Chris Amason

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Chris Amason

Republican Party

Cleveland County Sheriff

Tenure

2021 - Present

Term ends

2029

Years in position

4

Report an officeholder change

Elections and appointments

Last elected

June 18, 2024

Contact

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Chris Amason (Republican Party) is the Cleveland County Sheriff in Oklahoma. Amason assumed office on January 4, 2021. Amason's current term ends on January 2, 2029.

Amason (Republican Party) won re-election for Cleveland County Sheriff in Oklahoma outright in the Republican primary on June 18, 2024, after the general election was canceled.

Elections

2024

See also: Municipal elections in Cleveland County, Oklahoma (2024)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Cleveland County Sheriff

Incumbent Chris Amason won election outright against Julie Tipton and Tim Deal in the Republican primary for Cleveland County Sheriff on June 18, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chris Amason	53.3	11,062
	Submit photo	Julie Tipton	33.0	6,838
	Submit photo	Tim Deal	13.7	2,839

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 20,739
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Amason in this election.

2020

See also: Municipal elections in Cleveland County, Oklahoma (2020)

General election

General election for Cleveland County Sheriff

Chris Amason defeated Kelly Owings in the general election for Cleveland County Sheriff on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chris Amason (R)	69.8	77,914
	Submit photo	Kelly Owings (Independent)	30.2	33,787

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 111,701
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for Cleveland County Sheriff

Chris Amason defeated Rick Adkins in the Republican primary runoff for Cleveland County Sheriff on August 25, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chris Amason	71.4	12,706
		Rick Adkins	28.6	5,081

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 17,787
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Cleveland County Sheriff

Chris Amason and Rick Adkins advanced to a runoff. They defeated Michael Freeman and Tim Deal in the Republican primary for Cleveland County Sheriff on June 30, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chris Amason	45.5	11,630
✔		Rick Adkins	21.3	5,445
	Submit photo	Michael Freeman	20.2	5,157
	Submit photo	Tim Deal	13.1	3,342

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 25,574
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Chris Amason did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Chris Amason did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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