2026 Oklahoma City Public Schools (OKCPS)
Board of Education (BOE) Election
 

At its November 10, 2025, meeting, the OKCPS BOE adopted a resolution (attached) calling the 2026 OKCPS School Board Election.  The two OKCPS BOE seats in the 2026 school board election are District 5 (currently filled by the Honorable Mike Shelton) and District 7 (currently filled by the Honorable Megan McElhaney).

The period to file at the Oklahoma County Election Board offices to run for these OKCPS BOE seats closed at 5:00 pm on December 3, 2025.  Below is the unofficial list of candidates who filed to run for the two OKCPS Board seats as of 5:09pm, Dec. 3, 2025:

The list of candidates who filed, excerpt above (full list attached below), was obtained from the Oklahoma County Election Board's Website, here: 
www.oklahomacounty.org/Portals/0/DNNGalleryPro/uploads/2025/12/3/SchoolandMunicipalCandidateFilingsDecember2025_2.pdf

Additional information:   

• OK County Election Board List of Candidates Who Filed as of 5.09pm, 12-03-25 (pdf)
  
  
• OKCPS Resolution Calling the 2026 School Board Election (pdf)

• Legal Notice - 2026 OKCPS BOE Election Candidate Filing Period (pdf)

• Official 2026 School Board Candidate Filing Packet (pdf)

• OSSBA Important Info. for School Board Candidates

• OSSBA Election Campaign Advocacy Guidelines (pdf)

• Link to OSSBA FAQs / Additional Info. on School Board Elections

• OKCPS BOE Election Districts 5 and 7 MAPS (pdf)