{"id":752660,"date":"2025-11-07T09:36:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T15:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/?p=752660"},"modified":"2025-11-07T09:36:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T15:36:10","slug":"has-the-oklahoma-state-government-been-a-republican-trifecta-for-the-past-fourteen-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/11\/07\/has-the-oklahoma-state-government-been-a-republican-trifecta-for-the-past-fourteen-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Has the Oklahoma state government been a Republican trifecta for the past fourteen years?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-custom-everlit-iframe-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Everlit Audio Player\" src=\"https:\/\/everlit.audio\/embeds\/artl_WKBBEiEkR0K?client=wp&amp;client_version=2.6.0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"80px\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0dfbf163 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading hideyesno\">Yes.<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"271\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yes.png?resize=771%2C271&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-731244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yes.png?resize=771%2C271&amp;ssl=1 771w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yes.png?resize=336%2C118&amp;ssl=1 336w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yes.png?resize=768%2C270&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yes.png?resize=400%2C140&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yes.png?resize=706%2C248&amp;ssl=1 706w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yes.png?w=940&amp;ssl=1 940w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yes-771x271.png?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Republican Party has held control of the governorship and both branches of the legislature in Oklahoma since 2011, as well as in Alabama, Florida, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, and Wyoming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting in 2011, more states had Republican trifectas than had Democratic trifectas or divided governments. That was a break from the prior trend, which saw a greater percentage of divided state governments from 1992 to 2010. From 2011 to 2025, an average of 25 states were under Republican trifectas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More Republican trifectas predate Oklahoma\u2019s than are newer. Utah\u2019s, established in 1985, is the oldest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 1992, two-thirds of Oklahoma governors have been Republican. Republicans have controlled the Oklahoma Senate and the House of Representatives for 16 and 20 consecutive years, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New legislative maps signed in November 2021 did not significantly change party control in the legislature, but did reduce the number of competitive districts to 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This fact brief is responsive to conversations such as <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OKDemocrats\/status\/1979205041077555639\">this one<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<p><em>Oklahoma Watch partners with <a href=\"https:\/\/gigafact.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gigafact<\/a> to produce fact briefs \u2014 bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sources<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul><li>Ballotpedia <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Party_control_of_Oklahoma_state_government\" target=\"_blank\">Party control of Oklahoma state government<\/a><\/li><li>Ballotpedia <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/State_government_trifectas\" target=\"_blank\">State government trifectas<\/a><\/li><li>Oklahoma Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2021\/12\/06\/expect-fewer-competitive-oklahoma-legislative-races-after-redistricting\/\" target=\"_blank\">Expect Fewer Competitive Oklahoma Legislative Races After Redistricting<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/gigafact.org\/quiz\/oklahoma-watch\/default-7777\/\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 600px; border: none;\" allowfullscreen loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2628455,"featured_media":752661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"gigafact_has_fact_brief":true,"gigafact_remote_fact_brief_post_id":11515,"gigafact_remote_sync_timestamp":"1762529768","gigafact_remote_sync_status":"Success","gigafact_remote_sync_response":"{\"statusCode\":200,\"message\":\"Fact brief saved successfully\",\"post_id\":11515}","gigafact_has_been_published":true,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"everlit_article_id":"artl_WKBBEiEkR0K","everlit_hide_embed":false,"everlit_embed_size":"","everlit_generation_settings":{"primary_voice":"65","guest_voice":"48","default_sonic_optimization":false,"default_conversation_mode":false,"default_read_alt_text":false,"default_read_urls":false,"default_read_author_byline":false,"default_publication":"pblc_lV8RK9ULW4x","language":"en-US","intro_mixable":3,"outro_mixable":3,"intro_duration":15,"outro_duration":15,"intro_padding":3,"outro_padding":4,"default_skip_article_image":false,"skip_auto_generation":false,"disable_music":false,"disclaimer":"","disclaimer_voice":"","is_for_subscriber":false,"embed_ui_cover_art":true,"embed_ui_title_intro":"","embed_ui_title_icon":""},"_everlit_article_id":"","_everlit_hide_embed":false,"_everlit_embed_size":"","_everlit_generation_settings":[],"_everlit_content_hash":"","_everlit_metadata_hash":"0a870163fe53b7f02e8b4dc6acbab4c3","_newspack_byline_active":false,"_newspack_byline":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"hidden","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[20019],"tags":[157,15106],"series":[20017],"coauthors":[20632],"class_list":["post-752660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fact-briefs","tag-oklahoma-politics","tag-republican-party","series-fact-briefs","entry"],"fact_brief":{"destination_url":"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/11\/07\/has-the-oklahoma-state-government-been-a-republican-trifecta-for-the-past-fourteen-years\/","domain_name":"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org","factbrief_corrections":"","factbrief_details":"<p>The Republican Party has held control of the governorship and both branches of the legislature in Oklahoma since 2011, as well as in Alabama, Florida, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, and Wyoming.<\/p><p>Starting in 2011, more states had Republican trifectas than had Democratic trifectas or divided governments. That was a break from the prior trend, which saw a greater percentage of divided state governments from 1992 to 2010. From 2011 to 2025, an average of 25 states were under Republican trifectas.<\/p><p>More Republican trifectas predate Oklahoma\u2019s than are newer. Utah\u2019s, established in 1985, is the oldest.<\/p><p>Since 1992, two-thirds of Oklahoma governors have been Republican. Republicans have controlled the Oklahoma Senate and the House of Representatives for 16 and 20 consecutive years, respectively.<\/p><p>New legislative maps signed in November 2021 did not significantly change party control in the legislature, but did reduce the number of competitive districts to 4.<\/p>","featured_image":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Fact-Briefs-for-web-600-x-450-px-41.png?fit=400%2C300&ssl=1","long_form_article_url":"","newsroom_name":"Oklahoma Watch","post_archive_url":"https:\/\/x.com\/OKDemocrats\/status\/1979205041077555639","post_date":"2025-11-07T09:36:07-06:00","post_id":"752660","post_original_thread":"https:\/\/x.com\/OKDemocrats\/status\/1979205041077555639","post_slug":"has-the-oklahoma-state-government-been-a-republican-trifecta-for-the-past-fourteen-years","post_time":"2025-11-07T15:36:07+00:00","post_title":"Has the Oklahoma state government been a Republican trifecta for the past fourteen 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