Editor’s Note: Excerpted with permission.

Analysis: The V1SUT Vantage has extensively covered the activities of Danielle Ezell (Heartland Campaigns; Mattise Group) and her efforts to shield the identities of the big spending, special interests fueling Joy Hofmeister’s (D) gubernatorial campaign. Voters must endure the seemingly endless stream of inaccurate mailers and malicious media buys attacking Hofmeister’s opponent, incumbent Kevin Stitt (R), but they are not allowed to learn whose money is making them possible.

This brief Midterm Minute:

    The Shadiest of Politics – Will the Oklahoma Ethics Commission Ever Step Up?

    An Anonymous $600K Media Buy Reported 2 Months Past the OEC Deadline

    Mystery PAC “Imagine This Oklahoma” Continues to Conceal Its Funder(s)

    Hofmeister’s Debate Rhetoric Clashes with Her Political Tactics

    Who Will Joy Hofmeister Really Serve?

Oklahoma’s 2022 National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) test results show Oklahoma’s academic outcomes have plummeted, have fallen far faster than most states, and are at levels below nearly all states.

Oklahoma’s NAEP score for fourth-grade reading was on a strong upswing and above the national average in 2015, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister’s first year in office. It’s been downhill ever since. Today, only three states do worse.