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Kevin Stitt

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Kevin Stitt

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Oklahoma Republican Senate nominee?

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JUN 17, 2026

Primary Election

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Overview

Current roleGovernor

PartyRepublican

Political ideologyConservative Republican

Age53 years old (Dec 28, 1972)

GenderMale

LocationOklahoma

BackgroundBusinessman

EducationOklahoma State University (B.S., Accounting, 1996)

Notable personal detailsJohn Kevin Stitt is an American businessman and politician serving as the 28th governor of Oklahoma, first taking office on 2019-01-14. He founded Gateway Mortgage Group in 2000 and later helped establish Gateway First Bank. Stitt is a graduate of Oklahoma State University with an accounting degree and is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation.

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Positions

LiberalConservative

Economy & Taxes

Kevin Stitt has repeatedly advocated for reducing or eliminating state income and business taxes, cutting the grocery sales tax, and pursuing tax cuts alongside restraints on spending and government growth. He has signed legislation reducing income taxes and has proposed further income-tax and business-tax cuts as part of a pro–business, small-government economic agenda.

Healthcare

Supports privatizing and restructuring Oklahoma’s Medicaid program through managed-care/for-profit contracts and has sought changes to Medicaid expansion eligibility and funding. Has taken executive actions to restrict Medicaid contracts with providers tied to abortion and has promoted market-based reforms for Medicare Advantage oversight. Overall stance emphasizes reducing government-managed provision and increasing private management of public health programs.

Immigration & Border

Kevin Stitt supports stronger immigration enforcement and state–federal collaboration on removals while also backing policies to expand legal worker visas and task forces for lawful pathways. He has signed state laws and launched initiatives aimed at identifying and deporting undocumented immigrants in custody and has praised federal border-enforcement measures, while opposing measures he sees as targeting young children’s immigration status.

Abortion & Reproductive Rights

Supports near-total restrictions on abortion, endorsing laws that ban abortion from conception and signing legislation that makes performing abortions a felony; has directed state actions to block funding and enforcement related to abortion providers. Describes Oklahoma as a pro-life state and has taken executive and legislative actions to restrict abortion access at the state level.

Climate & Energy

Kevin Stitt supports an "all-of-the-above" energy approach that emphasizes Oklahoma energy production (including oil and natural gas) and state control over permitting while favoring market-driven solutions for renewables and opposing federal regulatory overreach. He has signed laws and executive actions to protect state energy authority, promoted fossil fuel development alongside support for technologies like carbon sequestration, and criticized federal regulations he views as burdensome.

Public Safety & Guns

Supports broadly permissive gun policies and strong Second Amendment protections; has signed laws enabling constitutional carry and laws limiting red flag-style firearm seizure orders and declaring Oklahoma a Second Amendment sanctuary. Has promoted Oklahoma as favorable to the firearms industry and received endorsement from the NRA-PVF.

News

AINews Summary

Last updatedMay 20, 2026

Kevin Stitt is in the news for appointing Alan Armstrong to temporarily fill Oklahoma’s U.S. Senate seat after Markwayne Mullin left to become Homeland Security secretary. Armstrong will serve only until the next election and cannot run for the seat himself. The move has set up a competitive race, with Rep. Kevin Hern emerging as an early frontrunner and already backed by key Republican figures, including Donald Trump.

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UNU.S. News & World Report2 months ago