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November 2026

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District Judge, District 5, Office 1: Oklahoma 2026

Neil West and Christine Galbraith are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for District Judge, District 5, Office 1 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.

Neil West

Neil West is a public defender for the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System, per SWOKNews. A graduate of Oklahoma City University School of Law, he has served as Lawton's assistant city attorney and city prosecutor and as a Comanche County assistant district attorney and mental health court coordinator, per the same source. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 15, 2026.

Priorities: Points to his varied roles across city, county and indigent-defense courts as preparation for the bench., per the campaign site

Christine Galbraith

Christine Galbraith is Comanche County's special judge, appointed in 2023, per SWOKNews. She earned her law degree from Oklahoma City University School of Law and a bachelor's degree from James Madison University, and her career has included private practice, pro bono work and contract work for Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, per the same source.

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