ENID, OK - Ward 1 residents in Enid, Oklahoma ousted Judd Blevins as their city commissioner on Tuesday. Challenger Cheryl Patterson defeated Blevins for the Ward 1 Enid City Commission seat.
Patterson received 59.64% of the vote, 829-561. Blevins was elected in February 2023, defeating incumbent Jerry Allen. Patterson takes over the seat immediately and should be sworn in at the next city commission meeting.
On October 22, 2023, Enid Social Justice Committee (ESJC) announced it would seek a recall of Blevins, due to his refusal to address his reported ties to extremist hate activities.
On October 25, ESJC paused its recall campaign to meet with a third party (Ward 2 Commissioner Derwin Norwood) in seeking a mediated agreement whereby ESJC would table the recall effort if Blevins acknowledged and renounced his past extremist group affiliations.
On November 3, Blevins refused to denounce those ties, and ESJC resumed its recall campaign, and its efforts to remove extremist hate group influences in city government.
A successful collection of recall signatures was started immediately after.
