Former Oklahoma State Senator Mike Mazzei announces that he is running for governor.

 

Mazzei served as an Oklahoma State Senator, representing District 25 in south Tulsa, after winning the Republican primary election for the district in 2004. Mazzei faced no opposition from the Democratic or Independent parties.

 

When his time in the Senate came to an end in 2016, Mazzei joined Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt as his Secretary of Budget from 2019 to 2020.

 

Mazzei joins the race against current Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond, former House Speaker Charles McCall, and Leisa Haynes.