“Make Oklahoma a "Top 10" state across key metrics (his signature goal, tracked on an official governor's-office metrics dashboard).”
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Stitt made "Top 10 state across key metrics" his signature governing goal and delivered the accountability mechanism he promised: the official Governor's Dashboard of Metrics, whose stated purpose (verified verbatim on oklahoma.gov) is to "provide Oklahomans with an overview of the progress being made in the state's efforts to become Top Ten in critical categories," tracking 36+ metrics across economy, energy, education, health, criminal justice, and infrastructure. But the substantive promise — actually making Oklahoma a Top 10 state across key metrics — was only partly achieved. Oklahoma reached top 10 in a limited set (unemployment, pre-K enrollment, oil/wind energy, state reserves, deficient bridges) and incarceration improved dramatically from the nation's highest (1,079 per 100k) to roughly 4th (905 per 100k). Yet the state's overall U.S. News Best States rank remained near the bottom (43rd per the Oklahoma Gazette) and it stayed in the bottom 10 on core metrics — per-capita income (41st), infant mortality, suicide, teen pregnancy, rural hospital closings, education. Near-end-of-administration reporting concluded Oklahoma "often appears just as 'bottom of the barrel' as it did nearly six years ago," and Stitt himself conceded "We can't be a top 10 state without a top 10 education system." Genuine partial progress with the full goal unmet: PARTIAL, not FULL/CHAMPIONED (goal not achieved, not sponsored legislation) or ATTEMPTED (real gains were made). Stitt remains term-limited in office through January 2027, but his multi-year record supports rating the whole-tenure outcome as partial.
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