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Cyndi Munson

Democratic candidate for Governor, Oklahoma · Open seat

Former state legislator (Oklahoma House Minority Leader)

Cyndi Munson is the Democratic nominee for governor of Oklahoma. She has served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives since 2015 and was the first Asian-American woman elected to the Oklahoma Legislature. Her House service ended after the 2026 legislative session, when she was Minority Leader. She won the Democratic nomination in 2026 and will face Republican Mike Mazzei and three independent candidates on November 3, 2026.

Where Munson stands

Taxes: Opposes across-the-board income tax cuts and argues they mostly benefit high earners and shrink state revenue. Supports targeted tax relief for working families.
Education: Supports more funding for public schools and higher teacher pay. Proposes repealing the state's private school tax credit, expanding Oklahoma's Promise, and providing free school meals.
State spending: Says she would move state money from private school voucher programs and corporate tax incentives into public schools, teacher pay, rural hospitals, and childcare.
Data centers: Says that on her first day in office she would sign an executive order pausing new data center construction. Supports more regulation of data centers.
Abortion: Supports a state question to repeal Oklahoma's abortion ban and protect abortion access in the state Constitution.
Health care / Medicaid: Pledges to protect Medicaid expansion. Opposes moving it out of the state constitution and into regular law.
Childcare: Supports keeping childcare subsidies and giving tax incentives to employers who help pay employees' childcare costs.
Wages and housing: Supports raising the minimum wage and offering incentives to build affordable housing.
Inola smelter incentives: Says she voted against a $250 million incentive package in 2025, citing concerns about land, water, and air contamination.

Background

Oklahoma House of Representatives, 2015–2026
Oklahoma House Minority Leader (served in the role through the end of the 2026 session)
First Asian-American woman elected to the Oklahoma Legislature
Democratic nominee for governor, 2026

In the news

Oklahoma 2026 Governor Race: Cyndi Munson outlines priorities ahead of election News On 6, October 21, 2026
Mike Mazzei and Cyndi Munson debated. We checked the facts. The Frontier, October 7, 2026
Oklahoma Governor Race: Where Mike Mazzei and Cyndi Munson stand on key issues News 9, October 6, 2026
In OETA debate, Mazzei, Munson face 'the elephant in the room' NonDoc, October 2, 2026
Munson answers questions about Oklahomans biggest issues, stance Public Radio Tulsa, September 18, 2026

Also running for Governor

Mike Mazzei Republican
Robert E. Brooks Sr. Independent
Orlando Lynn Bush Independent
Jerry Griffin Independent

Sources

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