Municipal elections in Cleveland County, Oklahoma (2018)

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2018 Cleveland County elections
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Election dates
Filing deadline: April 13, 2018
Primary election: June 26, 2018
General election: November 6, 2018
Election stats
Offices up: County commissioner, County treasurer, County assessor, County district attorney
Total seats up: 5
Election type: Partisan
Other municipal elections
U.S. municipal elections, 2018
Cleveland County, Oklahoma, held general elections for county commissioner, county treasurer, county assessor, and county district attorney on November 6, 2018. If a race had multiple candidates for a party nomination, a primary was held on June 26, 2018.

Elections

Assessor

General election candidates

The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected:

  • Doug Warr  (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔

Did not make the ballot:

District attorney

General election candidates

The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected:

Treasurer

General election candidates

The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected:

County Commission

District 1

General election candidates

District 3

General election candidates

Sheriff

General election candidates


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Primary candidates

Judicial

District Judge

Oklahoma Twenty-first District Court general election

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office Candidates
Balkman's seat

The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected:

Green check mark transparent.pngThad Balkman (i)
Edwards's seat

The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected:

Green check mark transparent.pngLeah Jo Edwards (i)
Tupper's seat

The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected:

Green check mark transparent.pngMichael D. Tupper (i)
Virgin's seat

The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected:

Green check mark transparent.pngJeff Virgin (i)
Walkley's seat

The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected:

Green check mark transparent.pngLori Walkley (i)

Cleveland County Associate District Judge

General election candidates

The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected:

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Oklahoma elections, 2018

About the county

Demographics

The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.

Demographic Data for Cleveland County, Oklahoma
Cleveland County Oklahoma
Population 255,755 3,751,351
Land area (sq mi) 538 68,596
Race and ethnicity**
White 77.7% 72.3%
Black/African American 4.7% 7.3%
Asian 4.5% 2.2%
Native American 4.2% 7.6%
Pacific Islander 0.1% 0.2%
Two or more 7.2% 7.7%
Hispanic/Latino 8.7% 10.6%
Education
High school graduation rate 91.8% 88%
College graduation rate 33.4% 25.5%
Income
Median household income $64,016 $52,919
Persons below poverty level 12% 15.7%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

There are no Pivot Counties in Oklahoma. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Oklahoma with 65.3 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 28.9 percent. In presidential elections between 1904 and 2016, Oklahoma voted for the winning presidential candidate 72.4 percent of the time. In that same time frame, Oklahoma supported Republican candidates for president more often than Democratic candidates, 65.5 to 34.5 percent. The state favored Republicans in every presidential election between 2000 and 2016.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Oklahoma. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[1][2]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 8 out of 101 state House districts in Oklahoma with an average margin of victory of 37.4 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 11 out of 101 state House districts in Oklahoma with an average margin of victory of 27.7 points. Clinton won one district controlled by a Republican heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 93 out of 101 state House districts in Oklahoma with an average margin of victory of 37.3 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 90 out of 101 state House districts in Oklahoma with an average margin of victory of 42.2 points. Trump won 18 districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.

See also

Cleveland County, Oklahoma Oklahoma Municipal government Other local coverage
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