
Grace was named 2021 state superintendent of the 12 months by the Oklahoma Affiliation of Faculty Directors.
Ryan Walters
State Sec. of Public Training Ryan Walters is the youngest of the first candidates at 36 years previous. Walters is serving in Gov. Kevin Stitt’s administration, supporting Stitt’s agenda in training throughout and after the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic that usually went in opposition to the desires of Hofmeister and Democratic lawmakers.
Walters is a McAlester native who began his profession in training educating at McAlester Excessive Faculty earlier than getting into the political sphere.
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