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Friday, Nov. 7, 2025

Has the Oklahoma state government been a Republican trifecta for the past fourteen years?

Matthew Yim, Oklahoma Watch
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The Republican Party has held control of the governorship and both branches of the legislature in Oklahoma since 2011, as well as in Alabama, Florida, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, and Wyoming.

Starting in 2011, more states had Republican trifectas than had Democratic trifectas or divided governments. That was a break from the prior trend, which saw a greater percentage of divided state governments from 1992 to 2010. From 2011 to 2025, an average of 25 states were under Republican trifectas.

More Republican trifectas predate Oklahoma’s than are newer. Utah’s, established in 1985, is the oldest.

Since 1992, two-thirds of Oklahoma governors have been Republican. Republicans have controlled the Oklahoma Senate and the House of Representatives for 16 and 20 consecutive years, respectively.

New legislative maps signed in November 2021 did not significantly change party control in the legislature, but did reduce the number of competitive districts to 4.

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