Oklahoma School Board 2020 primary election

Unofficial RESULTS from the Oklahoma State Election Board:

• Tulsa School Board, Office 5: John Croisant 1,063, Shane Saunders 633, Scott Pendleton 400, Kelsey Royce 313, Ben Croff 17. Croisant and Saunders advance to the April 7 runoff.


• Tulsa School Board, Office 6: Jerry Griffin 377, Ruth Ann Fate 335, Stephen Remington 311. Griffin and Fate advance to the April 7 runoff.


• Bixby School Board, Office 5: Tristy Fryer 681, Jason Prideaux 43, Todd Hagopian 41. Fryer exceeds 50%, wins outright.


• Owasso School Board, Office 5: Frosty Turpen 799, Beth Medford 306, John H. Haning 115. Turpen exceeds 50%, wins outright.


• Collinsville, Mayor: Larry Shafer 298, Jerry Garrett 289. Shafer wins.


• Sand Springs, Commissioner, Ward 3: Mike Burdge 42, Justin Sean Tockey 32. Burdge wins.


• Jenks school bonds: Prop. 1 passes with 83.23% of 1,884 votes, Prop. 2 with 83.52% of 1,887 votes


• Liberty school bonds: Props. 1 and 2 pass with 86.39% of 169 votes.


• Owasso school bonds: Prop. 1 passes with 76.27% of 1,298 votes, Prop. 2 with 77.18% of 1,297 votes

Postdated to remain at the top through the end of the election.

Polls are open in selected precincts across Oklahoma in the February 11, 2020, school board primary election from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Some municipalities also have elections today. The Oklahoma State Election Board's new Oklahoma Voter Portal will tell you where to vote and let you view sample ballots before you go to the polls. Here is the complete and official list of elections in Oklahoma today, February 11, 2020, sorted by county.

Yesterday I was on 1170 KFAQ to discuss today's election with Pat Campbell; here's the audio.

School elections

Only school board races with three or more candidates will have a contest today. If no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote today, a runoff will be held on April 7, 2020, between the top two candidates. Races for which only two candidates filed will also be held on April 7.

Four school board seats are on the ballot in Tulsa County:

Bixby Public Schools, Office No. 5

• Tristy Fryer, Republican (Facebook)
• Todd Hagopian, Libertarian (Facebook)
• Jason Prideaux, Republican (Facebook)

Candidate forum for Bixby school board, Office 5

Owasso Public Schools, Office No. 5

• John H. Haning, Republican (no online presence found)
• Beth Medford, Democrat (Facebook)
• Frosty Turpen, Democrat, incumbent since 1995 (Facebook)

Tulsa Public Schools, Office No. 5: BatesLine endorses Scott Pendleton

• Ben Croff (withdrew from race but still on ballot)
• John Croisant, Democrat (questionnaire, website, Facebook)
• Scott Pendleton, Republican (endorsement, questionnaire, website, Facebook)
• Kelsey Royce, Democrat (questionnaire, Facebook)
• Shane Saunders, Republican (questionnaire, website, Facebook)

Tulsa Public Schools, Office No. 6: BatesLine endorses Jerry Griffin.

• Ruth Ann Fate, Democrat, incumbent since 1996 (questionnaire, website, Facebook)
• Jerry Griffin, Republican (endorsement, questionnaire, website, Facebook)
• Stephen Remington, Democrat (questionnaire, Facebook)

Note: Remington and Fate did not respond to the questionnaire.

Campaign finance reports for Tulsa school board candidates.

Three Tulsa County districts each have two general obligation bond issues on the ballot. These require passage by 60% of the vote. Links go to the official bond disclosures required by the Bond Transparency Act of 2017, for each. Each disclosure provides detailed purposes for each bond proposition and lists all previous bonds that remain outstanding:

• Jenks Public Schools: Proposition 1, $11.4 million for Freshman Academy expansion, textbooks, technology, classroom equipment; Proposition 2, $870,000 for student transportation equipment.
• Liberty Public Schools: Proposition 1, $780,000 for asphalt resurfacing, fencing, and other repairs; Proposition 2, $320,000 for vehicles for pupil transportation.
• Owasso Public Schools: Proposition 1, $9,805,000 for district-wide facility upgrades (air conditioning, roofs, parking lots, paint, lighting, etc.), technology, instructional materials, weight room, fine arts and athletic uniforms and equipment; Proposition 2, $1,570,000 for vehicles for pupil transportation.

Municipal elections

City Of Collinsville, Mayor

• Jerry Garrett, Democrat, former city commissioner (Facebook)
• Larry Shafer, Republican, incumbent city commissioner for Ward 3 (website, Facebook)

City Of Sand Springs, City Councilmember, Ward 3

• Mike Burdge, Republican, incumbent (Facebook)
• Justin Sean Tockey, Independent (no campaign internet presence)