Over the past couple of years, the Oklahoma GOP has been embroiled in a civil war of sorts between the traditional Republicans who want to give public education as little money as possible to functionally operate, and the ultra-wackos who want to give public education as little money as possible to functionally operate, and then funnel the money into the pockets of "school choice" advocates, charter school cronies and other government grifters.
From all accounts, the civil war is getting heated.
Some off-shoot of the OCPA – a right-wing dunce tank led by Tea Party tools who evolved into MAGA morons – has recruited and backed candidates to run against certain House Republicans who helped block The Sabotage Oklahoma Public Education Act – the grand piece of legislation that was being aggressively and unsuccessfully pushed by Governor Kevin Stitt, Senate Pro Tem Greg Treat, Bro'cetery of Education Ryan Walters, and other Evangelical grifters who want to see public education in Oklahoma flounder and fail.