Special Judge, Tulsa County; candidate for District Judge, Judicial District 14, Office 4

Loretta Radford is a Special Judge in Tulsa County, appointed on October 10, 2022, and lives in Owasso². Before the bench she was Acting United States Attorney during the 2016 administration transition, an Assistant United States Attorney, an assistant public defender, a law professor at Oklahoma City University School of Law, and a private practitioner². The Office 4 race is on the November 3 ballot¹. Office 4 is open because Judge Daman Cantrell did not run again; she led the June 2026 primary with 44.3 percent³⁴.

• Special Judge, Tulsa County, appointed October 10, 2022²
• Acting United States Attorney during the 2016 administration transition; Assistant United States Attorney²
• Assistant Public Defender; private practitioner; full-time law professor at Oklahoma City University School of Law²
• Appointed Special Judge on October 10, 2022; Special Judges are appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the district judges²⁴. Running for the open elected seat in Office 4³.