Rebuffed in its original request, the Oklahoma Ethics Commission voted Thursday to file a subpoena seeking campaign records related to Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters’ successful 2022 election.

In October, the Ethics Commission authorized a formal investigation of alleged campaign finance rule violations by Walters’ 2022 campaign. Walters, elected state superintendent of public instruction in November 2022 with nearly 60 percent of the vote, served as chairman and treasurer of his own campaign committee. The Ethics Commission’s attorney notified Walters in October that a subpoena would be issued seeking campaign reports and other financial records and information dealing with his campaign if he didn’t turn over the material.

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