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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.

Support for School Choice Continues to Increase

Sooner Survey: Volume 34 No. 1 ⎸March 1, 2022 | Prior to the pandemic, and prior to the parent revolution over issues such as CRT and who is fundamentally in control of a child’s education, school choice had majority support in Oklahoma and strong support among Republicans. Now support for using tax dollars to send a child to a school setting that best serves them – including private or parochial schools ‒ is even stronger reaching 65% among all voters and 78% among Republicans. The impact of this issue on elections was realized at the polls in last year’s Virginia elections and Oklahoma seems poised to take the same approach in 2022.

Byrd Enters as Frontrunner

Sooner Survey: Volume 37 No. 4 ⎸March 24, 2026 ⎸This edition of The Sooner Survey is a little different. Instead of looking at voters, this study examines the responses of 500 parents and/or guardians of school-aged children in the Sooner State. For the simplicity and clarity, when this analysis uses the term “parent” it is referring to both parents and guardians.