School Choice Money Floods Oklahoma Primary: States of Play

May 13, 2026, 6:41 PM UTC

School Choice Money Floods Governor Race

Groups affiliated with the Club for Growth are pouring $4.3 million into Oklahoma’s governor’s race as it works to make school choice and religious education a centerpiece of Republican politics, Alexandra Samuels reports.

The ads target Republican state Attorney General Gentner Drummond because of his opposition to public funding for a proposed Catholic charter school. Supporters had cast the case as a fight to expand protections for religious liberty in education. That dispute reached the US Supreme Court, which deadlocked 4-4 last year, leaving intact a state Supreme Court ruling that blocked ...

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