This coming Tuesday, January 28, 2025, at 6:00 pm, Republicans will gather for precinct meetings across Tulsa County, the first stage in a series of conventions leading to the Oklahoma Republican State Convention in May. Precinct meetings were traditionally held in homes, but in recent years the Tulsa County Republican Party has arranged for central meeting places where multiple precincts can gather. These are organized by State House district and located at churches, community centers, and libraries. The complete list of meeting places is at the end of this article (click the "Continue reading" link if you're on the main page). Here's how the meetings typically go: After the Pledge of Allegiance and invocation for all the precincts present at the location, voters separate by precinct, then each precinct caucuses to decide who will serve as precinct chairman, vice chairman, and secretary for the next two years, decide who will go as the precinct's delegates to the county convention (usually everyone present), and then debate and discuss any resolutions for platform planks or amendments to the party rules. All of the above gets recorded on various forms. Often, only one voter shows up for a particular precinct, and things go very quickly. Nearly all precincts choose to send an "open" delegation to the county convention, which means that the number of delegates attending is not limited by the number of votes allocated to the precinct; the votes of those who attend are weighted proportionally to the votes allocated. On Saturday, March 1, 2025, the Tulsa County Republican Convention will choose a new chairman and vice chairman, the county's two representatives on the State Committee, and the county's two representatives on the 1st Congressional District Committee. These six individuals together form the county's Central Committee. Incumbent chairman Ronda Vuillemont Smith is not running for re-election. The county convention will also vote on a county platform and any proposed rule changes. The county convention will almost certainly vote to attend the state convention as an open delegation, allowing any of the county convention delegates to serve as state convention delegates, where a state party chairman and vice chairman will be elected to a two-year term. The Oklahoma Republican State Convention will be on Saturday, May 3, 2025. It's best to be present at your precinct meeting if you wish to serve as a delegate to the county and state conventions, but there is another path if you cannot attend on precinct meeting night. Details are below. Following are the official details about the precinct meetings sent out by the Republican Party of Tulsa County:
- January 24, 2025 at 10:54PM2025 Tulsa County GOP precinct meetings
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