ABIGAIL: FROM LANDSLIDE VICTORIES TO RACES DECIDED BY JUST A FEW VOTES, AND SOME STILL NOT CALLED TONIGHT. GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR BEING A LONG. I’M ABIGAIL OGLE. JESSICA: WE NOW KNOW, MOSTLY, WHAT YOUR NOVEMBER BALLOT WILL LOOK LIKE. I’M JESSICA SCHAMBACH. EVAN: AND I’M EVAN ONSTOT. WE START TONIGHT’S COVERAGE WITH THE INTERSECTION OF POLITICS AND OUR KIDS’ EDUCATION. THE RACE TO BE THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR STATE SUPERINTENDENT. CURRENT STATE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION RYAN WALTERS DECLARING VICTORY OVER SHAWNEE SUPERINTENDENT APRIL GRACE. HE HAS 53% OF THE VOTE. KOCO’S ZACH RAEL JOINS US LIVE FROM RYAN WALTERS’ WATCH PARTY IN OKLAHOMA CITY. ZACH, I UNDERSTAND THE GOVERNOR WAS THERE. ZACH: THAT IS CORRECT. THIS RACE OBVIOUSLY VERY HOT WE WATCHED RIGHT NOW, AND GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT WALKING IN, AND THAT IS WHEN THE CELEBRATION REALLY BEGAN. THAT WAS SHORTLY BEFORE 8:30 THIS EVENING. THE TWO WALKED UP ON STAGE AND CLEARED VICTORIES IN THIS REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR SUPERINTENDENT. WHILE THE RACE WAS CLOSE, WALTERS DID HOLD A COMMANDING LEAD OVER APRIL GRACE THE ENTIRE EVENING AND IT ONLY CONTINUED TO GROW. DURING THE CAMPAIGN, WALTERS MADE NOTES ON HIS TALKING POINTS. WALTERS HAS MESSAGED AGAINST THE WOKE IDEOLOGY OF STUDENTS. HE HAS ALSO BEEN A SUPPORTER OF SCHOOL CHOICE OPTIONS. HE SAYS HE WILL MAKE GOOD ON HIS PROMISES. >> WE HAVE SEEN A MANDATE FROM OKLAHOMA VOTERS. GOVERNOR STITT’S EDUCATION VISION AND SCHOOL CHOICE WILL HAPPEN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA. [APPLAUSE] WE ARE GOING TO REJECT CALLS FROM THE TEACHERS UNION TO PUSH WOKE, LEFT-WING INDOCTRINATION IN OUR SCHOOLS. ZACH: AND AGAIN, HEARING FROM SECRETARY WALTERS THERE, THE GOVERNOR AND WALTERS ARE FOCUSING ON THE MIDTERM ELECTION IN NOVEMBER WHERE WALTERS WILL GO ON TO FACE THE DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER. ZACH RAEL, KOCO 5 NEWS. JESSICA: THANK YOU, ZACH. NOW TO APRIL GRACE’S WATCH PARTY. ABIGAIL: WE ARE TOLD SHE HAS CONCEDED IN THIS RACE. KOCO’S ALEXANDRIA WILLIAMS JOINS US LIVE FROM OKLAHOMA CITY. ALEXANDRIA: YOU SAW EARLIER TONIGHT THERE WAS A HUGE RALLY OF SUPPORT FOR DR. APRIL GRACE, BUT AFTER OUR 9:00 COVERAGE, DR. APRIL GRACE DID GIVE HER CONCESSION SPEECH TO HER SUPPORTERS, THANKING THEM FOR EVERYTHING HAVE DONE DURING THIS CAMPAIGN. EVEN THOUGH THINGS DID NOT GO HER WAY TONIGHT, SHE WILL STILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT. TAKE A LISTEN. >> I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR EVERY ONE OF YOU. I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT, YOUR CHEERING, AND WHAT I KNOW IS EVEN ON HER WORST DAY, WE ARE STILL SOME KIDS’ BEST HOPE. [APPLAUSE] ALEXANDRIA: AFTER TONIGHT’S WATCH PARTY ENDED, I ASKED DR. APRIL GRACE, WILL SHE NOW GIVE HER SUPPORT TO HER OPPONENT, RYAN WALTERS, OR EVEN THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES? SHE TOLD ME SHE DOES NOT KNOW WHERE SHE WILL GO FROM HERE. SHE WANTS TO TAKE TONIGHT TO BE TONIGHT AND GET A BETTER LOOK AT EVERYTHING TOMORROW. SHE DID MENTION THAT SHE BELIEVES SHE AND RYAN WALTERS HAVE OPPOSING VIEWS ON BIG ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO OKLAHOMANS. BUT SHE SAYS SHE FOUGHT A CLEAN RACE AND IS PROUD OF THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE. LIVE IN OKLAHOMA CITY, ALEXANDER WILLIAMS, KOCO 5 NEWS. JESSICA: THIS MEANS THAT RYAN WALTERS WILL FACE FORMER TEACHER OF THE YEAR DEMOCRAT JENA NELSON IN NOVEMBER TO BE OKLAHOMA’S NEXT STATE SUPERINTENDENT. EVAN: THE BIGGEST POLITICAL PRICE IN THIS ELECTION CYCLE IS THE U.S. SENATOR’S SEAT AS JIM INHOFE RETIRES AND THE MAN TO EMERGE OUT OF A CROWDED FIELD IS A MARKWAYNE MULLIN. HE BEAT T.W. SHANNON WITH 65% OF THE VOTES. JESSICA: ANDY WEBER IS LIVE WITH US TONIGHT. HE JOINS US LIVE FROM TULSA FROM MARKWAYNE MULLIN’S WATCH PARTY AT THE STOCKLEY EVENT CENTER. THIS RACE WAS CALLED EARLY ON. ANDY: YOU MENTIONED THAT THE RACE WAS CALLED EARLY ON AND IT WAS NOT A CLOSE RACE. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CALLED THIS RUNOFF RACE IN LESS THAN AN HOUR, AND THAT IS WHY IT IS SO QUIET HERE, AT THE WATCH PARTY IN TULSA. THEY ANNOUNCED THAT MARKWAYNE MULLIN WOULD BE THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE. TONIGHT’S VICTORY COMES AFTER A LONG CAMPAIGN. THE ORIGINAL PRIMARY HAD A CROWDED FIELD OF TEN CANDIDATES INCLUDING LUKE HOLLAND, JIM INHOFE’S FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF WHO ALSO HAD HIS BOSS’ ENDORSEMENT. BUT BACK IN LATE JUNE, MULLIN AND SHANNON EMERGED AS THE TWO LEADERS IN THAT RACE. MULLIN DID NOT HAVE A MAJORITY OF VOTES IN THE PRIMARY, SO A RUNOFF WAS REQUIRED. IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS, MULLIN HAS LED IN THE POLLS AND RECEIVED ENDORSEMENTS OF SEVERAL OF THE STATE’S TOP REPUBLICANS AS WELL AS FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. HERE’S MORE FROM THE NOMINEE AND HIS OPPONENT. >> WE ARE REGIONAL CAMPS -- CHAMPS RIGHT NOW. WE ARE NOT STATE CHAMPS. WE HAVE STILL GOT TO TAKE ON THOSE FALCONS. WE ARE GOING TO WIN IT. [APPLAUSE] WE ARE GOING TO WIN IT. I DO NOT BELIEVE IN LOSING. >> SO YOU PLAN TO ENDORSE MARKWAYNE MULLIN? >> 100% TONIGHT. I 100% ENDORSE HIM AND THE HARDEST THING ABOUT THIS RACE WAS TO DISAGREE ON. -- WAS FINDING THINGS TO DISAGREE ON. ANDY: THAT GENERAL ELECTION IS SET FOR NOVEMBER 8 WERE VOTERS OF ALL PARTIES CAN CHOOSE ALL CANDIDATES FOR THEIR CHOICE OF THE SEATS. REPORTING LIVE IN TULSA, ANDY WEBER, KOCO 5 NEWS. ABIGAIL: THANK YOU. MULLIN WILL FACE DEMOCRAT KENDRA HORN, FORMER U.S. CONGRESSWOMAN, IN NOVEMBER. OKLAHOMA’S OTHER U.S. SENATE SEAT IS ALSO ON THE LINE. AND THIS IS RARE. IT IS RARE FOR BOTH TO BE UP FOR GRABS IN THE SAME ELECTION. JESSICA: RIGHT, SENATOR INHOFE’S RESIGNATION COMING AT THE SAME TIME AS SENATOR LANKFORD’S TERM IS UP. AND NEW TONIGHT, MADISON HORN WILL BE THE DEMOCRAT TO FACE LANKFORD IN NOVEMBER. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS. HORN, A POLITICAL NEWCOMER, DEFEATING JASON BOLLINGER IN THIS RACE 65% TO 35% IN THE RACE FOR U.S. SENATE. KOCO’S ALYSE JONES JOINS US LIVE FROM MADISON HORN’S WATCH PARTY. ALYSE, WHAT’S THE REACTION IN THE ROOM TONIGHT? ALYSE: WATCH PARTY HERE IS WRAPPING UP AS MADISON HORN WAS DECLARED THE WINNER OF THIS RUNOFF EARLY IN THE EVENING. THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT, THE ROOM WAS FULL OF EXCITEMENT. PEOPLE WERE BRINGING COWBELLS AND CELEBRATING MADISON HORN AS SHE MOVES ONE STEP CLOSER TO THE U.S. SENATE SEAT. [APPLAUSE] HUGGING AND THANKING FRIENDS AND FAMILY, EMOTIONS RUNNING HIGH THROUGH THE ROOM AS MADISON HORN WAS DECLARED THE WINNER OF THE DEMOCRATIC RUNOFF TONIGHT FOR SENATOR. HORN SAYS HER PLAN IS TO KEEP WORKING TO REPRESENT ALL OKLAHOMANS. SHE SAYS ALTHOUGH SHE’S RUNNING AS A DEMOCRAT, SHE WANTS REPUBLICAN AND INDEPENDENT VOICES TO BE HEARD, SAYING OKLAHOMA ISN’T A RED OR BLUE STATE, IT’S PURPLE, AND SHE BELIEVES THAT’LL BE SEEN AT THE POLLS COME NOVEMBER. >> BELIEVE, JUST BELIEVE. BELIEVE THAT OKLAHOMANS WANT CHANGE AND HAVE HOPE IN THAT CHANGE. IF YOU LOSE HOPE IN WHAT OKLAHOMA IS CAPABLE OF DELIVERING IN NOVEMBER, WE’VE ALREADY LOST. SO GET OUT AND VOTE. IF YOU ARE TIRED AROUND THE STATUS QUO, GO VOTE BECAUSE THIS TOGETHER. ALYSE: MADISON HORN TOLD ME THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF HER JOURNEY. SHE SAYS TOMORROW, THE WORK STARTS FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. SHE’LL CHALLENGE INCUMBENT SENATOR JAMES LANKFORD FOR HIS SEAT IN D.C. AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT OKLAHOMA. REPORTING LIVE IN OKLAHOMA CITY, ALYSE JONES, KOCO 5 NEWS. ABIGAIL: THANK YOU. WE REACHED OUT TO SENATOR LANKFORD TONIGHT NOW THAT HE KNOWS WHO HE WILL FACE IN THE GENERAL ELECTION. HE DID NOT SEND A NEW STATEMENT ABOUT HIS OPPONENT, BUT REFERRED US BACK TO HIS COMMENTS WHEN HE WON HIS PRIMARY IN JUNE. THAT NIGHT, HE TOUTED HIS EFFORTS TO BE A PART OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY RETAKING THE MAJORITY IN THE SENATE COME NOVEMBER. A LOT OF PEOPLE WATCHING THIS ONE TOO. THE RACE FOR OKLAHOMA COUNTY’S TOP LAWYER. 61% TO 39%, KEVIN CALVEY WILL BE THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY. EVAN: KOCO’S JASON BURGER JOINS US LIVE FROM CALVEY’S WATCH PARTY. JASON? JASON: WE ARE HERE IN EDMOND WHERE KEVIN CALVEY WAS WATCHING THE RESULTS TONIGHT. FOR NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE HE IS HEADED TO THE NOVEMBER ELECTION FOR THE DA RACE. OKLAHOMA COUNTY COMMISSIONER KEVIN CALVEY AND REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE GAYLAND GEIGER FACED OFF TONIGHT FOR A SPOT IN THE REGULAR ELECTION COMING UP IN NOVEMBER. PREVIOUSLY, CALVEY SAID HE BELIEVES HIS EXPERIENCE PROSECUTING TERRORISTS OVERSEAS WHILE IN THE ARMY SETS HIM APART FOR THE POSITION. CURRENTLY, THE UNOFFICIAL POLL DATA SHOWS CALVEY LEADING BY OVER 9000 VOTES AGAINST GIEGER. WE CAUGHT UP WITH CALVEY AT HIS WATCH PARTY HERE IN EDMOND TONIGHT. HERE’S WHAT BOTH CANDIDATES TOLD US. >> I WOULD LIKE TO PUT A BIGGER FOCUS ON VICTIM ADVOCATES. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN LACKING. I WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS A LOT MORE ON COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFIC. WE DO A LOUSY JOB OF THAT. >> KNOCKING DOORS IN THIS COUNTY, IT’S BEEN WONDERFUL TO GET TO MEET PEOPLE THAT I HADN’T MET BEFORE, AND SO IT’S BEEN GREAT, AND IT’S BEEN AN HONOR ALL THE WAY AROUND. JASON: THE OFFICIAL WINNER TONIGHT WILL FACE DEMOCRAT VICKI BEHENNA IN NOVEMBER. THE WINNER OF THAT ELECTION WILL TAKE OVER THE SEAT OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY DAVID PRATER. IN EDMOND, JASON BURGER, KOCO 5 NEWS. EVAN: LET’S KEEP IT IN OKLAHOMA COUNTY AND ONE OF THE TIGHTEST RACES WE HAVE SEEN THIS EVENING, INCUMBENT COMMISSIONER CARRIE BLUMERT COMING FROM BEHIND. AND NARROWLY DEFEATING FORMER STATE SENATOR ANASTASIA PITTMAN. AS YOU SEE THERE, 50.5% TO 49.5%. 120 BOATS -- VOTES SEPARATED THEM. BLUMERT WILL NOW FACE REPUBLICAN WILLARD LINZY IN THE GENERAL ELECTION. IN THE REPUBLICAN RUNOFF FOR STATE LABOR COMMISSIONER, LESLIE OSBORN DEFEATING SEAN ROBERTS IN THAT RACE. SHE WILL FACE JACK HENDERSON IN NOVEMBER. ABIGAIL: VOTERS IN NORMAN WERE SPLIT ON A SERIES OF PROPOSITIONS TONIGHT. THEY VOTED AGAINST RAISES FOR THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AND CHOSE NOT TO EXTEND COUNCIL TERMS. NORMAN ALSO SAID NO TO ALLOWING THE CITY COUNCIL TO RAISE UTILITY RATES. BUT NORMAN ALSO APPROVED SEVERAL THINGS, INCLUDING GIVING MORE POWER TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS IN SOME CASES, AND THEY ALSO APPROVED CREATING A CITY AUDITOR. FOR MORE ON THE PROPOSITION RESULTS AND OTHER ELECTION RESULTS, YOU CAN FIND IT RIGHT NO