Sen. Gary Stanislawski, Republican State Senator for District 35, has endorsed Cheryl Baber, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney and Conservative Republican running to serve as his replacement.

After serving 12 years, Stanislawski is term-limited. During his last term, Stanislawski won re-election by earning nearly 65% of the vote in the general election of 2016, and he ran unopposed in the Republican primary election. He is the chairman of the Senate Education Committee.

 “I believe she is the best candidate to uphold the same conservative values that the voters expected of me,”  Stanislawski said. “I’m a conservative Republican who believes that government should be limited, markets should be free, and people should be empowered by a good education and a good economy,” Baber said.

Baber faces fellow Republicans Kyden Creekpaum of Tulsa and former District Court Judge Linda Morrisey in the June 30 GOP primary.

If the winner of that primary gets more than 50% of the vote, they will advance to Nov. 3 election to face the winner of the Democrat primary among Carly Hotvedt, Tulsa; Jo Anna Dossett, Tulsa; and Stan Allen Young, Tulsa.

 If no one gets more than 50% of the vote in either primary, the top two candidates go to a runoff on August 25.