2024 Candidates at Wagoner County GOP

The establishment of the CIC was approved by members of the Wagoner County Republican Party (“WCRP”) in 2018 at its County Convention. Its purpose is to determine to what extent candidates seeking to represent Wagoner County citizens truly understand and represent the Core Values adopted by the WCRP and codified in our Party Platform. This process is not intended to pick winners or losers among candidates. Rather, it compares candidates’ responses against our Core Values. The written questions are designed to be thought provoking and offer the candidates an opportunity to provide any explanatory comments they may wish to add. This process is done as a public service to Wagoner County voters to assist them in being well-informed when they go to the polls on June 18.

Follow-up interviews were conducted by way of a Zoom call between the candidate and members of the CIC. All interviews are conducted by the same moderator. These interviews were audio recorded, where consent was given by the candidate, and are included in each candidates’ links below.

For a complete copy of the CIC Rules codified in our Bylaws click here.

An objective raw Conservative Index score was derived based on initial responses to the questionnaire and then was adjusted, where appropriate, based on the follow-up interview. The adjusted Conservative Index score below indicates a candidates' response consistency with the Core Values of the WCRP.

During this 2024 Election Cycle there were 15 elective offices up for election. In 5 of those races, the incumbents ran unopposed and were reelected; in the other 2 races the Republican candidates did not draw a Republican opponent but will appear on the November ballot. In the remaining 8 races, there were a total of 21 candidates who were sent Questionnaires; 9 of whom chose to participate in this process. In addition, there were 2 additional candidates whose information appears below by virtue of their having participated in a prior year’s CIC process.

On Thursday, June 6, we will be hosting a Candidate Forum at the NSU Broken Arrow Campus.
(3100 New Orleans St, Broken Arrow, OK) at 7:00 pm. We invite you to attend; come early at 6:15 and meet the candidates in a one-on-one setting. More information can be found by Clicking on this link.

We hope after reviewing this information you will take a moment to quickly respond to a one question survey indicating how you heard about our CIC Questionnaire and results.

Thank you for taking the time to visit our website and review this information. I hope you will also take a few moments to take a quick tour of our website to see what other information is available.

Members of the 2024 Candidate Information Committee:
Chris Corcoran, Chair Matthew Vermillion Martha Vermillion
Michael Kauskey Larry Gallo Justin Dine

Office	Candidate (by office then alphabetical by last name)	2024 Conservative Index
U.S. Congress CD1	Kevin Hern (Incumbent)	Did Not Participate Won primary on to General
U.S. Congress CD1	Paul Royse	Did Not Participate Did not win primary
U.S. Congress CD2	Josh Brecheen (Incumbent)	Unopposed in 2024 Primary 2022 Conservative Index - 100%
Corporation Commissioner	Brian Bingman	Did Not Participate Won primary on to General
Corporation Commissioner	Justin Hornback	Did Not Participate Did not win primary
Corporation Commissioner	Russell Ray	Did Not Participate Did not win primary
State Sen. District 03	Julie McIntosh	96.5% Did not win primary - in runoff race
State Sen. District 03	Patrick Sampson	85.9%
State Sen. District 03	Blake "Cowboy" Stephens (Incumbent)	Did Not Participate Did not win primary - in runoff race
State Rep. District 04	Bob Culver (Incumbent)	Unopposed in 2024 Primary
State Rep. District 08	Tom Gann (Incumbent)	Unopposed and Won Outright
State Rep. District 12	Kevin McDugle (Incumbent)	WITHDREW
State Rep. District 12	Mark Chapman	Unopposed in 2024 Primary
State Rep. District 13	Neil Hays (Incumbent)	Did Not Participate Won Primary on to General
State Rep. District 13	Jarod Mendenhall	Did Not Participate Did not win primary
State Rep. District 14	Chris Sneed (Incumbent)	Unopposed and Won Outright
State Rep. District 23	Derrick Hildebrant	95.3% Won Primary on to General
State Rep. District 23	Connor Whitham	Did Not Participate Did not win primary
State Rep. District 98	J. David Taylor	92.9% Did not win primary
State Rep. District 98	Gabe Woolley	85.9% Did not win primary - in runoff race
State Rep. District 98	Dean Davis (Incumbent)	Did Not Participate Did not win primary - in runoff race
County Commissioner District 02	Jim E. Helm	100% Did not win primary
County Commissioner District 02	Randy Stamps	71.8% Did not win primary - in runoff race
County Commissioner District 02	Dustin Dorr	16.5% Did not win primary - in runoff race
County Clerk	Lori Hendricks (Incumbent)	Unopposed and Won Outright
County Court Clerk	James Hight (Incumbent)	Unopposed and Won Outright
County Sheriff	Tyler Cooper	96.5% Did not win primary - in runoff race
County Sheriff	Chris Elliott (Incumbent)	Did Not Participate in 2024 2020 Conservative Index - 73% Did not win primary - in runoff race
County Sheriff	Jamie Wheeler	Did Not Participate Did not win primary