Drummond, Mazzei Head to Runoff in Oklahoma GOP Governor’s Primary

Tulsa businessman and former state Sen. Mike Mazzei will face Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond in the Aug. 25 gubernatorial primary runoff election.
Drummond received 26.3 percent of the vote to Mazzei’s 25.9 percent. The runoff was triggered because neither received at least 50 percent of the vote.
Mazzei has been touting President Donald Trump’s May 29 endorsement in his campaign ads. During a June 11 debate, Drummond pointed out that Mazzei changed his position on a proposed aluminum smelter project in northeast Oklahoma favored by the president soon after he received Trump’s endorsement.
Mazzei originally opposed the $4 billion smelter project planned for Inola, Oklahoma, east of Tulsa. The smelter is part of $200 billion in commercial deals between the United States and the United Arab Emirates, the Trump administration announced in May 2025….