Senate District 34 saw incumbent Republican Sen. Dana Prieto running against three challengers in the June 16 primary – Brent Driskill, Aaron Forst and Kent Taylor.  There was no candidate that received 50 percent of the vote so the top two candidates from the primary will go to a runoff election. Prieto earned the most votes with 29.42 percent (1,595 votes), while Aaron Forst garnered 27.28 percent (1,479). The winner of the Republican  runoff  election will face the lone Democrat filer Amy Hossain in November.

Prieto, 69, of Tulsa, was first elected in 2022.  He is a founding member of the Oklahoma Freedom Caucus, the most conservative legislative caucus in the state.  He has a 85 percent cumulative Conservative Index from the Oklahoma Constitution newspaper. He owns and operates Everlasting Enterprises, a marketing company.  He has been active in the Republican party for many years volunteering for Nathan Dahm for Senate and the Hern campaign as well.  His top priorities if elected are Parents rights, stopping DHS and other agencies from their overreach, and stoping the state from over spending.  He believes in the free market, not the government for many of our economic problems.

He has been endorsed by  U.S. Reps. Kevin Hern and Josh Brecheen, fellow OK Sen. David Bullard and Shane Jett,  OK2A, and the NRA, to name a few.

Forst, 43, of Owasso, has pursued degrees in Emergency Medical Services, Biomedical Engineering, Nanotechnology, and Business Administration – studying at Tulsa Community College, Rogers State University, and Purdue University.  He is an entrepreneur and has started two businesses, that have thrived.

Forst first ran for office in 2018 as a Democrat for the Oklahoma House.  He says that his change to the Republican Party reflects his conservative values of faith, family, limited government, pro-business policies, pro-life stances, and traditional family values. He says on his website that he will  protect our conservative values, defend our constitutional rights, and preserve the freedoms that make Oklahoma strong.”