OK Ethics Commission Covers for Hilliary Attacks on Conservative Senators, Director Falsely Denies Getting Formal Complaint
OEC Calls Illegal Anonymous Hit Postcards on Freedom Caucus Senators "Gaps in Compliance", Not Obvious Rules Violations
The Oklahoma Ethics Commission (OEC) has a simple mission: ensure Oklahoma’s government and political campaigns are operating in an ethical and lawful manner.
In contrast to that mission, the OEC, since being enshrined into the State Constitution, has allowed the complete breakdown and illegal weaponization of Oklahoma’s campaign system.
In summary, the OEC gives consistent passes and a subsequently massive advantage to the UniParty power holders blatantly breaking campaign rules with piles of dark money frequently from outside of Oklahoma. The agency also has a history of aggressively investigating truly conservative office holders outside that ring of corruption for the campaign equivalent of jaywalking. The OEC is a critical part of Oklahoma’s deep state control problem.
And without any real consequences, Oklahoma’s campaign rule-breakers have become emboldened, as illustrated by the current mailers attacking incumbent, Republican, Freedom Caucus members in the State Senate. Those postcards lack any of the required information about who funded them.
At anytime, the OEC (or any knowledgeable citizen) could’ve identified the source of those mailers and dealt with the ruler breakers. Instead, the agency’s head bureaucrats chose to hide a formal complaint and press illogical excuses on the OEC’s five (5) commissioners to avoid a lawful investigation.
Why? Perhaps it’s because the money behind the mailers is massive, flowing through the campaign accounts of nearly all of the state’s most powerful politicians and connected to a broadband provider made mega-wealthy by Covid funding who appears to be currently controlling much of state politics through notoriously unscrupulous political consulting.
Nameless Dark Money Hits 3 State Senators and Props Up Another: Distorted Narrative with No Sourcing Meant to Sway Voting
Within the 2026 election cycles, there are 25 state senate races with only two (2) involving incumbent, Republican, Freedom Caucus members (Sen Dusty Deevers of Elgin and Sen Dana Prieto of Tulsa). As evidenced by their voting records, the Senate members most closely serving Oklahoma values are Freedom Caucus members. Unlike their more morally pliable counterparts, both Deevers and Prieto are each facing multiple “Republican” primary opponents.
Both Deevers’ and Prieto’s districts were recently hit by political postcard mailers distorting a 2025 senate vote on SB 743 with the source information intentionally obscured prior to printing or missing entirely. The mailers were identical beyond their attack targets.
Simultaneously, another related mailer praising Sen Grant Green (R-Wellston) on his SB 743 vote, also with no sourcing, was publicly distributed. SB 743 purported to prevent protesters from entering churches but its wording, particularly as committee changes were made, endangered the right to protest in other situations. It was a set-up bill co-authored by Green, Sen Pro Temp Lonnie Paxton (R-Tuttle), Sen Kristen Thompson (R-Edmond) and others beholden to special interest funding.
Though not currently up for reelection, Freedom Caucus member Sen Kendal Sacchieri (R-Blanchard) was also attacked by the same anonymous mailer. Sacchieri addressed the mailer directly on social media and explained how a NO-vote on SB 743 was actually a vote to protect Oklahomans’ constitutional rights.
Comparisons of Senate voting confirm a continued and escalating pattern of lawless dark money favoring false conservatives and attacking defenders of individual freedoms. Green has one of the lowest Freedom Index Scores (28) of any Republican in the legislature based upon his voting record yet dark money is propping him up.
Why would unidentified dark money funders go after Sacchieri who’s not up for reelection in 2026? The move seems to have provided the OEC with a conveniently nonsensical excuse to put on their bureaucrat blindfolds concerning the source of the mailers.
OEC Director Falsely Denies Receiving Any Documented, Formal Complaint: Attempts to Reclassify Lawless Anonymous Hit-Mailers as “Gaps in Compliance”
During the April 9th, 2026, meeting of the OEC, Chair Justin Meek presided, all other commissioners were present and a presentation concerning the unsourced mailers was led by OEC Executive Director Lee Anne Bruce Boone with legal guidance from OEC General Counsel Margaret Kerr (listen from timestamp 21:00 to 31:00 within audio recording of meeting below obtained through the Open Records Act):
Boone followed slides available on the OEC website, and her presentation contained multiple inaccuracies.
Boone described the mailers, admitting they have none of the legally required sourcing information.
“As you can see, from both sides of the mailer, cause we’re showing you front and back and you can look at it yourself, there is no disclosure on this whatsoever. So you have no idea if this is from a person, if it’s from a PAC, if it’s from a political party, if it’s from somebody in our state or somebody outside the state,” said Boone.
“So for political parties, if they are making an expenditure for this purpose for, um, any type of ad then they would need to disclose that, it would say authorized and paid for by and have the political party committee,” continued Boone. “Same thing for candidate committees.”
Boone repeatedly stated that no formal investigation about the mailers had yet been conducted because no formal complaints had yet been filed with the OEC. That is provably untrue.
“It did not come as an official complaint. It came to us as a concern. I don’t think we have an official complaint on it. Um, some of the senators dropped by. I’ve talked with them. I let them know that we’d be talking about this today because I think it’s important to address that concern and that there might be a potential gap. But because we don’t have, um, a true complaint and because we don’t know that it’s a violation of the rule because we don’t know who it’s from.” (Director Boone inaccuracy: At least one (1) documented, formal complaint was submitted to the OEC prior to the April 1, 2026, complaint blackout deadline for the current election cycle.)
This outlet can confirm at least one (1) official complaint concerning the lack of sourcing on the mailer was filed with the OEC. On March 23, 2026, Jenni White, current candidate for State House District 36, emailed the OEC with photos of one of the unsourced mailers and specifically requested an investigation be conducted before the blackout date concerning a direct violation of Ethics Rule 2.54.
White reports she immediately completed the OEC’s online process to file a formal complaint as instructed, and on March 25, 2026, received an email confirming her complaint was received by the OEC (see contact and email confirmation below).
Rather than investigate as required and report the submitted complaint to the commissioners, Boone placed the mailers on the OEC’s April 9, 2026, meeting agenda as a review of potential “gaps in compliance”, not an obvious violation.
With the complaint concealed, Boone highlighted the passing of the blackout date and suggested the mailers may not be an independent expenditure (IE) because they were not all “expressly advocating the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate”. (Director Boone inaccuracy: The mailers were clearly targeted to confuse and misinform Oklahoma’s majority of conservative voters about a legislative vote and influence the outcome of multiple races.)
While the OEC’s blackout period stops Boone’s staff from accepting complaints, it does not prevent the Commission from engaging in investigations. Throughout the meeting, Boone and Kerr guided the Commissioners away from voting to formally investigate the mailers.
Boone focused intently upon the fact that only some of the mailers attacked current candidates for reelection while others attacked incumbents not currently campaigning.
“Two of the senators that are a part of this are up for election, two of them are not which is an interesting part of this puzzle as we figure out how this might fit within our rules. So, I just want to make sure that’s clear,” qualified Boone. (Director Boone inaccuracy: Three (3), not two (2), of the involved senators are up for reelection in 2026 - Deevers, Prieto and Green. Only Sacchieri is up in 2028.)
“And so we began looking at this, and when I say we, I mean our general counsel’s office began, um, kind of doing some preliminary work on this to see if this was a potential violation of our rule,” Boone stressed. “And that is why the discussion about whether or not somebody is up for election comes into play because that’s an important piece.”
Boone suggested the entire, statewide mailing campaign did not meet the definition of an IE and could therefore not be formally investigated because just one of the attacked office holders was not currently campaigning. (Director Boone inaccuracy: IEs are reported to the OEC as separate line items related to separate expenses for each individual candidate either opposed or supported by the communication and should/can be investigated individually.)
Per Boone’s irrational logic, any rule governing political communications could be broken without ever prompting an OEC investigation, as long as an office holder not currently running for reelection was also targeted.
Boone suggested her staff conduct “some study” of the entire issue to “consider if we want to address it in our next rules cycle” and committed to checking the next cycle of reporting to see if whoever sent the anonymous mailers would out themselves.
“We’ll look, of course, to see if we can find anything when the next set of reports are due to see if anything might match this but it shows that there might be a gap in our disclosure requirements and I wanted to bring that to the commission’s attention,” assured Boone.
GC Kerr advised against any formal vote on investigating the matter stating, “They don’t fall cleanly within the definitions as the director was pointing out.”
OEC Conveniently Uninformed About Public Access to Postal Source Information
Suggesting either incompetence or corruption within the OEC, when Boone was asked by a commissioner about a possible process for identifying the source of the mailers, she referred to GC Kerr’s assessment that it might be unlawful to attempt to identify the holder of the postal permit number on the postcards.
“The only possibility might be to utilize the bar code…But because we don’t have, um, a true complaint and because we don’t know that it’s a violation of the rule because we don’t know who it’s from. I mean if this is a person who’s just a person, um, not a political party or it’s, you know, not covered by one of these rules then, um, I think our general counsel felt like maybe she shouldn’t be delving further into who, you know, who might of paid for this by the barcode,” argued Boone. (Director Boone inaccuracy: The source of any bulk mail permit is public information lawfully obtainable from USPS.)
“The name and address of the holder of a particular bulk mail permit, permit imprint or similar permit (but not including postage meter licenses), and the name of any person applying for a permit on behalf of a holder will be furnished to any person upon request.”) - 39 C.F.R. § 265.14(d)(2)
The OEC has a staff of ten (10), including a director of compliance and four (4) compliance officers yet the public is supposed to believe none, not even the executive director and lead attorney, understand they can, under the law, make a simple records request to source any bulk mail piece, political or otherwise.
Prior to leading the OEC, Boone worked as Chief Accountability Officer with the Oklahoma State Department of Health and Chief of Staff at the Oklahoma Department of Human Services.
So who’s behind the anonymous hit mailers? V1SUT sourced them in less than an hour. Anyone can.
State Government Control Unofficially Moved to Hilliary Communications Headquarters in Medicine Park
According to the United States Postal Service (USPS), the bulk mail permit on the mailer in support of Sen Grant Green belongs to “OKLAHOMA CONSERVATIVE COALITION”. The organization listed the Medicine Park (Lawton) headquarters of Hilliary Communications as its address.
The permit requester, Heidi Britton, appears to be a Hilliary employee as she lists her email as “HEIDI.BRITTON@HILLIARY.COM” within OEC filings for another entity (OKLAHOMANS FOR A CONNECTED FUTURE) chaired by Hilliary Communications co-CEO Dustin Hilliary.
Oklahoma Conservative Coalition is also responsible for other recent mailers including in support of the primary opponent of Rep Tom Gann (R-Inola). Gann has one of the most consistently conservative voting records in the entire legislature and does not accept lobbyist or PAC money.
Stitt, Hilliary & What Pay-to-Play Looks Like
Hilliary Communications, a previously small, rural, telephone company, is now a third-generation wireless and broadband giant in Southwest Oklahoma and parts of Texas. Hilliary and its affiliates benefitted from $66 million in broadband expansion grants and matching funds during the federal government’s Covid funding spree. The Oklahoma Broadband Office recently unlocked another $574 million as part of $1.4 billion in funding for broadband expansion from joint federal and matching sources.
Dustin Hilliary also has a growing lock on media in a large section of Oklahoma as owner of several newspapers, several radio networks, including Oklahoma News Network, Oklahoma Farm Report, Oklahoma Radio Network, and eight (8) newly acquired radio stations.
With their increased wealth, the Hilliarys became major political funders to Governor Stitt and many others. In the last decade, Hilliary family members have personally donated over $1.5 million to individual candidates, both Democrat and Republican, with 26 of those donations going to Gov Stitt’s campaigns.
Dustin Hilliary also runs several heavy-hitting PACs that favor office holders working squarely against Oklahoma values. In an unabashed example of pay-for-play, Stitt can’t seem to stop appointing Dustin Hilliary to higher and higher positions. Dustin Hilliary is Stitt’s Senior Advisor and Chief Negotiator and a Stitt appointee to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.
On Wednesday, upon yet another Stitt nomination, Dustin Hilliary was confirmed to a seven (7) year term on the OU Board of Regents by the State Senate with a 33-10 vote. In an extremely unusual path, Hilliary’s nomination was carried in the Senate by Pro Temp Lonnie Paxton (R-Tuttle), bypassing Hilliary’s senator of record (Deevers), and pushed not through the expected Education Committee (Deevers is a member), but rather through the Rules Committee, a body stacked with senators Hilliary has financially supported.
With the vacating of US Sen Markwayne Mullin’s seat, Stitt even sought to appoint Dustin Hilliary to finish Mullin’s term leaving Oklahomans to question whether the broadband tail is now wagging the entire Oklahoma dog.
Hilliary co-CEO Mike Hilliary sits on the Broadband Expansion Council advising on how to disperse all of that new taxpayer money.
Hilliary’s Oklahoma Conservative Coalition Fronted by Recently Arrested/Resigned House Rep Turned Lobbyist
In a common practice for shady political organizations, Hilliary’s Oklahoma Conservative Coalition lists a PO Box within an Oklahoma City shipping shop as its address.
The entity was formed by Ryan Martinez and is an unlimited committee for the declared purpose of running IEs or electioneering communications. Martinez is a former State House Representative turned lobbyist/VP for the Oklahoma Home Builders Association.
Martinez resigned his elected position in 2023 following his second arrest for drunk driving in October of 2022. During the arrest and sobriety testing, Martinez falsely informed officers he was headed to an active special session within the State House and could therefore not be detained. Multiple times, Martinez asked if he could call the Attorney General (arrest video below obtained by NonDoc Media).
Martinez told officers he had dined at Mahogany’s Steakhouse prior to drinking at an Edmond bar. OEC records show Martinez accepted $14,698 in meals, food and beverage from lobbyists during his time in office, including expensive dinners at “MAHOGANY, DOWNTOWN”.
Martinez took campaign donations from both Dustin and Edward Hilliary during two different campaign cycles.
Hilliary Hit-PAC Quickly Gets $2.3 Million from Notorious VA Entities, Connects to Previously Indicted Consultant
Within a single week in June of 2025, OEC filings show Oklahoma Conservative Coalition was loaded with $2.3 million by two Virginia groups, A PUBLIC VOICE, INC and AMERICAN JOBS AND GROWTH FUND, both also listing boxes at shipping stores as their official addresses.
During the 2024 election cycle, A PUBLIC VOICE Inc (from VA) existed only to funnel money to state-involved PACs like Build and Protect OK and American Jobs and Growth PAC, with both listing DUSTIN MCINTYRE as treasurer. In fact, Dustin McIntyre is treasurer of every entity that contributed the combined $2.3 million to Hilliary’s Oklahoma Conservative Coalition. The FedEx box addresses keep shifting with each election cycle but Dustin McIntyre persists. Fortunately, we know where this is really being coordinated.
In December of 2023, Jenni White completed extensive research on dark money in Oklahoma and linked both Build & Protect Oklahoma and Advance Oklahoma PAC, along with treasurer “Dustin McIntire” to political consulting firm Campaign Advocacy Management Professionals (CAMP). CAMP even showcased a hit-mailer the company created for Advance Oklahoma PAC on its website at the time.
Within our How to Steal a State series, V1SUT outlined how, in 2016, CAMP founder Fount Holland, along with fellow political consultant Stephanie Milligan (Alexander), State Supt Joy Hofmeister, and two education union heads, were indicted for the illegal coordination of dark money provided by education insurer American Fidelity Assurance.
Beyond Attack Mailers Aimed at Actual Conservatives, Hilliary’s CAMP Fund Puts Millions Behind McCall for Gov
A major chunk of the funds within Oklahoma Conservative Coalition was quickly spent on media supporting Charles McCall for governor.
Later in 2025, an additional $200,000 was added to the entity, this time not by groups but by individuals Mark Davenport (Quail Creek Bank owner), Frank Robson (RBC Bank and Sam Walton family) and Shane Shoulders (Dallas, TX). Next, over $600,000 in ads opposing Gentner Drummond for governor were purchased while those supporting McCall continued.
In addition, Oklahoma Conservative Coalition and a host of other Hilliary-linked entities are spending to prop up the entire UniParty power structure across Oklahoma’s state government. V1SUT is preparing a list of every current candidate involved. Subscribe today to receive the list by email as it is completed.
Perhaps Oklahoma should #voteagainstthemoney in the upcoming, June 16th primaries.
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With all the blatent dishonesty at the OEC, I continue to be convinced there has been HUGE CRIMES COMMITTED AND COVERUP during the 4 month period that the Guardian was "down" but when eventually back in operation, the OEC still has the same IT program??? Something smells really stinky.
Sister we have to fix this. Why would the OEC not immediately investigate a clear violation of our campaign ethics rules and laws?
“Boone repeatedly stated that no formal investigation about the mailers had yet been conducted because no formal complaints had yet been filed with the OEC. That is provably untrue.”