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The Sept. 12 Republican special election primary for state Senate District 37 suddenly became very crowded on Wednesday.

Five GOP candidates turned in their paperwork to the state Election Board on the last day of filing for the soon-to-be vacated seat, bringing to seven the total number entered in the no-runoff primary.

Only one Democrat, Allison Ickley-Freeman of Tulsa, filed.

Filing Wednesday were Brian Jackson, 34, Sand Springs; Rick Hardesty, 56, Tulsa; Nicole Nixon, 31, Tulsa; R. Jay McAtee, Sand Springs; and Phil Nollan, 56, Sand Springs.

They joined Brian OHara, 56, and Grady Grant, 62, both of Jenks, who filed on Monday.

OHara, a field representative for First District Congressman Jim Bridenstine, is a former Jenks city councilor.

Grant operates a locksmith company in Tulsa.

Jackson, a Sand Springs city councilor, lost in last years GOP SD 37 primary to incumbent Dan Newberry. Newberry is resigning the seat no later than Jan. 31.

Nollan is also a Sand Springs city councilor. His wife, Jadine Nollan, is a state representative.

Nixon works for a Tulsa metal supplier and fabricator, and last spring was an outspoken critic of Tulsa Public Schools decision to close Remington Elementary School.

McAtee is an insurance and workers compensation defense lawyer.

The winner of the GOP primary will face Ickley-Freeman, a 26-year-old social worker, in the Nov. 14 general election.

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Seven Republicans, one Democrat file for Senate District 37 special election - Tulsa World