Last month, Chad Williams, the Libertarian nominee for Corporation Commission, received 7.43% of the vote in a race against the Republican and Democratic nominees. His vote total was 114,257.
It is common for minor party candidates for offices like that to receive high percentages of the vote in two-person races. But if one only looks at statewide races with both a Republican and a Democrat in the race, such percentages are rare. Williams’ percentage was the highest for a minor party candidate for a statewide state office in Oklahoma (with both major parties in the race) since 1924, when the Farmer-Labor Party nominee for that same office polled 8.48%.
See this news story about the 2024 race. Williams is a recent former city councilmember.
Does this office actually do anything?
Yes. If you read the newspaper story you will see it has lots of power over the oil and gas industry.
Is this a real libertarian or part of the Sarwark/Bilyeu/Oliver/Phillies communist caucus?