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Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond and former state Sen. Mike Mazzei are projected to advance to a runoff in the state\u2019s Republican gubernatorial primary, a race that has become a test of President Donald Trump\u2019s endorsement power.<\/p>\n

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In the weeks leading up to Tuesday\u2019s primary, the race in the solidly Republican state got busy \u2014 candidates saw a flood of endorsements, AI-generated advertisements and spending by dark money groups. Trump boosted Mazzei two weeks before the primary, passing over Drummond and seven other candidates in the race to replace term-limited Gov. Kevin Stitt, who did not endorse a successor.<\/p>\n

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The president\u2019s endorsement significantly boosted Mazzei\u2019s candidacy in a state where every county voted for Trump in the last three presidential elections, but it was ultimately not enough to beat Drummond outright.<\/p>\n

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Both candidates will vie for the Republican nomination on August 25, and the winner will face Cyndi Munson, a former state House Democratic leader, in the November general election.<\/p>\n

The state\u2019s gubernatorial primary was deeply influenced by self-funding, with Republican hopefuls injecting $22 million into their own campaigns.<\/p>\n

The Oklahoma gubernatorial primary also showed some of the early implications of artificial intelligence use in state campaign advertisements: Mazzei was depicted as hugging and being friendly with Hillary Clinton in AI-generated ads from the Make Oklahoma Great Again PAC. Last week, Stitt said he was considering<\/u><\/span> calling the state legislature back for a special session to address the use of AI in political campaigns, which he views as extremely misleading to voters.<\/p>\n

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