ATTENTION: Wagoner County Republican Party Delegates & Guests
The 2025 Biennial County Convention
Saturday, March 1, 2025
Registration Starts Now
Registration Deadline Ends Saturday, February 22, 2025 at 11:59 pm
(There will be no Same Day Registration on the day of Convention)
9:00 am Check In Begins
10:00 am Convention Starts
Our Finest Hour Church, 11045 OK-51, Broken Arrow, 74014
The County Executive Committee voted to have a Delegate and Guest Registration Fee of $25.00 for this years convention.
Delegates Registration Fee is $25 - Only 1 ticket per Delegate. Each delegate will have to log on with their own email that was used at the precinct meetings. If you don't know what email you used please contact Matthew Vermillion, Chair at [email protected].
Guest Registration Fee is $25- Only 1 ticket per GUEST. Each GUEST will have to log on with their own individual email.
This event is only for Registered Republican Delegates or Guest.
Registration Deadline ends for both Delegates and Guests on Saturday, February 22, 2025 at 11:59 pm
(There will be no Same Day Registration on the day of Convention)
As was stated before the County Executive Committee voted to charge Delegates and Guest a $25.00 registration fee for this years convention. The reason for that is due to cost of running the convention and running the County Party on a monthly basis throughout the year.
Our County Convention will be held Saturday, March 1st at 10:00 am. We will meet at Our Finest Hour Church (11045 OK-51, Broken Arrow, 74014). Check in will begin at 9:00 am and close at 9:55 am. Doors will close at 9:55 am and if you are not in the building by that time you will not be allowed to participate. Convention will start at 10:00 am. Please make sure to have your State Issue ID and Voter ID Card with you. There will be a separate check in for Republican Guest and Candidates.
If you were unable to attend your precinct meeting or did not contact your precinct chair or party chair in order to become a participating/voting delegate, you may still attend the Convention as a guest.
The primary purpose of this year’s Convention is to elect our County Officers (County Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, State Committee Persons (2), 1st District Committee Persons (2) and 2nd District Committee Persons (2)) for the next 2 years and to also elect our county delegates to attend the Oklahoma Republican Party Biennial State Convention. These delegates will then elect our State Party Officers (Chair, Vice-Chair), vote on any state party rule changes as well as any new state party platform changes put forth at the state convention.
The Biennial State Convention will be a 1 day convention held Saturday, May 3, 2025 at Crossroads Church, 8901 S Shields Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73149 – more information to come
Wagoner County GOP Platform Committee: Will be meeting soon. Delegates that signed up and have been chosen to serve on this committee will be notified of the Date, Time, and Location of the meeting. Once we have the results from that meeting we will update this section of the email and be sending it out to the Delegates of the Convention.
Wagoner County GOP Rules Committee: Will be meeting soon. Delegates that signed up and have been chosen to serve on this committee will be notified of the Date, Time, and Location of the meeting. Once we have the results from that meeting we will update this section of the email and be sending it out to the Delegates of the Convention.
Wagoner County GOP Credential Committee: Will be meeting soon. Delegates that signed up and have been chosen to serve on this committee will be notified of the Date, Time, and Location of the meeting. This meeting will be to discuss how the check in will be handled and where each person will be stationed at during the morning of the convention.
Convention Guest Speakers:
Oklahoma Lt. Governor Matt Pinnell
Matt Pinnell was elected as the 17th Lieutenant Governor of the State of Oklahoma on November 6th, 2018. In that role, he serves as President of the Oklahoma State Senate, and is a member of multiple constitutional boards and commissions. Lt. Governor Pinnell also serves as Secretary of Tourism, Wildlife and Heritage on Governor Kevin Stitt’s cabinet.
In his role as Secretary of Tourism, Wildlife and Heritage, Pinnell oversees the Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation and the state’s efforts to promote tourism, the third largest industry in Oklahoma. Pinnell led the successful effort to rebrand the State of Oklahoma, a component of the overall effort to retain and recruit more jobs to the state of Oklahoma.
Pinnell also currently serves on the Department of Commerce executive committee focusing on small business growth, entrepreneurship, and workforce development. Pinnell has a background in entrepreneurship and is a small business owner with his wife, Lisa, who is an inventor and entrepreneur.
As an entrepreneur himself, Pinnell champions small business growth. He advises the Oklahoma Department of Commerce on small business growth, entrepreneurship, and workforce development. In 2022, he launched ‘A Look at Oklahoma CareerTech,’ a video interview series that showcases the education and employment opportunities the state’s CareerTech system provides.
Matt is a graduate of Oral Roberts University with a degree in Advertising and lives in Tulsa with his wife and their four children.

Oklahoma State Sen. Julie McIntosh, District 3
Dr. Julie McIntosh represents Senate District 3. She is a Christian, wife, mother of four, grandmother, family physician, and small business owner. Julie is married to Brad McIntosh, who is also a family physician. They live on a farm in wagoner county where they raise cattle, chickens, and bees.
Sen. McIntosh attended Indiana Wesleyan University, where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts, and the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine. She completed her residency in Family Medicine at St. Anthony Family Practice Residency in Oklahoma City.
In 2001, they moved to Eastern Oklahoma where Brad was recruited to join the practice of Tom Coburn. Julie began working for the Muskogee County Health Department where she has worked for most of the last 22 years, primarily in the role of Medical Director. In 2020, she also became the Medical Director for Okmulgee County Health Department. She retired from medicine in January of 2023.
McIntosh has homeschooled her children for over 20 years, and she has been active in operating several homeschool co-ops. She has also taught at the university level, at church, and on a volunteer basis at Indian Capital Technology Center.
Volunteer service is an important part of the McIntosh family’s life, and they have served in volunteer positions in various capacities in Africa, Europe, North and South America, the Middle East, and here in their home church and community. Julie also served on the Wagoner County Board of Adjustment.
In her free time, she enjoys gardening, hiking, and hunting.
Other Speakers by Video:

U.S. Congressman Kevin Hern, Oklahoma District 1
As the son of a 22-year Air Force veteran, Kevin Hern gained an early appreciation for the sacrifices that military families make. In high school, Kevin earned an Architectural Drafting Certificate in a concurrent Vocational-Technical school, which he used to work and pay for his Mechanical Engineering degree. Later in life, he earned his MBA.
He went on to work as an Aerospace Engineer for Rockwell. Kevin started his first small business in 1985 specializing in computer and software applications. Then he started saving to purchase his first McDonald’s Restaurant, starting several small business ventures: writing computer programs to automate tasks for businesses, real estate, and even hog farming.
In 1997, Kevin sold the hog farm to buy his first McDonald’s restaurants in North Little Rock. He went on to build an organization that owned 18 McDonald’s restaurants and employs over 1,000 people in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area.
Kevin has worked across every aisle by serving in various leadership positions within the McDonald’s system - what is dubbed as the most grassroots business in the world. He served 13 years on the National Leadership Team that represented all of the 3,500+ U.S. Franchisees, serving for 8 years as the Ombudsman and 5 years as the chairman of the Systems Economic Team. As the Chairman of the Economics Team, he was responsible for the multi-billion dollar relationship between the franchisees and McDonald’s Corporation for the over 14,000 franchisee owned restaurants across the United States. He served on McDonald’s Tax Policy Team for 5 years and on the McDonald’s Insurance Corporation board for 8 years.
In addition, Kevin has part ownership in a manufacturing facility in Muskogee, real estate ventures, and three technology companies. He is co-founder of a community bank where he served for 17 years on the executive board. He uses his business acumen to help aspiring entrepreneurs create new businesses, so they can pursue their American Dream. He has been a small businessman and job creator for over 35 years.
Kevin Hern was first sworn into Congress on November 13th, 2018 serving the remainder of NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine’s term. Hern was re-elected in 2022 and in 2024. Kevin and his wife Tammy live in Tulsa and have three children. They are members of the Church at Battle Creek.

U.S. Congressman Josh Brecheen, Oklahoma District 2
Josh Brecheen (pronounced Bra-keen) is a committed Christian, husband, father, and is a fourth generation rancher in Coal County, Oklahoma. Prior to his time in Congress, he owned and operated a small excavation and trucking business, Rawhide Dirtworks L.L.C. He served as an Oklahoma State Senator from 2010 to 2018, obtaining an overall voting record as the third most conservative senator among those with whom he served. He was the original author of measures that included capping state debt, banning dismemberment abortions, and a true repeal and replace of the common core educational standards—the nation’s first. From 2004 to 2010, Brecheen worked for U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. as a field representative, working directly with Oklahoma constituents and evaluating federal programs for waste and inefficiencies. Brecheen is also an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation.
Brecheen is a graduate of Oklahoma State University, where he earned a dual degree in agriculture. He served the Oklahoma FFA Association as State President in 1999 and later worked seasonally for the National FFA Organization as an ALD conference presenter. Until 2010, he brought inspirational messages into approximately 500 public schools, universities, and conferences through his motivational speaking business, Brecheen Keynotes and Seminars and also as a free service when employed by Tom Coburn.
Brecheen grew up in the professional cutting horse industry and in his youth was a two-time national qualifier for the National Cutting Horse Association Eastern Championship show. After college, Brecheen started training cutting horse futurity prospects as a “non pro” and has been raising quality cow horses for over 20 years.
As a member of Congress, he is focused on reining in our unsustainable debt and deficit spending, which he is convinced is undermining our national security.
Josh Brecheen was first sworn into Congress on November of 2022 and was re-elected in 2024.
The location for the County Convention is a different building than where we meet for our monthly meetings.

Our Finest Hour Church, 11045 OK-51, Broken Arrow, 74014
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Other important dates:
City Council/School Board Elections - Wagoner County Sales Tax Proposition (To find out more about the proposition click on this link)
Election Day: Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Polls will be open from 7 am - 7 pm
Last day to register to vote: Friday, January 17
Deadline to request absentee ballot: 5 PM, Monday, January 27
REMEMBER TO GO VOTE
OKGOP Lincoln Day Dinner
When: Friday, February 28, 2025
5:30 pm - Reception
6:30 pm - Dinner & Event
Where: The Embassy Church Ballroom, 7100 E. 31st St. Tulsa, OK 74145
Guest Speaker: Abraham Lincoln & The First Lady
Tickets for the Reception or Reception & Dinner can be purchased here
Board of Education and Statutory Municipal General Elections (Not every precinct will have an election)
Election Day: Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Polls will be open from 7 am - 7 pm
Last day to register to vote: Friday, March 7, 2025
Deadline to request absentee ballot: 5 PM, Monday, March 17, 2025
Early voting:
* Thursday, March 27, 2025, 8 AM - 6 PM
* Friday, March 28, 2025, 8 AM - 6 PM
REMEMBER TO GO VOTE
April Monthly Meeting
When: Thursday, April 3, 2025
6:30 pm - Fellowship Time - TBA
7:00 pm - Guest Speaker: TBA
Where: Northeastern State University Broken Arrow, Room 112,
3100 New Orleans St, Broken Arrow, OK 74014
30th Anniversary Murrah Bombing OKGOP Memorial Dinner
When: Saturday, April 5, 2025
5:30 pm - Reception
7:00 pm - Dinner
Where: OKC - Exact Location TBA
Keynote Speaker: Former Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating
Video presentation from Reverend Franklin Graham
More Information to come
Oklahoma Republican Party 2025 Gala
When: Friday, May 2, 2025
Time TBA
Where: TBA
Guest Speaker: TBA
Oklahoma Republican Party 2025 Biennial State Convention
When: Saturday, May 3, 2025
Time TBA
Where: Crossroads Church, 8901 S Shields Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73149
* More information to come.
* To be a delegate at the Biennial State Convention, you must first started by attending your precinct meeting and then be elected as a Delegate from the County Convention TO the State Convention. If you had to be absent from the precinct meeting, you must have contacted your Precinct Chair before the close of the week of the precinct meeting.
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