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Brandon Wade
Brandon Wade (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Oklahoma's 2nd Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Wade completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Brandon Wade was born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. He earned a high school diploma from Copan High School. Wade's career experience includes working as a laborer in the oil industry. He has served as a union committee chairman and executive board member for IUOE local 351.[1][2]
Elections
2024
See also: Oklahoma's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024
Oklahoma's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (June 18 Republican primary)
Oklahoma's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (June 18 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Oklahoma District 2
Incumbent Josh Brecheen defeated Brandon Wade and Ronnie Hopkins in the general election for U.S. House Oklahoma District 2 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Josh Brecheen (R) | 74.2 | 238,123 |
 | Brandon Wade (D)  | 21.4 | 68,841 | |
 | Ronnie Hopkins (Independent) | 4.4 | 14,061 | |
| Total votes: 321,025 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Brandon Wade advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 2.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Josh Brecheen advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 2.
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Wade in this election.
2022
See also: United States Senate election in Oklahoma, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Oklahoma
Incumbent James Lankford defeated Madison Horn, Michael Delaney, and Kenneth Blevins in the general election for U.S. Senate Oklahoma on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | James Lankford (R) | 64.3 | 739,960 |
 | Madison Horn (D) | 32.1 | 369,370 | |
 | Michael Delaney (Independent) | 1.8 | 20,907 | |
 | Kenneth Blevins (L) | 1.8 | 20,495 | |
| Total votes: 1,150,732 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for U.S. Senate Oklahoma
Madison Horn defeated Jason Bollinger in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. Senate Oklahoma on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Madison Horn | 65.5 | 60,929 |
 | Jason Bollinger | 34.5 | 32,121 | |
| Total votes: 93,050 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Oklahoma
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Oklahoma on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Madison Horn | 37.2 | 60,691 |
| ✔ | | Jason Bollinger | 16.8 | 27,374 |
 | Dennis Baker | 13.8 | 22,467 | |
 | Jo Glenn | 13.0 | 21,198 | |
| Brandon Wade | 12.2 | 19,986 | |
 | Arya Azma | 7.0 | 11,478 | |
| Total votes: 163,194 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Oklahoma
Incumbent James Lankford defeated Jackson Lahmeyer and Joan Farr in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Oklahoma on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | James Lankford | 67.8 | 243,132 |
 | Jackson Lahmeyer | 26.4 | 94,572 | |
 | Joan Farr | 5.8 | 20,761 | |
| Total votes: 358,465 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Nathan Dahm (R)
Libertarian primary election
The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Kenneth Blevins advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate Oklahoma.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Brandon Wade completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Wade's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Returning Real Representation to our Congress. To do this we must listen to all voters, from all parties. Truly working for the people, not party lines.
- I will address the issue that are important to the people in my district.
- Together we will move forward to a stronger economy and a stronger working class.
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Campaign website
Wade’s campaign website stated the following:
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A Rural Candidate for a Rural Congressional District I grew up in Copan, Oklahoma, which is in Washington County near the Kansas border. I am a candidate who comes from Rural Oklahoma and I understand rural issues, such as the importance of public schools. We must keep our tax dollars where it belongs — our public schools! If our public schools fail our rural communities will go with them. I feel for anyone experiencing the rising costs of utlilities, working paycheck to paycheck and still not get by. I will work to hold corporate America and its greed accountable, so that all American workers have a fair, livable wage. So far I’ve been to 14 of the 27 counties in CD2 and I and plan to visit them all. I will meet with anyone, regardless of their party. I am working for the people. Obviously I have Democratic party ideals but I will be sent to work for the people. Join me and help elect a real rural leader who will fight for our values. A real Living Wage for rural Oklahoma. I was recently asked what I thought a living wage really was. I was happy to respond to that question. As a Union man I understand the fight for a living wage and what a living wage actually is. By definition a living wage is “a wage that is high enough to maintain a normal standard of living.” I believe the group of people in attendance was shocked to hear the numbers I gave them. I quoted them the numbers for my home county of Washington county. These numbers are for one adult $15.49, add one child $32.96, add two children $41.95, add three children $54.68. The numbers for two adults (one working) is $25.60. one child $32.14, two children $37.08, three children $40.87. Two adults (both working) $12.80, one child $18.44, two children $23.27, three children $27.53. The numbers that are shown are numbers that most people in CD2 don’t make, especially when you go adding children. If not for Unions there would be far more people behind. The biggest issue we have is the level of corporate greed in this country. The cost of everything has continued to climb year after year. Corporations have continued to make record profits year after year, but yet they don’t pass those profits along to the people that made them for them. What they do is continue to raise the cost of their products and fight to keep their workers wages low. I feel we need to address the corporations and demand they stop the price gouging. We must continue to demand the minimum wage be raised. This wage has not been raised since 2009! That is fourteen years without an increase to minimum wage. Why has this been allowed to happen? Because we continue to elect people to office that doesn’t care about the working class people in CD2. If we are ever going to stop the destruction of the middle class, restore our livelihood, and raise our wages to a respectable wage. We must start electing leaders that will fight for the working class and their families. As a Union man, I’m one to lead this fight. I will work to move the minimum wage to $16.00 immediately and then add legislation to continue to increase it yearly. Join me in the fight to return respect and dignity back to the people of Oklahoma! MENTAL HEALTH We must take a more serious look into this issue that effects so many Oklahomans in our state. Mental health issues come in many forms and effect a large part of our communities. We have to do more to address these issues. We need to provide more funds to ensure that the treatments and medications are provided and readily available to all that need them. I would like to be on a committee for Mental Healthcare. I would like to see programs installed all over this country that provides mental healthcare in many forms. With providing treatment programs, medications, and programs that provide the support that people in need are able to continue with their medications or treatment programs regardless of their financial status. We need to provide programs that can provide a community, housing, and job programs that can provide the stability that is needed for the people that need help can concentrate on that. We all have someone that struggles with a form of mental health and this is an issues that we all should be able to get behind and support. It will better our communities, neighbors, and families. IMMIGRATION REFORM The Great American Dream, America has been selling this concept for years! The dream of coming to a country where your dreams can come true! A land of endless hopes and freedoms. A place where anyone can live the good life, if they work hard and put in the effort. This is one of many reasons immigrants continue to come in numbers to the United States. The process to become an American citizen isn’t the easiest, in fact it is one of the toughest in the world. The system we currently have isn’t working, it’s busted. The system hasn’t been changed since 1986, when Congress enacted the Immigration Reform and Control Act. There has been subsequent laws in 1996, 2002, & 2006 in responses to concerns about terrorism and unauthorized immigration. In 2012, DACA was put into place. Real changes to address the changes we have seen in the world, hasn’t happened. We must sit down and address what isn’t working and make changes for the better. The blame game is doing nothing to address the issues. Stating our borders are broken or open and blaming the other party, isn’t fixing anything. The only thing this approach does is divide the Nation. We need solutions, ways to make the system better, and open minds willing to tackle the problems before us. This will take Leader, that are not afraid to do their job. I would love to have a seat at the table and lead these conversations that will lead to a better immigration system. The answers will require more funding, more personnel, and revamping of the laws to become a citizen. Personnel that will be required is in multiple areas, judges, border patrol officers, social workers, immigrant attorneys, and personnel to run background checks. I also believe we will need to set up immigration centers in every state. On the law side of the system, we need to seriously look at the time tables on becoming a citizen at every level. I’m willing to discuss this issue with anyone that wants to make a difference. [3] |
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| —Wade’s campaign website (2024)[4] | ||
2022
Brandon Wade completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Wade's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Protecting Women’s Rights
- Providing a Quality Education
- Healthcare for all that’s not tied to employment
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Campaign website
Wade's campaign website stated the following:
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Education This particular issue has been increasingly gaining coverage all over the US. Why exactly? It is an issue that needs to addressed. We must provide quality education for our children. Without education there is no future. We must provide quality education at all levels. This education must be provided for anyone that wants it and not leave them in a mountain of debt when they are done. Oklahoma ranks in the bottom 10% in the nation in education and that isn’t acceptable. Our children deserve better. Our future deserves better. Because of the quality of education in this state, we are losing many professionals to other states. They leave looking to provide better education for their children. To get the quality of education our children deserve, we must pay a professional wage to our educators. Doing this will provide the quality of education we desire. Brandon Wade For U.S. Senate 2022 is pushing for change, and is doing everything he can to see a brighter future. Learn more and join the cause today.
Brandon Wade For U.S. Senate 2022 is truly passionate about this issue, as it is one that impacts so many people all over the US and Oklahoma. I hold this issue close to my heart and will work day in and day out to find ways to improve the cause. I feel that healthcare is a human right and for this reason must be provided. We must provide affordable healthcare for every citizen in this country. This healthcare must be made portable and not tied to any job. No person in the greatest country in the world should have to remain in a job solely because of its healthcare. We must get control of prescription drug cost. We must make these pharmaceutical companies provide their prescriptions at the lowest rates possible. We shouldn’t be paying more in this country than what others are paying. The US spends the most money in the world for healthcare but ranks 18th in the world in healthcare. Denmark spends $5000 less than us and is ranked 1st in healthcare. We must ask ourselves why this is. Brandon Wade For U.S. Senate 2022 aims to work for the people to provide the best Healthcare we can provide.
Brandon Wade For U.S. Senate 2022 is proud to support and push for change throughout the community. This is a very serious issue that has been impacting civilians worldwide. We must do all we can to reduce the impact we have on our environment. We will do this by winging America and the rest of the world off of fossil fuels. We must push and demand the change over to more cleaner green energies. To help force this plan, we must work with the oil and gas industry and encourage them to invest and move to these greener options. We need to replenish our forest areas and encourage more use of hemp plants to help take the place of other products. The farming of this product will not only help with the reduction of our forest areas, but also help with the CO2 levels. It is up to Brandon Wade For U.S. Senate 2022 to address this issue head on, and rally the support needed to make the proper change. If you would like to find out more information about this issue, as well as others, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
This particular issue has been increasingly gaining coverage all over the world. Why exactly? Because in red state after red state women are losing their right to make medical decisions about their healthcare. Our wives, mothers, nieces, granddaughters, and daughters are having their basic human rights taken away. We are going backwards in time. Losing all progress made in equal rights for women. Oklahoma has passed one of the strictest laws in the nation on abortion. This law is not only unconstitutional, but it is also wasting our taxpayer’s money. If we don’t stand up now and put a stop to this, our women will lose their basic human rights. If we allow this to happen there will be mor to follow. I believe all women have the right to decide what they do with their own body. I will continue and always stand with our women in the Sooner state as we as anywhere else in this country. Please join me in protecting women’s rights. Brandon Wade For U.S. Senate 2022 aims to work for the Women of Oklahoma and the US.
Brandon Wade For U.S. Senate 2022 is truly passionate about this issue, as it is one that is long past time to change. Over half of the states in the country have marijuana legal in one form or both. This tells me that the people of this country want to legalize it. I feel that we must decriminalize this plant and remove it from the schedule 1 class. I want to have open conversations with many people in this industry to hear their concerns and work out a way to responsibility legalize marijuana. Brandon Wade For U.S. Senate 2022 aims to work for the people of Oklahoma on this subject.
Brandon Wade For U.S. Senate 2022 is proud to support and push for change throughout the community. I stand with the LGBTQ community. I will fight for their rights and equality. This is another area that Oklahoma has passed unconstitutional laws on. We must stand for every single person’s right. These rights are also human rights that we can’t allow to be taken away. I will always be someone that anyone can feel comfortable talking to. I will provide a safe environment for all that needs one. We must stop the hate and unjust questioning of a person’s identity. It is up to Brandon Wade For U.S. Senate 2022 to address this issue head on, and rally the support needed to make the proper change. If you would like to find out more information about this issue, as well as others, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
This particular issue has been increasingly gaining interest throughout the United States. As a working class man, I completely understand this situation. Almost 50% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. In the wealthiest country in the world that is an embarrassment. For far to long we have watched the rich get richer as the working class continues to struggle. Many having to work multiple jobs or 50 or more hours a week to get by. It’s past time for the working class to stand up. I will be that voice! I will fight for the working class. We must demand a living wage. It is time for the wealthy of this country to start paying the ones that made them wealthy a fair wage. It is time for trickle up economy not trickle down. Brandon Wade For U.S. Senate 2022 is pushing for change, and is doing everything he can to see a brighter future. Learn more and join the cause today.
Brandon Wade For U.S. Senate 2022 is truly passionate about this issue, as it is one that impacts so many people. Brandon Wade For U.S. Senate 2022 will fight to create common sense gun laws that will help protect our children and the people of Oklahoma and the Nation. We must take action now to stop these senseless shootings. The current legislators have failed to take the needed action to protect our children and it is well past time to do it. How many more children must lose their lives before action is taken? Let me be clear, I believe we must enforce the laws we have in place now first and foremost. We must hold people accountable for these acts. We have to teach people how to handle a gun and the responsibilities that come with owning one. Training must be mandatory before being allowed to own a gun. Accountability is important, I believe that if you own a gun you must keep it secure and out of the hands of others. We need to hold gun owners accountable if their gun is took and used in a shooting, if it wasn’t securely put away. You hear of too many accounts when a child gets the gun and then the action happens. Background check must be done on every single sale, even individual sales from person to person. The gun seller should have to do the background check and the sell shouldn’t be legal until the check comes back. If someone commits a crime and doesn’t pass a background check, then the seller should be charged as an accomplice. We won’t make progress with this unless there is accountability. We also must hold the offices that conduct the background checks responsible to handle these checks in a timely manner. We must eliminate the sales of semiautomatic weapons and large multiple round clips. These are weapons of war and have no place in our everyday life. These weapons are made to kill and do it in large amounts. We must get together and create common sense gun laws that protect our children and our citizens. Please join me in this fight. The time is now. We need more ballots not bullets.[3] |
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| —Brandon Wade's campaign website (2022)[5] | ||
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 6, 2022
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 10, 2024
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ BRANDON WADE FOR CONGRESS, “OK CD2 ISSUES,” accessed June 13, 2024
- ↑ Brandon Wade For U.S. Senate, “Home,” accessed July 6, 2022
