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November 2026

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District Judge, District 23, Office 2: Oklahoma 2026

Joseph Costa and Troy Austin Officer are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for District Judge, District 23, Office 2 in Oklahoma. This seat is elected only inside its court district or county, so it appears on some Oklahoma ballots, not all; enter your address in the lookup to check yours.

Joseph Costa

Joseph Costa is a Shawnee attorney and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation who previously served as a Tulsa County assistant district attorney, per Nondoc. He was licensed to practice law in 2020, per the same source. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 15, 2026.

Troy Austin Officer

Troy Austin Officer is a Shawnee attorney who founded Officer Law Firm, PLLC in 2022, per his campaign site. He represents dozens of families a month through the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System, tribal courts and the Department of Human Services, and is a Baylor Law School graduate, per the same source.

Priorities: Pledges fair and impartial justice, applying the law without bias., per the campaign site · Says he will bring accountability and transparent, just sentencing to build public confidence., per the campaign site

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