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Virgil Green
Virgil Green (Democratic Party) ran for election for Oklahoma County Sheriff. Green lost in the Democratic primary on June 30, 2020.
Green was a Democratic candidate for Oklahoma County sheriff in Oklahoma. He was defeated in the special primary election on April 4, 2017.
Biography
Green earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from the American Military University. He has also studied criminal justice at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.[1][2]
At the time of his 2017 run for office, Green was the chief of police for the Helena-West Helena Police Department in Helena-West Helena, Arkansas. His professional experience includes work as the police chief for the Spencer Police Department in Spencer, Oklahoma, and the Boley Police Department in Boley, Oklahoma. Green has also served as the director of public safety for the IPC International Corporation, the Oklahoma state executive director for Mothers Against Drunk Drivers, the president of the Oklahoma City Metro Chief's Association, and a member of the executive board of the Oklahoma Association of Chiefs.[2][3]
Elections
2020
See also: Municipal elections in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma (2020)
General election
General election for Oklahoma County Sheriff
Tommie Johnson III defeated Wayland Cubit in the general election for Oklahoma County Sheriff on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tommie Johnson III (R)  | 52.8 | 153,622 |
 | Wayland Cubit (D) | 47.2 | 137,271 | |
| Total votes: 290,893 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Oklahoma County Sheriff
Tommie Johnson III defeated incumbent P.D. Taylor in the Republican primary runoff for Oklahoma County Sheriff on August 25, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tommie Johnson III | 60.2 | 28,568 |
 | P.D. Taylor | 39.8 | 18,869 | |
| Total votes: 47,437 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Oklahoma County Sheriff
Wayland Cubit defeated Virgil Green in the Democratic primary for Oklahoma County Sheriff on June 30, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Wayland Cubit | 62.4 | 41,069 |
 | Virgil Green | 37.6 | 24,776 | |
| Total votes: 65,845 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Oklahoma County Sheriff
Incumbent P.D. Taylor and Tommie Johnson III advanced to a runoff. They defeated Mike McCully in the Republican primary for Oklahoma County Sheriff on June 30, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | P.D. Taylor | 48.3 | 29,452 |
| ✔ | | Tommie Johnson III | 33.0 | 20,119 |
| Mike McCully | 18.7 | 11,412 | ||
| Total votes: 60,983 | |||
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2017
Michael Hanson defeated Virgil Green in the Democratic primary for Oklahoma County sheriff.[4]
| Oklahoma County Sheriff, Democratic Primary Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Michael Hanson |
52.81% | 7,215 | |
| Democratic | Virgil Green | 47.19% | 6,447 | |
| Total Votes | 13,662 | |||
| Source: Oklahoma State Election Board, "Official Results," accessed May 1, 2017 | ||||
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Virgil Green did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2017
In a statement announcing his candidacy, Green said:
| “ | Today all of the citizens of Oklahoma County stand at a crossroads, our citizens need a Sheriff who will developed trust throughout our community and a Sheriff who has the experience to lead us into the future. And so, it is with a full appreciation of the awesome responsibility that comes with the job that I am announcing my candidacy for the office of Sheriff of Oklahoma County.[5] | ” |
| —Virgil Green[3] | ||
See also
2020 Elections
External links
- Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office
- Social media
Footnotes
- ↑ Facebook, "Virgil Green," accessed March 28, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 LinkedIn, "Virgil Green," accessed March 28, 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 News9, "Former Spencer Police Chief Announces Candidacy for Oklahoma County Sheriff," February 9, 2017
- ↑ Oklahoma State Election Board, "April / 2017 List of Elections," accessed March 18, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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