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Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District
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Democratic primary
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Election details
Filing deadline: April 3, 2026
Primary: June 16, 2026
Primary runoff: August 25, 2026
General: November 3, 2026
How to vote
Poll times:

7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Voting in Oklahoma

Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Republican
DDHQ and The Hill: Pending
Inside Elections: Solid Republican
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican
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U.S. Senate battlegrounds
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Federal and state primary competitiveness
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A Republican Party primary takes place on June 16, 2026, in Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District to determine which Republican candidate will run in the district's general election on November 3, 2026.

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
April 3, 2026
June 16, 2026
November 3, 2026



A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. As of February 2026, both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party were scheduled to hold closed primaries in 2026 and 2027, in which only registered party members could participate.[1][2][3]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

This page focuses on Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District Republican primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Democratic primary and the general election, see the following pages:

Candidates and election results

Note: The following list includes official candidates only. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:

  • Register with a federal or state campaign finance agency before the candidate filing deadline
  • Appear on candidate lists released by government election agencies

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4

Incumbent Tom Cole (R) and Marcie Everhart (R) are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4 on June 16, 2026.

Candidate
Image of Tom Cole
Tom Cole
Image of Marcie Everhart
Marcie Everhart  Candidate Connection

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Marcie Everhart

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WebsiteFacebookX

Party: Republican Party

Incumbent: No

Submitted Biography:  "I am Oklahoma's only America First Republican candidate in Congressional District 4, challenging a longtime incumbent who has evolved over decades into the King of the Swamp in D.C. I'm a retired businesswoman, community volunteer, grandmother of an 11-year-old cancer survivor, wife of a Tinker engineer, mom of a combat vet. I've lived in the same house in Moore, OK, the past 24 years. In my 20s, I lived in Lawton for 10 years. I'm a 5th-generation Oklahoman. I have a BA from UCO in Edmond and an MBA (with a focus in International Marketing) from OCU in Oklahoma City. I specialized in bringing to market new technologies, mostly medical in nature. I was also a newspaper reporter and advertising exec earlier in my career. I am drawn to very complicated problems with a lot of pieces that demand deep analysis and innovative creativity to solve. I am known for inspired strategy and excellent execution of that strategy. This is our country's current situation. The level of corruption, driving the debt ever higher, has become unsustainable. We have reached critical mass. And it can no longer be "business as usual" for our compromised elected officials. I have never held public office which means I have no baggage, no ties, no debts, no favors to give, no special interests, no lobbyist buddies, no backroom deals. Refreshing, isn't it? Please join me on X @EverhartMarcie to learn more about me, my stances, and my solutions."

Key Messages

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In the past year, we have become inundated with daily news of an astounding amount of corruption coming to light everywhere, in every aspect of our government. Finding out where your hard-earned tax money has been squandered is a gut punch. The extreme lack of morality, or even concern for fellow Americans, is shocking. We are sick of the corruption and sick of the crooks never being punished. My platform is about REFORM: Election, Congressional, Judicial, Bill, and Debt Reform. We have to send enough America First Patriots to D.C. to push through the many reforms needed to ensure this never happens again. Term limits, one-subject bills, sole-American citizenship, voter ID, no insider stock trading, no NGOs at all! Reform the Rot Out!

The rampant corruption has fed directly into a $38T national debt that threatens our very future. Once you begin researching exactly how this exorbitant amount of money is financed, you become heartsick. One of their sneaky tricks is called "intragovernmental loans," in which money is "borrowed" from Social Security and Medicaid funds. One part of government borrows money from another part of government. It's like a shell game. Then they tell YOU we're running out of Social Security. The 2nd Plank of my Platform is about THE MONEY. We have to End the Fed, DOGE like crazy, and pass laws about how the debt will be managed and eventually eliminated.

Am I a vengeful person? I guess so. We want the crooks who have destroyed trust in our country punished. If they are not, crooks will keep on doing it. There needs to be a very painful downside, with lengthy jail time, for the traitors who threw our country under the bus for their personal gain! Also, I want to pass a law that any money clawed back from the depths of waste, fraud, and abuse is divvied up and sent back to taxpayers on a quarterly basis. They obviously didn't need that money! We're tired of being the suckers. The 3rd Plank of my Platform is about RETRIBUTION and restoring trust in our sacred institutions. We are OWED that.

Voting information

See also: Voting in Oklahoma

Election information in Oklahoma: June 16, 2026, election.

What is the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: May 22, 2026
  • By mail: Postmarked by May 22, 2026
  • Online: May 22, 2026

Is absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

N/A

What is the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

  • In-person: June 1, 2026
  • By mail: Received by June 1, 2026
  • Online: June 1, 2026

What is the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

  • In-person: June 16, 2026
  • By mail: Received by June 16, 2026

Is early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What are the early voting start and end dates?

June 11, 2026 to June 13, 2026

Are all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, is a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When are polls open on Election Day?

7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (CT)

Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Tom Cole Republican Party $2,445,031 $1,724,518 $2,500,786 As of December 31, 2025
Marcie Everhart Republican Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2026. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.
*** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

District analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.

  • District map - A map of the district in place for the election.
  • Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2026 U.S. House elections in the state.
  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
  • State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.


Below is the district map in place for this election. Click the map below to enlarge it.

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See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2026
Information about competitiveness will be added here as it becomes available.

Partisan Voter Index

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is R+17. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 17 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Oklahoma's 4th the 55th most Republican district nationally.[4]

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2024 presidential election was in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by The Downballot.

2024 presidential results in Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District
Kamala Harris Democratic PartyDonald Trump Republican Party
32.0%66.0%

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in Oklahoma, 2024

Oklahoma presidential election results (1900-2024)

  • 10 Democratic wins
  • 20 Republican wins
Year 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winning Party N/A N/A D D D R D R D D D D D R R R D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
See also: Party control of Oklahoma state government

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Oklahoma's congressional delegation as of October 2025.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Oklahoma
Party U.S. Senate U.S. House Total
Democratic 0 0 0
Republican 2 5 7
Independent 0 0 0
Vacancies 0 0 0
Total 2 5 7

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Oklahoma's top four state executive offices as of October 2025.

State executive officials in Oklahoma, October 2025
OfficeOfficeholder
GovernorRepublican Party Kevin Stitt
Lieutenant GovernorRepublican Party Matt Pinnell
Secretary of StateRepublican Party Benjamin Lepak
Attorney GeneralRepublican Party Gentner Drummond

State legislature

Oklahoma State Senate

Party As of February 2026
     Democratic Party 8
     Republican Party 40
     Other 0
     Vacancies 0
Total 48

Oklahoma House of Representatives

Party As of February 2026
     Democratic Party 18
     Republican Party 80
     Other 0
     Vacancies 3
Total 101

Trifecta control

Oklahoma Party Control: 1992-2025
Five years of Democratic trifectas  •  Fifteen years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Governor D D D R R R R R R R R D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
Senate D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D S S R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
House D D D D D D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Oklahoma in the 2026 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Oklahoma, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2026
State Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
Oklahoma U.S. House All candidates 2% of the number of registered voters in the appropriate district $1,000 4/3/2026 Source

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Oklahoma State Election Board, "Oklahoma's Recognized Political Parties Keep Primaries Closed," December 10, 2025
  2. ↑ Oklahoma State Election Board, "Political Parties, accessed February 5, 2026
  3. ↑ Oklahoma State Courts Network, "Okla. Stat. tit. 26, § 1–104," accessed February 5, 2026
  4. ↑ Cook Political Report, "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)," accessed July 1, 2025


Oklahoma's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators
James Lankford (R)
Markwayne Mullin (R)
Representatives
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
Tom Cole (R)
District 5
Republican Party (7)


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