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2026 Oklahoma U.S. Senate — General Election Field · November 3, 2026
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Oklahoma State Election Board — Candidates for Elective Office 2026
Candidate filing number: 00565
Ballot name: Ron Meinhardt
Office: U.S. Senate
Party: Independent
Current placement status: OFFICIAL_OKLAHOMA_FILED_GENERAL_CANDIDATE
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FEC committee ID: C00939058
FEC committee name: MEINHARDT FOR US SENATE
Published email: [email protected]
Published website: https://www.running4ok.com/
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No president — Republican or Democrat — should drag America into an actual open-ended war without a vote of the people’s representatives. Support our troops by refusing reckless conflict beyond the scope of the Constitution. Under current pale of law, that means demanding strict adherence to the War Powers Resolution of 1973.
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No president — Republican or Democrat — should drag America into an actual open-ended war without a vote of the people’s representatives. Support our troops by refusing reckless conflict beyond the scope of the Constitution. Under current pale of law, that means demanding strict adherence to the War Powers Resolution of 1973.
As a Registered Nurse, Ron understands healthcare from the inside. Reform should serve patients, nurses, providers, small businesses, and families — not giant corporate systems.
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As a Registered Nurse, Ron understands healthcare from the inside. Reform should serve patients, nurses, providers, small businesses, and families — not giant corporate systems.
Congress must step up with real solutions to mitigate the crisis created by open borders and the failure to enforce existing law. That means securing the border, streamlining deportation, and ensuring a process that is constitutional, enforceable, and accountable.
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Congress must step up with real solutions to mitigate the crisis created by open borders and the failure to enforce existing law. That means securing the border, streamlining deportation, and ensuring a process that is constitutional, enforceable, and accountable.
Real reform must move beyond slogans and focus on the real pressure families face. Ron has spent decades researching and practically implementing strategies aimed at reducing healthcare costs and improving patient outcomes. Most importantly, he also is a staunch advocate for health freedom and alternative medical choices.
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Real reform must move beyond slogans and focus on the real pressure families face. Ron has spent decades researching and practically implementing strategies aimed at reducing healthcare costs and improving patient outcomes. Most importantly, he also is a staunch advocate for health freedom and alternative medical choices.
Ron Meinhardt supports law and order — and that includes enforcing America’s immigration laws while radically improving them. For too long, immigration policy has been driven by executive action, selective enforcement, and inaction rather than clear laws passed by Congress.
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Ron Meinhardt supports law and order — and that includes enforcing America’s immigration laws while radically improving them. For too long, immigration policy has been driven by executive action, selective enforcement, and inaction rather than clear laws passed by Congress.
Many politicians chant “deport them all” but offer no realistic way to accomplish it under the current system. When slogans fail, those same politicians often grow frustrated and drift toward amnesty. Ron believes Oklahoma deserves better: serious laws, serious enforcement, and no political theater.
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Many politicians chant “deport them all” but offer no realistic way to accomplish it under the current system. When slogans fail, those same politicians often grow frustrated and drift toward amnesty. Ron believes Oklahoma deserves better: serious laws, serious enforcement, and no political theater.
America First means protecting American citizens from elite capture — foreign and domestic. The Senate should serve the people, not powerful donor classes.
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America First means protecting American citizens from elite capture — foreign and domestic. The Senate should serve the people, not powerful donor classes.
Though Ron Meinhardt is currently a member of the Oklahoma Republican Party, he is running as an Independent to provide Oklahoma a truly grassroots Conservative option on the November Ballot. Ron thinks it's time to restore Constitutional accountability, defend Oklahoma families, oppose "forever" wars, protect local consent, lower the cost of living, and give younger generations something better than debt, inflation, and broken promises.
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Though Ron Meinhardt is currently a member of the Oklahoma Republican Party, he is running as an Independent to provide Oklahoma a truly grassroots Conservative option on the November Ballot. Ron thinks it's time to restore Constitutional accountability, defend Oklahoma families, oppose "forever" wars, protect local consent, lower the cost of living, and give younger generations something better than debt, inflation, and broken promises.
Healthcare should not bankrupt working families.
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Healthcare should not bankrupt working families.
No massive projects affecting water, power, land, infrastructure, and quality of life should be forced into Oklahoma communities without informed local consent.
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No massive projects affecting water, power, land, infrastructure, and quality of life should be forced into Oklahoma communities without informed local consent.
Supports requiring congressional authorization for open-ended military conflicts and strict adherence to the War Powers Resolution.
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No president — Republican or Democrat — should drag America into an actual open-ended war without a vote of the people’s representatives. Support our troops by refusing reckless conflict beyond the scope of the Constitution. Under current pale of law, that means demanding strict adherence to the War Powers Resolution of 1973.
Prioritizes affordable domestic energy because energy costs affect household bills, transportation, food, and jobs.
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Affordable domestic energy is not just an industry issue. It affects groceries, transportation, utilities, jobs, family budgets, and the cost of nearly everything.
Prioritizes healthcare reform focused on patients, providers, small businesses, affordability, health freedom, and alternative medical choices rather than large corporate systems.
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As a Registered Nurse, Ron understands healthcare from the inside. Reform should serve patients, nurses, providers, small businesses, and families — not giant corporate systems.
Real reform must move beyond slogans and focus on the real pressure families face. Ron has spent decades researching and practically implementing strategies aimed at reducing healthcare costs and improving patient outcomes. Most importantly, he also is a staunch advocate for health freedom and alternative medical choices.
Supports securing the border, streamlining deportation, enforcing immigration law, and having Congress replace executive improvisation with clear, enforceable immigration rules.
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Ron Meinhardt supports law and order — and that includes enforcing America’s immigration laws while radically improving them. For too long, immigration policy has been driven by executive action, selective enforcement, and inaction rather than clear laws passed by Congress.
Congress must step up with real solutions to mitigate the crisis created by open borders and the failure to enforce existing law. That means securing the border, streamlining deportation, and ensuring a process that is constitutional, enforceable, and accountable.
Prioritizes combating child trafficking and internet grooming, strengthening parental rights, and holding institutions accountable when children are exploited.
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Behind every trafficking headline is a family fighting to be heard. Ron’s own family experience has shaped a serious commitment to protecting children, strengthening parental rights, and forcing institutions to take grooming and exploitation seriously.
Believes federal power over war, spending, executive authority, surveillance, and debt must remain constrained by the Constitution and government by consent.
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If the federal government can ignore the Constitution on war, spending, executive power, surveillance, and debt, then ordinary citizens no longer have government by consent.
Opposes forcing large data-center projects on Oklahoma communities without informed local consent concerning water, power, land, infrastructure, and quality-of-life impacts.
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No massive projects affecting water, power, land, infrastructure, and quality of life should be forced into Oklahoma communities without informed local consent.
Prioritizes lower debt and inflation, affordable housing, stable money, and long-term fiscal solvency for younger generations.
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Younger Oklahomans deserve opportunity, affordable homes, stable money, and a solvent future — not endless debt and inflation.
Prioritizes transparency about who funds political influence and what major special interests seek from elected officials.
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Voters deserve to know who is funding political influence and what those interests expect in return. Ron is calling for transparency, accountability, and representation that belongs to the people.
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Candidate ID: S6OK04205
Name: MEINHARDT, RON
Office: Senate
State: OK
District: 00
Party: INDEPENDENT
Coverage start: 2026-01-01
Coverage end: 2026-06-30
Total receipts: $8712.60
Total disbursements: $8550.69
Cash on hand: $161.91
Debts owed by committee: $0.00
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