Result
Republican Kinsley Jordan won the open Oklahoma House District 40 seat in June, not November, when he beat Torry Turnbow in the Republican primary with 52.4% of the vote. No other party fielded a candidate, so the June 16 primary decided the seat, according to unofficial primary results, and Jordan did not appear on the Nov. 3 ballot.
He succeeds Rep. Chad Caldwell (R-Enid), who was first elected in 2014 and leaves under Oklahoma’s 12-year legislative term limit. Jordan’s two-year term begins Wednesday, Nov. 18.
Candidates and Platforms
Jordan is a U.S. Air Force Academy graduate and combat pilot who served more than 16 years on active duty, including a stint at the Pentagon advising the Air Force chief of staff, according to his campaign website. He is now a major in the Air Force Reserve, an executive at an Enid aerospace consulting firm and an associate pastor at World Harvest Church.
His platform calls for lower taxes and spending, more road funding, an end to early release of criminals, investment in schools paired with stricter classroom discipline and strong protection of gun rights. He describes himself as “100 percent pro-life.” He grew up on a wheat and cattle farm in central Kansas, and the Air Force brought him to Enid almost 20 years ago.
District and Chamber
District 40 is centered on Enid in Garfield County, home to Vance Air Force Base. Caldwell beat a Republican primary challenger by just over 300 votes in 2018, NonDoc reported.
Democrats flipped six Republican-held House seats on Nov. 3, but Republicans kept their supermajority in the 101-member chamber, High Plains Public Radio reported. Republicans had held 81 seats after the 2024 election.
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