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Elections Ballotpedia is covering in June 2026

In June 2026, Ballotpedia is tracking 4,827 elections across 26 states. These include 18 statewide elections, 91 special elections held to fill vacancies in 19 states, and two recall elections in two states.

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Oklahoma to have first open Republican gubernatorial primary since 2018

Nine candidates are running for the Republican nomination for governor of Oklahoma on June 16, 2026. Four have led in media attention: Gentner Drummond (R), Chip Keating (R), Mike Mazzei (R), and Charles McCall (R). Incumbent Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) is term-limited and retiring from public office.

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Oklahoma man was on death row for nearly 30 years, with 9 stayed executions -a judge just let him walk out of jail with his wife

He already has had three last meals.

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Richard Glossip survived nine execution dates and three last meals. Now the state wants a third trial but won’t say why

Richard Glossip, the former death row inmate who survived nine execution dates and three last meals, is set to walk out of prison on a $500,000 bond while he awaits his third trial for a 1997 murder. Oklahoma County District Judge Natalie Mai granted the bond on May 14, 2026,…

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Kim Kardashian helps pay $500,000 bond to free former death row inmate Richard Glossip

The U.S. Supreme Court vacated Richard Glossip’s murder conviction earlier this year — and he is now allowed to live at home with his wife as he awaits his new trial

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Oklahoma Sues Roblox, Claims It's A 'Hunting Ground For Child Predators'

Oklahoma filed a lawsuit against Roblox, the popular online game used by millions of children, claiming it is a "hunting ground for child predators."

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A timeline of events in the death penalty case of Richard Glossip

Former death row inmate Richard Glossip has been granted bond by an Oklahoma judge who ruled Thursday that Glossip could be freed from jail while awaiting a new trial for a 1997 killing

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Death row inmate executed after killing two men over nightclub spat

His attorneys had argued that he suffered from PTSD due to childhood trauma

The Independent UK

Oklahoma governor saves death row inmate, calls it justice. But evidence says he never stopped being a criminal, even behind bars

Another death stopped. But did he deserve the kindness?

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Oklahoma sex offender and ‘10 Most Wanted’ suspect arrested in New York 13 years after faking abduction, officials say

Anthony Lennon has been wanted on eight counts of possession of child pornography since March 2012

The Independent UK

Oklahoma's Obscenity Bait and Switch Could Ban Pride Parades and Public Drag Shows

These lawmakers expect local authorities to ban "obscenity" before it happens—a recipe for chilling a wide variety of legal speech.

Reason

Oklahoma’s public education chief resigns a day after announcing Turning Point chapters in schools

Ryan Walters had mandated all classrooms incorporate the Bible and the Ten Commandments

The Independent UK

What to know as Trump's immigration crackdown strips tuition breaks from thousands of students

Tens of thousands of U.S. college students without legal residency are losing access to in-state tuition as part of the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration

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Oklahoma prosecutors seek retrial for death row inmate Richard Glossip

Oklahoma prosecutors say they will retry longtime death row inmate Richard Glossip a third time for his role in the 1997 killing of his former boss

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Judge blocks Trump's DOE dismemberment

The ruling ordered the Trump admin to reinstate hundreds of workers targeted in a mass layoff

The Independent UK

Inmate transferred to Oklahoma by Trump administration denied clemency, set to be executed

An Oklahoma board has denied clemency for a man convicted of killing a Tulsa woman in 1999

The Conversation

Is a faith-based charter school a threat to religious freedom, or a necessity to uphold it? The weighty decision lies with the Supreme Court

As demonstrators gathered outside, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on April 30, 2025, about whether Oklahoma can operate the nation’s first faith-based charter school. St. Isidore of Seville would be a virtual, K-12 school run by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the Diocese of Tulsa.

The Guardian - US

US supreme court seems open to religious public charter schools

Oklahoma case is part of a broader push to erode separation of church and state, and a test of role of religion in schools

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The Independent UK

Can public money flow to Catholic charter school? The Supreme Court will decide

The Catholic Church in Oklahoma wants taxpayers to pay for an online charter school that “is faithful to the teachings of Jesus Christ.”

The Independent UK

Oklahoma to execute a man who killed a woman 20 years ago in a random home-invasion robbery

An Oklahoma man is scheduled to be executed for fatally shooting a woman during a home-invasion robbery 20 years ago

The Independent UK

A federal inmate transferred to Oklahoma to be put to death

A former federal prison inmate is now in Oklahoma custody as the state seeks to execute him for a 1999 killing in Tulsa

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Richard Glossip Wins New Trial After Supreme Court Decision

Richard Glossip granted new trial by U.S. Supreme Court due to prosecutorial misconduct in 1997 murder case.

Reason

Did Glossip and the Oklahoma Attorney General Collusively Conceal Evidence to Win Their U.S. Supreme Court Case?

Justice Thomas observes in his dissent that "the parties collusively excluded" evidence—which I presented to the Court for the victim's family—"in order to reach a predetermined outcome." And the Court majority offers no defense of this deceitful maneuver.

The Independent UK

He's had three 'last meals' on Oklahoma's death row. The Supreme Court has now tossed his conviction

A death row inmate in Oklahoma who has been scheduled for execution nine separate times and been fed three “last meals” has won a new trial after the U.S. Supreme Court tossed his murder conviction

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