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N’Kiyla Thomas

U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

  • 2026
  • Oklahoma
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U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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    1. OU Daily

      Oklahoma elections: Meet U.S. Senate candidates running for Markwayne Mullin’s former seat

      Voter guide: Thomas, a Chickasaw citizen from Ardmore, pledges to defend tribal sovereignty, ease the nursing shortage and back farmers.

    2. OU Daily

      ‘Sooner socialists’: Democratic socialism arrives in Oklahoma

      Nurse, military spouse and first-time candidate Thomas frames her race as 'the working class versus billionaires.'

    3. The Jerusalem Post / JTA

      Anti-AIPAC progressive N’kiyla Thomas wins Oklahoma Democratic Senate runoff

      Thomas defeated centrist Jim Priest in the runoff, the latest win for a progressive challenger.

    4. NBC News

      Democratic socialist N'Kiyla Jasmine Thomas wins Oklahoma Senate Democratic primary

      Nurse and Chickasaw Nation member Thomas won Oklahoma's Democratic Senate runoff.

    5. The Oklahoman

      Thomas wins Democratic runoff, will face Kevin Hern in US Senate race

      Thomas won the runoff with more than 60% of the vote: 'We have built this from the ground up.'

    Checked Oct 20, 2026

    Candidate briefing

    N’Kiyla Thomas is the 2026 Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Oklahoma. Born in Ardmore, she has worked as a nurse, a community health worker and a stay-at-home parent, with ties to the Chickasaw Nation, autism advocacy and military-family networks.

    She won the August 25 Democratic runoff over Jim Priest, 61.2% to 38.8%, after a campaign built on an anti-AIPAC message.

    She faces Republican Rep. Kevin Hern on November 3. Why Political Revolution supports her: she is a working nurse taking a people-first campaign statewide in one of the reddest states in the country.

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