2 candidates are tracked for District Judge, District 23, Office 2 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Joseph Costa and Troy Austin Officer. Candidate information follows official Pottawatomie County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Elected by the voters of the Judicial District 23, which covers Lincoln and Pottawatomie counties, so this race is on every November 3, 2026 ballot there. District lines are set by Title 20 of the Oklahoma Statutes and the State Election Board candidate list.
Trial court judge. A trial judge presides over criminal and civil cases at the first level: bail and pleas, motions, trials, sentencing and civil judgments. Judges are bound by state law and appellate precedent and are barred by judicial conduct rules from campaigning on how they would rule. Most states elect trial judges on a nonpartisan ballot; the term and the courts a judge may sit on vary by state.
This race. Nonpartisan: candidates appear without party labels.
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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 was found as of September 15, 2026.
Nonpartisan
Per the campaign site.
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.
Who is running for District Judge, District 23, Office 2 in 2026?
2 candidates are tracked for District Judge, District 23, Office 2 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Joseph Costa and Troy Austin Officer. Candidate information follows official Pottawatomie County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
When is the District Judge, District 23, Office 2 election in Oklahoma?
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Registration deadlines, early voting dates and mail ballot rules for Oklahoma are on the Oklahoma election hub at theballotbrief.com.
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Candidate roster from official Pottawatomie County and state election office filings, last verified September 25, 2026. Bios and priorities carry their attribution inline.
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