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In deeply red Oklahoma, minimum wage’s biggest 2026 election cycle fight is about to be decided

Efforts to raise the minimum wage have been a winner across U.S. states in recent years, with popular support from voters across both political parties. Right now, it's a deeply red state that is in the throes of a heated battle over the issue, and it's heading to the polls in less than a month as part of midterm elections primary season. A ballot measure for the mid-June primary in Oklahoma — State Question 832 — would hike the state minimum wage from $7.25, where it's stood since 2009, to...