AGE: 39
WHERE HE LIVES: Atlanta, Georgia
FAMILY STATUS: Single
EDUCATION: Attended Georgia State University
OCCUPATION: Political Activist
VICE PRESIDENT PICK: Mike ter Maat
Reduce government interference. Close regulatory loopholes that reward firms with close relationships with government officials. End all tariffs. Introduce and pass a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution. Only fund federal initiatives at the federal level. Repeal the 16th Amendment.
Champion smart deregulation. Promote nuclear power. Slash red tape and embrace market-driven, science-backed solutions. Ensure energy independence.
Foreign policy focused on peace. End drone strikes and military interventions. Champion free trade and international goodwill. Reduce interventionist foreign policy. Withdraw from NATO. Bring home American troops stationed overseas. Eliminate military aid to foreign nations. Lower trade barriers with China.
Embrace market-driven options like Direct Primary Care and reform drug approval processes to lower prices and increase access. Phase out Medicare. Fully decriminalize all drugs. Support the Hyde amendment that seeks to remove federal funding for abortion. Protect access for women to their reproductive health.
Return to an Ellis Island style of processing immigrants. Create a path to citizenship for both DACA-eligible residents and children of foreign workers on temporary work visas. Expand H1B visa and startup visa.
Respect tribal sovereignty. End the death penalty. Reduce excessive taxes on individuals. Restore privacy rights. Pardon whistleblowers who reveal government misconduct. Support gay rights, including trans issues. Phase out Social Security. Undo gun regulations.
AGE: 78
WHERE HE LIVES: Palm Beach, Florida
FAMILY STATUS: Married to Melania, five children
EDUCATION: University of Pennsylvania (B.S.), majored in economics, 1968
OCCUPATION:
Trump Management (1968 – 1971)
Trump Organization (1971 – 2017)
Donald J. Trump Foundation (1988 – 2018)
Co-Producer and Host, The Apprentice (2004 – 2015)
Host, Celebrity Apprentice (2008 – 2015)
Executive Producer, Celebrity Apprentice (2008 – 2017)
President of the United States (2017 – 2020)
VICE PRESIDENT PICK: J.D. Vance
Increase expansion of tariffs, proposing a levy of 10% or higher on nearly all imported foreign goods. Phase out Chinese imports of essential goods including electronics, steel, and pharmaceuticals. Eliminate taxes on tipped income. Encourage construction of new housing on the periphery of cities and suburban areas. Boost manufacturing.
Increase oil drilling on public lands. Offer tax breaks to oil, gas, and coal producers. Speed approval of natural gas pipelines. Roll back efforts to incentivize purchase of electric cars. End wind subsidies. Cut regulations and withdraw from major international climate treaties.
Fundamentally reevaluate mission and purpose of NATO alliance. Ban Chinese companies from owning U.S. infrastructure in sectors such as energy, technology, and farmland. Revoke student visas of those who espouse antisemitic or anti-American views.
State authority on access and cutoffs regarding reproductive health care. Oppose taxpayer funding for abortions. Improve the ACA. Oppose expanding transgender rights. Stop genderaffirming care for minors. Cut federal funding for schools with vaccine or mask mandates.
Mount largest domestic deportation including detention camps and deploying National Guard. Revive and expand travel ban originally targeting citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries. End birthright citizenship for people born in the U.S. whose parents are both in the country illegally. End catch-andrelease. Eliminate asylum fraud. Finish building the wall between Mexico and U.S.
Pardon the Jan. 6 defendants jailed for assaulting police officers and other crimes during the attack. Overhaul the Justice Department and FBI. Deploy National Guard to cities struggling with violent crime. Strip civil service protections. Terminate Education Department.
AGE: 60*
WHERE SHE LIVES: Washington, D.C. (professionally); Washington, D.C., San Francisco, and Los Angeles (personally)
FAMILY STATUS: Married to Douglas Emhoff, two stepchildren
EDUCATION: Howard University (B.A.), majored in political science and economics, 1986; University of California, Hastings (J.D.), 1989
OCCUPATION:
Deputy District Attorney, Alameda County, Calif. (1990–1998)
Assistant District Attorney, Chief of Career Criminal Division (1998–2000)
San Francisco City Hall, Family and Children’s Services Division (2000–2004)
District Attorney for San Francisco (2004–2011)
Attorney General of California (2011–2017)
U.S. Senator from California (2017–2021)
Vice President of the U.S. (2021–current)
VICE PRESIDENT PICK: Tim Walz
*Age on Election Day
Ban price gouging in food sector. Tax credit for parents of newborns. Tax incentives to homebuilders for houses geared to first-time buyers and affordable rental housing. Work with states to ban use of medical debt in credit scores. Ban hidden bank fees. No raise on taxes for anyone making less than $400,000 a year. Increase homeowners’ recourses for unfair home appraisals.
Protections against extreme weather. Freedom to breathe clean air, drink clean water, and live free from the pollution that fuels the climate crisis.
Build strongest, most lethal fighting force in the world. Stand with Ukraine and NATO allies. Support Israel’s right to defend itself and ensure ability to defend itself. Release hostages and end suffering in Gaza. Restore Palestinians’ right to dignity, security, freedom, and self-determination.
Advocate legislation to enshrine reproductive rights nationwide. Cap price of insulin at $35 for everyone. Implement $2,000 cap on out-of-pocket expenses for prescription drugs. Advocate for Black, Hispanic, and impoverished communities exposed to outsized levels of pollution.
Implement bipartisan solution to strengthen border security. Increase funding to stop human trafficking. Endorse comprehensive immigration reform with pathways to citizenship for immigrants in the U.S. without legal status. Create a faster track for young immigrants living in the country illegally who arrived as children.
Support organized labor. Pass the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. Urge Congress to pass universal background checks, red flag laws, and assault weapons ban.
Ballot order is drawn every two years, most recently in July 2024. For this year’s ballot, Libertarians are listed first, then Republicans, then Democrats. Candidates from the three political parties recognized in Oklahoma are profiled: Libertarian Party, Republican Party, and the Democratic Party.
