By Emma Murphy | Reporter
“I think it’s important to understand this is not denying kids food. A program is available to schools that comply with the law that allows kids to be fed in an after-school program, so kids will not go hungry.” - Lindel Fields of the State Department of Education discontinuing a program providing extra meals to some students
Gentner Drummond, left, and Mike Mazzei are pictured with their wives. Both are running for the Republican nomination for Oklahoma governor. (Photos by Nuria Martinez-Keel and Ace Cuervo/For Oklahoma Voice)
By Nuria Martinez-Keel
Millions more dollars have poured into an already historically expensive GOP primary race for Oklahoma governor leading up to an Aug. 25 runoff.
Campaign finance reports filed Monday with the state Ethics Commission — the first reports since the June 16 primary election — show Attorney General Gentner Drummond raised $2.47 million from individual donors and political action committees over the past two months. Drummond, a rancher from Hominy who narrowly led the Republican primary, also loaned his campaign $500,000 over that time, bringing the total amount of his personal loans to $3 million since launching his bid for governor.
His runoff opponent, financial planner and former state Sen. Mike Mazzei, of Tulsa, has loaned his campaign $11.6 million in total, including $710,000 since the June primary election, according to his campaign finance reports.
Voters exit their cars and head into the Oklahoma County Election Board Thursday in Oklahoma City to vote in the primary runoff election. (Photo by Emma Murphy/Oklahoma Voice)
By Emma Murphy
Oklahomans braved the scorching heat Thursday and began casting their votes to narrow down which candidates will make it to the general election ballot in November.
A student sits with a tray of food in the school cafeteria at Thelma R. Parks Elementary in Oklahoma City on Aug. 13, 2025. The Oklahoma State Department of Education recently discontinued a federal program that pays for third meals in schools with extended hours. (Photo by Nuria Martinez-Keel/Oklahoma Voice)
By Nuria Martinez-Keel
The Oklahoma State Department of Education has discontinued a federal program that funded third meals in public schools that operate with extended hours.
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