Texan Matt Langston has kept his campaign business running while collecting a six-figure salary as the Department of Education’s chief policy adviser, though he rarely comes into the office.

Langston badged into the department’s office on North Lincoln Boulevard on 27 days in 2023. In 2024, that dwindled to 11 days. And through June of this year, Langston worked in person on just four days, according to data obtained by Oklahoma Watch under the Oklahoma Open Records Act.

That’s just 42 days in the office since Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters hired Langston in January 2023 and issued a directive ending telework for the agency’s employees.

“He is a ghost employee,” Mark McBride, former state representative, said after reviewing the findings.

Last year, McBride, along wi

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