Loretta Radford is running for the District 14, Office 4 seat on the Tulsa County District Court in the Nov. 3 general election. BallotReady lists her as a current judge on the Tulsa County District Court. The nonpartisan race was created after a retirement left the seat open, according to NonDoc.

Radford faces one opponent, Dustin Allen, in the nonpartisan contest, according to BallotReady election data.

Radford describes herself as a longtime resident of Owasso on her campaign website. She earned her juris doctor from the University of Oklahoma in 1984, according to BallotReady, and was first admitted to the Oklahoma bar in 1985, according to NonDoc.

Experience and public service

Radford said on her campaign website that she has served as a special judge on the Tulsa County District Court since Oct. 10, 2022. BallotReady separately lists her as a current judge on the court.

Before taking the bench, Radford held several legal positions, according to her campaign website. She said she served as acting United States attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma in 2016. She also said she worked as an assistant public defender and as a full-time law professor at Oklahoma City University School of Law.

BallotReady lists her as having served as an assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney's Office from 1995 to the present. The candidate's own website does not include that date range, and the two accounts describe the federal role differently.

Outside the courtroom, Radford served as a member of the Oklahoma County Jail Trust from 2021 to 2022, according to NonDoc. Earlier in her career, she was elected to the Greater Oklahoma City Metropolitan Fair Housing Council in 1986, also according to NonDoc.

On the issues

Access to justice

Radford told NonDoc in a June profile that court access for everyday residents is a priority. "What I'm looking for is that the average, ordinary, taxpaying citizen has access to the courts," she said.

No additional policy positions were available in the materials reviewed for this profile.

About this profile

Candidate responses are drawn from Radford's campaign website and her statements to NonDoc. BallotReady provided election and biographical data. This profile will be updated if additional information becomes available.