The 2022 Oklahoma Attorney General election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the next

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. The primary election was scheduled for Tuesday, June 28, 2022. The candidate filing deadline was April 15, 2022. Appointed incumbent

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Attorney General John O'Connor sought election to a full term, but lost his party's nomination to

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. No Democratic candidates filed to run for the position. Lynda Steele was the Libertarian nominee. Drummond won the November general election.

Republican primary

John M. O'Connor was the incumbent attorney general after being appointed by Governor

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. The seat had been vacated after Michael J. Hunter resigned due to an infidelity scandal.

, who had narrowly lost to Hunter in

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, challenged O'Connor in the Republican primary. Drummond campaigned as being independent of Governor Stitt. The aftermath of ''

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'' was a dominant issue in the campaign. O'Connor argued that litigation to overturn or winnow the ruling in ''McGirt'' was warranted, whereas Drummond advocated compacting and negotiating with tribal nations. The candidates also differed in their opinions on whether Congress should disestablish certain reservations at issue, with Drummond opposing such action). During the June 16 Republican primary debate, O'Connor called Drummond a "Democrat in Republican clothing." O'Connor ran ads attacking Drummond for a donation of $1,000 by Drummond to the Joe Biden Presidential campaign in 2020 as well as Drummond's history of giving to Democratic candidates. Drummond claimed that the donation to Biden's campaign was made by his wife and provided receipts showing the donation was later refunded. The ''

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'' reported that Drummond's last donation to a non-Republican candidate for federal office was to Matt Silverstein's 2014 United States Senate campaign. In the final month of the primary, over $1 million in

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was spent on ads opposing O'Connor's candidacy. Drummond defeated O'Connor in the primary with 50.9% of the vote.

Candidates

Nominee

, attorney, former staffer for U.S. Senator

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, and candidate for attorney general in

Eliminated in primary

* John O'Connor, appointed

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Attorney General of Oklahoma The Attorney General of Oklahoma is the State Attorney General for the state of Oklahoma. The attorney general serves as the chief legal and law enforcement officer of the State of Oklahoma and head of the Office of the Oklahoma Attorney General ...

(2021–present)

Endorsements

Polling

Debate

Results

General election

Candidates

(Republican) *Lynda Steele (Libertarian)

Predictions

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Notes

;Partisan clients

References

External links

; Official campaign websites
Gentner Drummond (R) for Attorney General

Lynda Steele (L) for Attorney General
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Attorney General In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general or attorney-general (sometimes abbreviated AG or Atty.-Gen) is the main legal advisor to the government. The plural is attorneys general. In some jurisdictions, attorneys general also have exec ...

Oklahoma Attorney General elections

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Endorsements

Polling

Debate

Results

General election

Candidates

Predictions

Endorsements

Polling

Results

See also

Notes

References

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