Updated: Oklahoma voters have seven Democrats and 12 Republican candidates to choose from on the March 1 Presidential Preferential Primary ballot, Oklahoma State Election Board Secretary Paul Ziriax said Thursday.
Candidate filing for the primary closed Wednesday at 5 p.m. and the final list of those in the race follows.
“This is the most presidential candidates we’ve had file since Oklahoma’s first presidential primary in 1988, which also had 19 candidates,” Ziriax said.
Oklahoma State Election Board Secretary Paul Ziriax
Candidates also filed for various school board races at county election boards across the state this week. Annual School Elections will be in February 9, 2016, with runoffs scheduled April 5, if needed.
Filing for other federal, state and county offices scheduled for the regular 2016 elections will be April 13-15, with a Statewide Primary Election June 28, Runoff Election Aug. 23 and the General Election on Nov. 8, 2016.
A list of the candidates who filed for the Oklahoma Presidential Primary is available online, visit: http://elections.ok.gov
Here is the list:
2016 Presidential Preferential Primary Candidates
Filed at the Oklahoma State Election Board
December 7-9, 2015
Democrat
HILLARY CLINTON, 68, P.O. Box 5256, New York, NY 10185
BERNIE SANDERS, 74, P.O. Box 905, Burlington, VT 05402
ROQUE ROCKY DE LA FUENTE, 51, 5440 Morehouse Dr., #45, San Diego, CA 92121
KEITH JUDD, 57, P.O. Box 1884, Midland, TX 79702
MARTIN J. O’MALLEY, 52, 1501 St. Paul St. Ste. 115, Baltimore, MD 21202
MICHAEL A. STEINBERG, 56, 4925 Independence Pkwy No. 195, Tampa, FL 33624
STAR LOCKE, 75, P.O. Box 338, Port Aransas, TX 78373
Republican
MARCO RUBIO, 44, P.O. Box 558701, Miami, FL 33255
BEN CARSON, 64, 1800 Diagonal Rd. Ste. 140, Alexandria VA 22314
CHRIS CHRISTIE, 53, P.O. Box 9119, Morristown, NJ 07963
RICK SANTORUM, 57, P.O. Box 238, Verona, PA 15147
MIKE HUCKABEE, 60, P.O. Box 3357, Little Rock, AR 72203
CARLY FIORINA, 61, 1020 N Fairfax St. Ste. 200, Alexandria, VA 22314
JEB BUSH, 62, 9250 Flagler St. Ste. 502, Miami, FL 33174
JOHN R. KASICH, 63, P.O. Box 1344, Columbus, OH 43216
DONALD J. TRUMP, 69, 725 Fifth Ave. Fifth Floor, New York, NY 10022
RAND PAUL, 52, 513 C St. NE, Washington, DC 20002
LINDSEY GRAHAM, 60, P.O. Box 2732, Columbia, SC 29202
TED CRUZ, 44, P.O. Box 25376, Houston, TX 77019
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