Gentner Drummond

Gentner Frederick Drummond (born October 1, 1963) is an American attorney, businessman, rancher, politician, and former Air Force officer serving as the 20th attorney general of Oklahoma. He is a member of the Republican Party. Born to the prominent Drummond family, he grew up in Hominy, Oklahoma, and graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1985 before joining the U.S. Air Force. He served in the Gulf War and left the military as a captain. He later worked as a staffer for Senator David Boren before returning to Oklahoma to practice law, also serving as an assistant district attorney in Pawnee and Osage counties. He later worked in banking and communications. Drummond has built a reputation as a moderate Republican who often breaks with the party's right flank. He was elected in 2022 after narrowly defeating incumbent John M. O'Connor in the Republican primary, running as an independent Republican willing to oppose Governor Kevin Stitt and drawing support from some Democrats during his tenure. He has opposed religious charter school plans, slowed executions, and pushed reviews of high-profile convictions. Drummond was a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor of Oklahoma in the 2026 election. Despite coming in first place during the first round, he was narrowly defeated in the runoff by Trump endorsed candidate Mike Mazzei.