Poll Shows Oklahoma GOP Governor’s Race Locked in Heated Four-Way…

After months and months of campaigning, pandering, and keeping the local TV news economy afloat with political ad spending, the 2026 Oklahoma gubernatorial race is still anyone’s to win or lose.

Well, that is if you’re a rich, white, Trump ass-kisser willing to spend a lot of your own money on campaign advertising.

According to a recent poll commissioned by YawnDoc (PDF), the race has devolved into an almost evenly split four-way orgy of white men who sound the same, look the same, and covet the same commercial airtime during Wheel of Fortune.

Here are the official standings with only a few weeks left until the Republican primary. The top three are separated by only decimal points.

Mike Mazzei – 22.1%

I don’t know about you, but the more I’m exposed to Mike Mazzei, the more I kind of like him. Sure, he comes across as a churchy, Ned Flanders type of guy, but also one who’s seen some shit. You know, the type of guy who looks like he’d be fun to do opioids with.

He celebrated the polling lead with this tweet:

Dude. You’re winning by 0.4%. I think that’s within the poll’s margin of error, which, based on the limited 400-ish respondents, I’m going to pretend is about 10%. Save the victory speech for later.

Gentner Drummond – 21.7%

It looks like Gentner Drummond’s beef burger is going cold!

Back in January, Gentner came out hot, dropping political bombs on his opponents and taking a commanding early polling lead, but that evaporated like jet fuel at an airshow. He’s now fallen into a virtual three-way tie for first.

If he somehow blows this – and based on all the dark money being spent against him, it’s possible – it would be one of the more impressive political flameouts in recent Oklahoma history. Seriously, just three months ago, it looked like he was going to coast to a likely runoff. Now he’s barely holding off Frank Keating’s kid!

Chip Keating – 21.4%

This is pretty badass!

My daughter is friends and softball teammates with Chip’s youngest, which means I now have a very real, very shameless conflict of interest in this race. As a result, I hope Chip wins, becomes the greatest governor in Oklahoma history, and eventually remembers the brave local blogger who supported him when he was only polling at 21.4%.

That being said…

I have to admit, I was surprised Chip polled this well. Outside of living in the Governor’s Mansion as a kid, he doesn’t really have a bunch of government experience, but I guess that shows just how powerful someone’s last name can be in Oklahoma politics! Seriously, if Chip’s last name were Barnes or Noble, he’d probably be polling in the teens or lower. Then again, if his last name were Ogle, he’d probably be winning the race.

Charles “Chiquita” McCall – 18.4%

This is great.

Ever since his first transphobic campaign ad used fruit as a lame “comic” metaphor for gender reassignment surgery, McCall has struggled to shake the image that he’s a perverted weirdo obsessed with genitalia.

But apparently 18% of Republican voters share the same feeling, so he’s hanging in there.

Outside of those four candidates, you have a bunch of fringe weirdos. They’re led by Jake Merrick, who is polling at a measly 7.5%. He doesn’t have much of a chance to move up, because he has vowed not to accept any lobbyist or special-interest money:

Yep, that’s right. He’s not accepting lobbyist or PAC money. And this isn’t because no lobbyist or PAC wants to fund a fringe candidate with extremist views – it’s because he’s turning them down.

You know, kind of like how we, at The Lost Ogle, have vowed not to accept any political advertising from Jake Merrick.

If you’re bored, you can read more about the poll results over at YawnDoc. They also took a look at the State School Superintendent race.

If you ask me, it’s not a shock the gubernatorial race is so close. As The Frontier’s Clifton Adcock noted, it’s almost comical how similar the four candidates all look and sound. They are almost indistinguishable from each other, and I’m pretty sure that’s reflected in the polling.

Anyway, we’ll keep following this race and will provide polling updates if or when they arrive.

Stay with The Lost Ogle. We’ll keep you advised.