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Cyndi Munson on Jobs

 

 


We have to increase the minimum wage

Q: In today's economy, a person working a minimum wage job would need to work an average of 90 hours per week to afford a market rate one-bedroom apartment. How do we fix this?

MAZZEI: That's why my economic growth plan is so important. And that's why we have to become a no income tax state. So we stop losing great high paying jobs.

MUNSON: We have a supply and demand issue on top of our affordability crisis. We are 80,000 units behind for our current population for Oklahomans to access affordable housing. We also do have a wage issue. We have to increase the minimum wage for everyday working people. Over 50% of working families today, you at home are working more than one job and you get to the end of the month. And I understand this, trying to stretch every single dollar that you can to pay for rent, to pay for groceries, to put gas in your car, to take care of those high utility bills.

Source: PBS News (OETA) transcript of 2026 Oklahoma Governor debate , Oct 1, 2026

Inclusion programs partially why she was able to be elected

Minority Leader Cyndi Munson, D-Oklahoma City, said it took until 2015 for her to be elected as the first Asian American woman in the Oklahoma Legislature. She said it's not an indictment of a lack of capable Asian American women, but a lack of representation. Programs designed to increase inclusion and equity were part of the reason Munson said she was able to be elected to the Legislature.
Source: OU Daily, "DEI", on 2026 Oklahoma Gubernatorial race , May 7, 2025

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Charles McCall
Connie Johnson
Ervin Yen
Gentner Drummond
Jake Merrick
Joy Hofmeister
Kevin Stitt
Mike Mazzei
Natalie Bruno
OK Senatorial:
Alan Armstrong
Ervin Yen
James Lankford
Jim Priest
Kendra Horn
Kevin Hern
Luke Holland
Madison Horn
Markwayne Mullin
N`Kiyla Thomas
Nathan Dahm
Scott Pruitt
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