Associated Press
Oklahoma’s GOP Gov. Kevin Stitt in fight for second term
In deep-red Oklahoma, first-term Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt, a wealthy businessman whose time in office has been rocked by feuds with tribal nations and members of his own party, finds himself in a surprisingly tough reelection campaign against Democrat Joy Hofmeister. Hofmeister, 58, the two-term state superintendent of public schools who switched parties to run against Stitt, has been blasting Stitt for his voucher-style plan to divert public education money to private schools. Jack Zedlitz, 48, a lifelong Republican who recently switched to independent, cast his ballot on Tuesday for Hofmeister at the Crown Heights Church of the Nazarene in Oklahoma City, saying Stitt’s support of education vouchers was too harmful to public schools.
