For the Record

Oklahoma gubernatorial candidate Charles McCall outlines plans for Oklahoma if elected this November.

7News Political Analyst Justin Allen Rose interviews Sen. Kendal Sacchieri to preview the 3036 Oklahoma Legislative Session.

7News Political Analyst Justin Allen Rose interviews Rep. Stacy Jo Adams to preview the 2026 Oklahoma Legislative Session.

7News Political Analyst Justin Allen Rose interviews Rep. Trey Caldwell to preview the 2026 Oklahoma Legislative Session.

7News Political Analyst Justin Allen Rose interviews Rep. Daniel Pae to preview the 2026 Oklahoma Legislative Session.

7News Political Analyst Justin Allen Rose interviews Sen. Julia Kirt to preview the 2026 Oklahoma Legislative Session.

7News political analyst Justin Allen Rose interviews Rep. Brad Boles to preview the 2026 Oklahoma Legislative Session.

7News Political Analyst Justin Allen Rose sits down with Chip Keating who is running to become the next governor of Oklahoma.

7News Political Analyst Justin Allen Rose breaks down what Tuesday's Democratic Party victories might mean for Oklahoma come 2026.

7News Political Analyst Justin Allen Rose sits down with Lawton Mayor Stan Booker to discuss important issues within the city.

Welcome back to For the Record, I'm your host Justin Allen Rose, and for this episode, you can hear the conversation I recently had with Christopher Wilson who is the CEO of EyesOver and Stratus Intelligence. Chris and I talked about a recent poll released by Stratus Intelligence which a lot of people are claiming flipped the GOP race for Oklahoma Governor on its head. Enjoy.

While typically you'd have to wait 2 weeks for another episode of For the Record, this week you're getting a double dosage because I just got out of a zoom call with Republican Oklahoma Senator James Lankford. During that conversation, we talked all about the government shutdown, from what led to the shutdown to the key sticking points keeping an agreed upon deal from being put into place.

With Governor Kevin Stitt term-limited, Oklahoma's 2026 governor's race is wide open for the first time in eight years—and the battle lines are already drawn. In this episode, political scientist Dr. Justin Allen Rose breaks down the crowded field, from long-shot candidates to the three names that are already ahead of the rest: Attorney General Gentner Drummond, former House Speaker Charles McCall, and Democratic Minority Leader Cyndi Munson.

In this episode, we’re talking about a topic that has become increasingly rare in our politics: civility. From heated exchanges online to the growing divides we see in our communities, it feels harder than ever to have meaningful conversations across differences.To explore this issue, I sat down with Oklahoma State Representative Daniel Pae (R-Lawton). Known for his bipartisan approach and commitment to respectful dialogue, Representative Pae shared his thoughts on what civility really means, how it plays out at the Oklahoma State Capitol, and what each of us can do to bridge divides in our own conversations…. This is For the Record.

The 60th Oklahoma Legislative session began with Gov. Stitt delivering his State of the State address, with a response from Oklahoma House Minority Leader Cyndi Munson.

7News Political Analyst Justin Allen Rose gives his latest Capitol Update.

7News Political Analyst Justin Allen Rose speaks on what he is not seeing within online political messaging in Oklahoma.

7News Political Analyst Justin Allen Rose briefly breaks down some political stories from the Sooner State.

7News Political Analyst Dr. Justin Allen Rose gives an update on bills being filed ahead of the upcoming 2025 legislative session.

7News Political Analyst Justin Allen Rose scrolls down the social media accounts of some Oklahoma Politicians. Tag along!

Many of analysts, pundits, and strategists have been givingtheir thoughts on the state of the political landscape after Trump handily won a second term in the White House.  While the diagnosis differs depending on who you listen to,what seems to be a common theme is that the National Democratic Party is now in the midst of a sort of soul-searching effort.  But again, and I want to stress this, these opinion-givers arereferring to the Democratic Party on a national scale.  Which does beg the question: How does the OklahomaDemocratic Party feel about the recent election results on a statewide scale? To help answer this question, I invited Alicia Andrews, who is the Chair of the Oklahoma Democratic Party, onto For the Record to see how she and the party as a whole is feeling since it seems like the dust is finally settling from election night. 7News Political Analyst Justin Allen Rose has the story.

A state question was just filed that, if passed in 2026, would shake up Oklahoma’s primary election process and possibly the state’s electoral outcomes. And the nonprofit Oklahoma United is helping lead the campaign to get it passed. 7News Political Analyst Justin Allen Rose has the story.

Late last week, Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters sent an email to all public schools in Oklahoma with a link to a video of his, “Prayer for the Nation.” 7News Political Analyst Justin Allen Rose has the story.

7News' Justin Allen Rose gives his thoughts after the fog of election night clears. Recorded at 1 p.m., Wednesday, November 6.

7News' full interview with Democratic candidate for Oklahoma Congressional District 4, Mary Brannon.

7News' full interview with Independent candidate for Oklahoma Congressional District 04, James Stacy.

7News' full interview with Democratic candidate for Oklahoma Senate District 43, Sam Graefe.

7News' full interview with Republican candidate for Oklahoma Senate District 43, Kendal Sacchieri.

7News' full interview with Democratic candidate for Oklahoma House District 62, Allison Offield.

7News' full interview with Republican incumbent Daniel Pae on his candidacy for Oklahoma House District 62.

7News' full interview with Democratic candidate for Oklahoma House District 64, Tom Sutherlin.

7News' full interview with Republican candidate for Oklahoma House District 64, incumbent Rande Worthen

7News' full interview with Democratic candidate for Oklahoma House District 63, Shykira Smith.

The full interview with Rep. Trey Caldwell (R-Lawton) who is running for reelection in Oklahoma House District 63.

This episode of the For the Record podcast features a conversation 7News Digital Manager Justin Allen Rose had with two top Democrats in the Oklahoma Legislature: House Minority Leader Cyndi Munson and State Senator Julia Kirt. The person to the left in the video is Rep. Munson who is originally from Lawton, but now represents a part of Oklahoma City. And the person to the right is Sen. Kirt who also represents parts of Oklahoma City. While the conversation started with a discussion over how the two legislators view the current state of Oklahoma, the conversation mainly looked toward the elections quickly approaching later this year. This conversation took place on April 9, 2024.

For this episode, I sat down with Oklahoma State Senator Carri Hicks (D-40) for a Q and A over a study which was recently released. That study looked to see which states were the best and worst states for women to live. The study placed Oklahoma on the very last spot on the list for a multitude of reasons that Hicks discusses during the interview. While this discussion wasn't a joyous one, it was certainly enlightening to hear this study being discussed by a person who has the power to help change many of the things contributing to Oklahoma's ranking within this study.

Welcome back to For the Record, I'm your host Justin Allen Rose, and for this episode, I am bringing you another conversation I had with Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt. During the conversation, I asked about his request for a flat budget and why he thinks that would be best for the state, as well as his aspiration to make Oklahoma a top ten state. This conversation took place on March 5, 2024.

This interview is one I had with Annie Laurie Gaylor who is the co-president of the Freedom from Religion Foundation, also known as the FFRF. The FFRF is currently party to a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Nation's first religious public charter school right here in Oklahoma. The non-profit group has been quite active in the sooner state in other ways as well. They recently got a Tulsa Public School to remove Christian displays from several of their classrooms, and another public school district in the state to stop hosting daily prayers during its morning announcements. During our conversation, we talked about those cases and much more. While this conversation hosts ideas which typically are not in the majority in Southwest Oklahoma, that reality makes this conversation an even more important one to have.

This episode features a conversation I had with Representative Daniel Pae. Daniel is the Representative for Oklahoma's House District 62, which covers a good chunk of Lawton on the westside. We mainly talked about House Bill 2109 which he authored that is supposed to protect tenants from retaliation from their landlords. We also spoke about his yea vote regarding the parental choice tax credit, as well as whether he'd support term limits for our federal legislature.

This episode features an interview I had with Governor Kevin Stitt. In the interview we discussed what can be done to better the state’s education system, how his Parental Choice program is going to affect rural schools, and if Stitt has an eye on the White House after he is term limited out of office in 2026.

This interview covered a lot of important topics were covered. I asked the mayor about why a family should choose Lawton, if he had any worries about the Cobalt and Nickel refinery coming to Lawton, as well as the promises that were made about FISTA and why we have not seen more shops coming to the mall after the city bought the building.