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Mike Mazzei

Candidate for Governor of Oklahoma (2026)

Mike Mazzei is a Tulsa businessman and former Oklahoma state senator who founded an investment management firm and served as Governor Kevin Stitt's budget secretary. He is the Republican nominee for governor of Oklahoma in 2026, having won the August 25, 2026 primary runoff against Attorney General Gentner Drummond.

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Running for: Candidate for Governor of Oklahoma (2026)
Running in: Oklahoma
Public role: 2026 general-election candidate
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Most recent public office: Oklahoma Secretary of Budget (appointed December 2018)
Prior office: Oklahoma State Senate, District 25 (elected 2004, served 12 years)
Occupation: Founder and CEO, Trinity Strategic Wealth, Tulsa
2026 general election opponent: Cyndi Munson (D)

Background

Biography

Mike Mazzei is a businessman from Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the founder and chief executive of Trinity Strategic Wealth, an investment management firm. He was first elected to the Oklahoma State Senate in 2004 and represented Senate District 25 for 12 years, chairing the Senate Finance Committee for about a decade. In December 2018, Governor Kevin Stitt appointed him Oklahoma's Secretary of Budget. Mazzei announced his campaign for governor in April 2025. In the June 16, 2026 Republican primary he finished in a nine-candidate field with about 26 percent of the vote, roughly tied with Attorney General Gentner Drummond, which sent the race to a runoff. In the August 25, 2026 runoff Mazzei defeated Drummond by just over 2,000 votes, receiving about 186,000 votes, and became the Republican nominee. He faces Democrat Cyndi Munson, the Oklahoma House minority leader, in the November 3, 2026 general election.

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Candidate · Oklahoma · Republican

Mike Mazzei

Candidate for Governor of Oklahoma (2026)

Public record

Office and sources

Running for: Candidate for Governor of Oklahoma (2026)
Running in: Oklahoma
Public role: 2026 general-election candidate
Record includes: Source-linked checks, statements, and coverage
Most recent public office: Oklahoma Secretary of Budget (appointed December 2018)
Prior office: Oklahoma State Senate, District 25 (elected 2004, served 12 years)
Occupation: Founder and CEO, Trinity Strategic Wealth, Tulsa
2026 general election opponent: Cyndi Munson (D)

Background

Biography

Voting record

This office does not cast congressional roll-call votes.

Candidate for Governor of Oklahoma (2026) is an executive office. The Baseline will not manufacture a congressional voting score for it; sourced checks, statements, and coverage appear below.

The Baseline desk

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When The Baseline verifies and publishes a check on a claim by Mike Mazzei, it will appear here with its evidence and primary sources. An empty record is not a rating.

Biography

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Biography

This office does not cast congressional roll-call votes.

Published claim checks

Also from Oklahoma