OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond is running for governor in 2026.
He made the announcement in a press conference on Jan. 13 at the Osage County Fairgrounds in Pawhuska.
Drummond's been the state Attorney General since Jan. 9, 2023. He's served as an assistant district attorney in Pawnee and Osage counties. In 1999, he started the Tulsa-based law firm, Drummond Law.
The oldest child in the fifth generation of Osage County Drummonds, the Republican and former fighter pilot promised not to cater to the “political elite” or “party bosses.” He said public service was engrained in him as a child and pointed to his success as attorney general.
Drummond said, at one point, there were more than 12,000 illegal marijuana grow operations in Oklahoma that he worked to shut down.
“Most of them criminal operations led by Mexican and Chinese cartels,” he explained. “Today, that number is 3,006.”
The President of the Oklahoma Fraternal Order of Police, Mark Nelson, announced the organization’s endorsement of Drummond, adding the executive board voted unanimously to back him.
“We believe Attorney General Drummond, who we have had a relationship with for years, is the best person to do this job next,” said Nelson.
Drummond is the first candidate seeking to replace Governor Kevin Stitt, who can not run again because of term limits.
The election for governor will be on Nov. 3, 2026.
Current Governor Kevin Stitt is term-limited and cannot run again.
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