Sooner Survey: Volume 37 No. 3 ⎸February 17, 2026 ⎸While recent campaign finance reports show Jon Echols with almost one million dollars cash-on-hand (which is 33% more money to spend than his opponent Jeff Starling), this is not the only clear advantage Echols has heading into the final four months of the campaign. Echols also starts with a 15-point advantage (35% Echols; 20% Starling) and even stronger leads among key conservative elements.

Sooner Survey: Volume 37 No. 2 ⎸February 12, 2026 ⎸In our continuing release of Republican primary voting numbers, we have new entrant T.W. Shannon shooting to the forefront, capturing 39% in a five-way contest, State Auditor Cindy Byrd by 16-points. More than a quarter of voters remain undecided (27%) while the three incumbent legislators running for the office are in the single-digits.

Sooner Survey: Volume 37 No. 1 ⎸February 9, 2026 ⎸With recent reports about the sheer amount of money individual candidates are putting into their respective campaigns for governor, it is no surprise that Oklahoma Republicans are becoming interested in the campaigns, and more than 80% of primary voters have already picked a candidate that they are at least leaning toward.

Sooner Survey: Volume 36 No. 5 ⎸September 16, 2025 ⎸More than 20 years ago, Oklahoma voters went to the polls and by a 7-point margin approved SQ 713 that increased the tax on cigarettes and tobacco products the equivalent of four cents per cigarette, or 80 cents per pack. At that time, more than 26% of Oklahomans were smoking, Today it is now below 16%. This 10 percent change would indicate that passing a cigarette tax may well be even easier today, and the polling certainly reflects that.

Sooner Survey: Volume 36 No. 4 ⎸August 25, 2025 ⎸Recent news exposure has not been helpful for a potential gubernatorial run for Ryan Walters.  Not only has his percentage in a Republican primary fallen, but his favorable to unfavorable ratio within his own party is as poor as any we have recorded during our more than 30 years of surveying Oklahomans. 

Sooner Survey: Volume 36 No. 3 ⎸June 2, 2025 ⎸Just over a year before the Republican primary for Governor, Attorney General Gentner Drummond has taken a commanding lead over others who have either entered or who are rumored to be running for the GOP nomination. At 39%, Drummond has a 27-point lead over the nearest rival, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters while Lt. Governor Matt Pinnell is the only other candidate in double-digits (10%). Almost a third remain undecided (31%).