OK Runoff 2026 — autopsy

25 August · certified-pending · analysis by Dan Williams

Gentner Drummond lost the Republican runoff for governor by 2,047 votes of 371,309, 0.55 points. Every figure on these tabs comes from the frozen precinct report and has been recomputed independently; where a claim rests on inference rather than a count, it says so.

Governor (R)

Mazzei +2,047
50.28% — 49.72% · 371,309 two-way
1,024 votes would have flipped it

The crossover

~48,824
Mazzei voters who voted Franklin one line down; floor 16,762 provable. The deficit was Drummond-specific.

Shut out

34,797
voted on state questions alone — a ballot with no candidates, the first fully closed cycle since 2016

Why the far east broke

authenticity
not issues: RINO and Trump-says-so dominate the comment record; the smelter and the DEI ad barely register

Tulsa council

not a red wave
an incumbent blowout on a Republican turnout day; every winner survives a 50/50 electorate. D1 runs again 3 November.

Vote credits

waiting
the person-level rebuild unlocks when credits post — expected mid-September, rural counties first
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